faith and justice live
side by side but faith will die
if injustice reigns
March 31, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: Africa, Ethiopia, haiku, Injustice, Justice, Photography, Poetry, Poverty, Travel | Leave a comment
Ethiopian
blind man sees what I don’t with
his ears, hands, and heart
March 29, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: Africa, Ethipia, haiku, Medical Missions, Missions, Photography, Poetry, Travel | Leave a comment
a nourishing sip
eternity sits in a
small bowl of hot soup
[Photograph courtesy GBI]
March 27, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: Africa, Ethiopia, haiku, Life, Photography, Poetry, Poverty, Travel | 1 Comment
dilemma of hope
the outstretched hands of the poor
impose a choice
[Photograph courtesy GBI]
March 25, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: Africa, Ethiopia, haiku, Photography, Poetry, Poverty, Travel, Wealth | Leave a comment
life’s ultimate joy
bestowed on those who weep
at an empty tomb
March 23, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: Easter, Faith, Garden Tomb, haiku, Hope, Israel., Jerusalem, Poetry, Resurrection, Travel | Leave a comment
ancient wounds still flow:
raindrops fall clear and cool, I
lap water and blood
March 21, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: Art, Blood, Cross, Crucifix, Easter, haiku, Jesus, Poetry, Redemption | Leave a comment
austerity has
a singular beauty set
apart and divine
March 20, 2008 | Categories: beauty, haiku | Tags: beauty, haiku, Photography, Poetry | Leave a comment
“The Prince of Peace” by Akiane at age eight
Akiane’s muse
is wisdom beyond her years
her gifts point to God
March 19, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: Akiane, Art, Child Prodigy, haiku, Poetry, Russia | 1 Comment
winter’s spell broken
when the cold barren branch bursts
pink life from the dead
March 18, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: haiku, Photography, Poetry, Spring | 1 Comment
life is bittersweet
both the bitter and the sweet
deeper than I dreamed
March 17, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: Art, Dreams, haiku, Life, Poetry | 1 Comment
through this pain I set
rubies in your windows, pearls
in your foundations
March 16, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: haiku, Life, Photography, Poetry, Suffering, Trials | Leave a comment
dead branch bursts open
with life: white blossom declares
death could not triumph
March 15, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: haiku, Life, Life from the Dead, New Life, Photography, Poetry, Resurrection, Spring | 1 Comment
distinction is the
gift of achievement or the
piercing on a lip
March 13, 2008 | Categories: beauty, haiku | Tags: achievment, beauty, body piercing, disctinction, haiku, Piercings Pierce, Poetry | Leave a comment
life’s piano trill
graceful and melodic notes
not superfluous
March 12, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: Escape, haiku, Laughter, Life, Love, Pleasure, Poetry | 1 Comment
mystery so deep
how my heart is enlarged in
this narrow dark place
March 11, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: growth, haiku, Heart, Life, Maturing, Mystery, Poetry | Leave a comment
Crystallized moment
distantly your smile tingled
on my fingertips.
March 10, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: haiku, Life, Love, Poetry, romance | Leave a comment
I say kaddish for
the fallen, the dead, warm oil
pours over my heart
March 9, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: Faith, Israel. Current Events, Jews, Kaddish, Mourning, Tradition | Leave a comment
faceless and nameless
life’s human sea reduced to
two eyes and one smile
March 8, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: haiku, humanity, Life, longing, Love, Poetry | Leave a comment
distinction comes in
two ways: hardship or needles
that carve a tattoo
March 8, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: American youth culture, distinction, haiku, hardship, Life, Poetry, pop culture, tattoo | Leave a comment
I have two hearts: one
of tin for daily use and
one of rare china
March 6, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: haiku, Life, Poetry | 3 Comments
your smile broke the dawn
rose and gold shone on my face
colors I still taste
March 6, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: Dawn, haiku, Life, Love, Poetry | Leave a comment
common moments stored
a treasure chest prepared for
leaner days ahead
March 6, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: Common, haiku, Life, Ordinary, Poetry | Leave a comment
such sweet suffering
to hope, as close as a kiss
as far as a star
March 5, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: Faith, haiku, Hope, Life, Love, Poetry | Leave a comment
russian babushka
home from the market, flowers
and bread to sustain
March 4, 2008 | Categories: haiku | Tags: Babushka, haiku, Poetry, Russia, Survival | Leave a comment
tiny topaz 
