Tag: haibun
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October 11, 2008 10:53 PM EDT --
In the flowing swirl of a street fair
two mothers-in-law finally connect,
comparing notes on family mysteries.
Once upon a time there was an incestuous policeman whose daughter only smiled once . . . more
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January 03, 2008 08:23 PM EST --
The night sky is amazing out on Nantucket Island. Thirty miles out to sea and with only a skeleton crew of people on the island over the winter, the light pollution is minimal and the stars stand . . . more
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December 13, 2007 01:21 PM EST --
Just like all of the other good gifts we receive, I believe that God gives us our names. I know all about the lengthy deliberations and the endless leafing through the pages of the baby . . . more
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December 17, 2007 07:53 PM EST --
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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January 06, 2008 06:39 PM EST --
Abide in me, and I in you, as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. . . . more
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February 23, 2008 04:00 PM EST --
She became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, "This time I will praise the LORD." So she named him Judah Praise.
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October 06, 2008 11:56 AM EDT --
This month our group will try out haibuns. October is often a month with one day too blustery for outdoor activities and the next day too stunning for anything but fun. Haibuns are single . . . more
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October 24, 2007 03:15 PM EDT --
The breeze at once creates the illusion and destroys it as my windbreaker flaps to its passing.
Ripples pose as fused
Until the sparkling moonlight
Dances on their tale
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October 06, 2008 11:28 AM EDT --
On the scales of life, her burden was a few pounds short, yet ten times more piercing.
She had less than. I had more. Beyond the grasp of gravity, we each had one lifespan. . . . more
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November 14, 2007 08:48 AM EST --
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth . . .
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November 30, 2007 05:07 PM EST --
The first is. . . You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this, You shall . . . more
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March 20, 2008 04:23 PM EDT --
You broke the bonds and you
Loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame
Of my shame
You know I believed it
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
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April 01, 2008 08:20 PM EDT --
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at . . . more
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June 30, 2008 03:46 PM EDT --
INDEPENDENCE - haibun
The afternoon was aging. Storm clouds were gathering and raucous thunder boomed over Mozart and Beethoven. Sunlight gave way to grey, gave way to drops, first falling . . . more
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November 13, 2007 08:23 AM EST --
I think there are 40 or 41 more shopping days until Christmas. It doesn't matter that I am aware of this fact. For a procrastinator, this means that there are 39 more days . . . more
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November 15, 2007 08:07 AM EST --
Even before a word is on my tongue, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
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February 06, 2008 07:57 AM EST --
In the beginning, God. . .
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October 08, 2008 12:27 PM EDT --
(for Jennifer, for Barb & Jay)
You were my world for that too-brief moment in time; you were my everything. Then I handed all eight pounds, fourteen ounces of faith into . . . more
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August 07, 2008 08:42 PM EDT --
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try;
No hell below us;
Above us only sky;
Imagine all the people
Living for today. . .
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June 14, 2008 12:13 PM EDT --
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: having predestinated us unto the adoption of children . . . more
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