Scary dream, kid can’t sleep Change early morning plan, adapt Parenting, all good.
Month: May 2020
Haiku Form [Bonus]: Mother’s Day
Giver of life, Mom Sustenance, Love, Light, a rock, Build up, let go, thanks.
Haiku Start: Steadfast In Faith
Psalm 98, 2, Kindness and faithfulness, good, Hard, steadfast in faith, Having faith and trusting in the path before you, trusting in God’s plan, staying true to your beliefs FIRST, and taking steps forward from there...well, that is the foundation. That is the foundation to live by, to trust; that is the bedrock on which …
Why Haiku?
Yes indeed, why Haiku? Here's a little of why. Not in that form, but following the theme all the same. Reminded of this format, this genre last week. Spill Rage Against The Machine, music I was listening to in full last weekend, spark! The inspiration. And so in this shortest-word month of the year, in …
Haiku Form: A Word on May
Shortest month name, half Spring Midst of trials, must carry on, Sure we can, vamos.
Lyrics Post: “The Necromancer”
This song from 1975 and the Canadian band RUSH, their third album, Caress of Steel. All three bandmates are credited for the song, but no doubt drummer Neil Peart had primary if not sole responsibility for the lyrics. I don't know the finer points of Peart's writing, chronology, etc.; that said, this song must be …
Haiku Form: Change Up
Spring to summer, come Fresh spark, short form, soothe the soul Same point, make it good.
Shorten It Up
5 May is the day, the day in the month, the month to shorten it up. Tend to go long, but after a weekend of Rage, Rage Against The Machine, RATM-inspired, gonna work on shortin' up, fewer words, working the same message, Same GOOD coming down with fewer words, concise, more precise, still looking for, …
Start Walking
"The hill is high, the slope is steep; that’s all well and good. One thing is also for sure: you won’t get over it until you start walking." I heard this characterization the other day from a leader talking about the daunting tasks ahead in coping with the next phases of supporting our communities as …
The Spirit Gives Life
“This saying is hard, who can accept it? ...It is the Spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail.” These snippets from the Book of John lay out a fundamental guideline of faith; trust in the Spirit, in the conscience that is deep within you where the Spirit speaks. Yet it is …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 