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Lectio + Haiku -- November 2007
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Haiku
So many dying--
No time now to keep silent!
Time for peace, not war.
-- Brad, Port
Townsend
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When I think of time,
I draw a circle, step outside,
and wish I were in.
-- Greg,
Seattle
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The body and blood.
Sacramental food and drink.
Both making us one.
-- Tere, Port
Townsend
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Western sunset glows
Whetting hungry appetites.
You can't eat color.
-- Tere, Port
Townsend
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Time to throw away
these stones, gathered and cherished
so long, long ago.
-- Margaret,
In the Courtyard
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A photo captures
only the mortal vessel
but rarely the soul.
-- Tere, Port
Townsend
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My time is God's time
but there is so much to do.
Love is the answer.
-- Katie,
Port Townsend
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Plant mountain laurel
in the ready earth that waits
and then watch it grow.
-- Kate, Port
Townsend
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The young man waiting
at the corner waves at me.
My son becomes strong.
-- Lynne,
Port Townsend
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A handful of stones
gathered at the beach became
the beach for my friend.
-- Alison,
Port Townsend
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Still the wall stands strong
yet the cornerstone is gone--
well gathered, well kept.
-- Brad, Port
Townsend
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Circles of stones make
pathways to the heart's center
in times of mourning.
-- Margaret,
In the Courtyard
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Scripture
Ecclesiastes 2:24-25, 3:1-8
There is nothing better for mortals than to eat and drink, and
find enjoyment in their toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand
of God; for apart from him who can eat or who can have
enjoyment?
…
For everything there is a season,
and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a
time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to throw away stones,
and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace,
and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to throw away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
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