Haiku
 

With a strong heart, doubt;
certainty can suffocate
a winter's patience.

        -- Greg, Seattle
 

Be patient. Listen.
New friends make wisdom blossom
Unexpectedly.

        -- Brad, Port Townsend
 

Refract, your knowing!
Unbind the womb of your heart.
Christ, received anew.

        -- Karen, Port Townsend
 

The seed does not grasp
that it waits, or what comes; We
wait because we know.

        -- Brad, Port Townsend
 

We wait for the rain
God tells us to be patient
Our flowers will grow

        -- Katie, Port Townsend
 

Now it’s raining and
there will be oil. The olives
know why they waited.

        -- Brad, Port Townsend
 

Beloved patience
Precious crop of earthen hearts
Farmer Lord, tender

        -- Elisabeth, Port Townsend
 

Elusive patience
comes more easily to some
with beloved friends.
 

        -- Tere, Port Townsend

Prepare me, O Lord
Coming test of who I will be
Make my heart strong

        -- Nancy, Port Townsend
 

Anticipation
has its own pleasure—and so,
my beloved, wait.

        -- Margaret, In the Courtyard