Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #13 New Year’s Eve
new year’s eve
the church bell tolls
resounding off stars
new year’s day
your breath curls
close to mine
new year’s eve
new year’s day
new year’s eve
Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #12 Christmas Troiku
ancient warriors
between battle and peace
writing haiku © Chèvrefeuille
ancient warriors
reliving heroic deeds
in story and song
between battle and peace
horrors of war fade
fighting glorified
writing haiku
drawing strength from nature
resolving conflict
Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #12 Christmas Troiku
Christmas bells
pouring excitement
into the air © Jane Reichhold (1937-2016)
Christmas bells
toll the midnight hour
worshippers depart
pouring excitement
fat flakes waltz from heaven
moon lighting the way
into the air
carols fade
world transformed
Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #12 Christmas Troiku
winter solitude –
in a world of one color
the sound of wind © Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)
winter solitude –
a gust of wind
steals my hat
in a world of one color
faint tracks of a rabbit
crisscross the lawn
the sound of wind
dancing in the branches
sifting snow
Seven Days Before Christmas -Day 7 stress
Christmas eve
cold wind tugging my sleeve
as I hurry home
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Christmas sermon
the stress melting away
remembering true gift
Seven Days Before Christmas -Day 6 presents
brightly wrapped gifts
waiting under the tree
child peers in awe
Seven Days to Christmas -Day 5 A Choir of Angels
Christmas pageant
angelic choir of cherubs
delighting parents
Carpe diem – Seven Days to Christmas -Day 4 Christmas Story
star filled night
in a not so quiet stable
a savior is born
Carpe Diem Seven Days to Christmas -Day 3 White Christmas
silence falls
colored lights softly muted
white Christmas
scarves flying
gleeful peals of laughter
Christmas snow
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