Haiku

Section:

prayers

Dawn’s rose-petaled sky
Grass dew-dapples winks and smiles
Morning greets her God.

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Slender roots go deep
Tether me to wisdom’s heart
Freeing me to soar.

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Heart’s core tightly closed
Rosebud dares to spiral out
Dew-kissed velvet birth.

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Mystery of stars
Ancient world beyond my grasp
Rooted to the earth.

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Ice dance in the sky
Lacy ballerinas twirl
Pirouette to earth.

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Bright eyed robins chirp
Calling sleepy earth to rise
Nature's morning song.

Ann Marie Slavin, OSF

The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia