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Sunday, March 23, 2008

More for Easter

Easter
a spot of holy water
on my silk tie
* * *
Easter
I feel a twinge
in my genuflection
* * *
Easter Mass
I run into a friend
I thought was dead
* * *
"Come Holy Ghost"
as the church doors open
leaves in the wind*
*"Come Holy Ghost" is a traditional Catholic hymn, often sung at the end of Mass, as the doors are opening. This is not specifically an Easter ku, but I wrote it this morning, along with the others, and I hope it suggests spring.

13 Comments:

Blogger haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert) said...

that`s my favorite

"Easter Mass
I run into a friend
I thought was dead"


resurrection

life and death, death and life

12:41 PM  
Blogger John McDonald said...

great stuff bill loved em all
john

4:30 PM  
Blogger Bill said...

Thanks for that sensitive reading, Angelika.

Much appreciated, John.

5:04 PM  
Blogger polona said...

i love the whole set

10:50 AM  
Blogger Pat Paulk said...

I love the last one, as I think of the Holy Spirit as a whispering wind or breeze.

4:59 PM  
Blogger Bill said...

Thanks, polona.

Pat, John 3:8--"the wind bloweth where it listeth"

6:05 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I like them all, but the third one made me laugh! Excellent, Bill.

7:02 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I truly love all! Thanks Bill!

9:44 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

Thank you, Aurora and gautami.

6:39 PM  
Blogger Tikkis said...

#1 is good! You must put that tie in a very safe place! It's a holy one!

# 2: something wrong in your heart??

# 3 as haiku-shelf

but my favorite is # 4.

12:40 PM  
Blogger Bill said...

More like my knee, tikkis. Thanks for the comments.

9:24 PM  
Blogger CRK said...

Note to Bill from Carol:

Love your Easter haiku.
While you were at mass in New York, I was singing masses in Chicago, resulting in the following humble thought:

Stations of the cross,

Easter vigil, Easter mass,

Singers getting hoarse

2:15 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

Thank you, Carol. I hope your voice has recovered. I think "There Will Be Animals in Heaven," which I've just read at you blog, is a wonderful poem.

10:54 AM  

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