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 40 years

the joining of two 

lives together

sparrow

at our feet searching

for seeds

daylight arrives

over the harbour

seagull cries

silence

the wait of 

being

sudden darkness

the storm arrives

unexpectedly

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forgetting

to go outside

broken toe

black cat

a visit for

scratched ears

unexpected mail

tell me more about

your book

a swing

peace on the evening

breeze

construction

finding the slow way

to the beach

 

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 words

translated for

friends

open bible

mom's morning

moments

backyard swing

sitting outside watching

the trees

bloom

a word for this year on

a rubber stamp

morning tea

sitting lost in 

my thoughts

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 one shoe

protecting a broken toe

barefoot weather 

side by side

reading the

same book

hands

tapping rhythm on

the furniture 

crabgrass

tacking down the

brown patches

bass guitar 

rhythm to hang

the lyrics on

COVID-19

words

hanging as a demand

covid-19

video chat 

with my daughter—

snippets of being 

sitting—

six feet away 

yet together 

http://www.haikuhut.com/FailedHaikuIssue56.pdf

Included in the newest issue of Failed Haiku.

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domestication

pruning the wild 

raspberries 

chipmunk 

running along the fence 

with bulging cheeks 

rabbit 

on high alert 

creaky gate

canada geese

in the shallows of the 

river 

simplicity 

a stack of books from 

a single search 

Discernment

discernment 

children playing 

red light green light 

Published in Live Magazine: A Baptist resource for women on a mission July/August 2020

Also https://baptistwomen.com/one-year-at-a-time/ includes an article by me on the website.