Love Haiku

Woman and cat

May it never be!
That I fail to remember
the gift of your love.

Love Haiku

Sunset over Liberty Bay

I may be away,
but my thoughts lie down with you,
my beloved one.

Theological Haiku

Bob Ross taught painting on television for years and years.

A curious thought —
what if God were like Bob Ross,
painting happy trees?

Grief Haiku

Somber, cloudy day

I must turn away
All the suffering I see.
I cannot bear it.

Midwinter Haiku

Midwinter warm spell

Midwinter warm spell,
Evening mist, tree frog calling,
“Cro-cro-cro-crocus!”

Hard Times Haiku

Farm boy leading a dog

Hard Times Haiku

I guess we were poor.
Didn’t know what we were missing.
Quite unlike today.

Football and Love Haiku

Marshall High School Owls vs. Carthage Tigers, 1968. Missouri State 3A Semi-Final state tournament.
The real pain would come in the next game. Photo courtesy of Randy DeWitt.

If not for football
Or the women I have loved
I’d hardly know pain.

Hometown Haiku

Dad looks on as I fill the radiator of my old 1968 Ford Galaxie

Pop fixed everything.
Pity that talent wasn’t
hereditary.

Faith haiku

"Great Songs of the Church," shape-note hymnal

Faith of our forebears.
No organ. No liturgy.
Just Jesus. That’s all.

Burnt bacon haiku

Plate of burnt bacon

I had just one job:
“Watch the bacon, don’t burn it.”
Forgive me, I’ve sinned.