Inspired by the prompt raindrops on Carpe Diem Haiku, I share this haiga (photo & haiku). The photo is mine, taken from inside my truck, looking out the windshield, as an autumn storm began to blow in.
Dripping, spattering
Raindrops driven by the wind
And a single leaf
I’ve been browsing more and more blogs of late, reading more poetry and looking for haiku prompts. The other day one of the poetry blogs I read led me to Carpe Diem Haiku and a new prompt: meadows. I like to give the thought to my mind and take what comes, not fussing too much with it. Here is the thought that leapt from my mind.
Out across yonder
Wind stirs the meadow flowers
Dancing as alive
This week’s prompt from Haiku Horizons is gift. The poem came out effortlessly, coincidentally I might add.
The way words flow out
Fluidly from mind to pen
It’s surely a gift
This week’s prompt from Haiku Horizons is “birthday “. Having just had mine the thirteenth of last month, getting older and the path that I’m traveling on this side of eternity have been on my mind of late so it’s a very timely prompt for me.
Another year gone
Three hundred sixty five days
Closer to my home
One of these days, and we know not when, we are all going to come to the end of our life’s path and I’m ready to meet my Lord when that day comes. The Bible teaches we will all give an account on that Day of our life and decisions, whether you believe that now or not it is true. The New Testament repeatedly warns us to be ready: Are you ready? Your answer depends on your standing before God and the one question that you’ll be judged by: Did you accept His Son, His grace, by faith, to cover your debt? Nothing else will matter.
Abide in God’s Word
Devour it, digest it
And live it out loud
Potholes in the Road of Life 