Boundless Nature (Haiku Series #105)

Endless

Gentle breeze blowing

Autumn leaves fluttering down—

Fading memories    

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Relief

Pollen count drops low

Refreshing air we now breathe—

Morning rains arrive

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Hiding

Morning’s early dawn

Fog blankets each creek and pond—

What mysteries wait?

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God’s Saving Grace (Haiku Series #104)

Targeted

Seeds sown and watered

Only God provides the growth—

Living with purpose

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Pardoned

Through grace and mercy

God offers us Salvation—

Won by our Savior

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Transformed

Trusting Holy Truth

Discovering our new self—

Our true home in Christ

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Times Count (Haiku Series #103)

Time Flies

Totally absorbed

Where did the afternoon go?

Reading a new book

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Treasured Time

Tuesday afternoon

Never missing preciousness—

Granddaughter’s tea time

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Celebrating the Time

Friday afternoon

Seconds, minutes, hours announce—

Five o’clock somewhere

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Life Winks Back (Haiku Series #102)

Novel Approach

Hero’s life seems stuck

Unanswered questions abound—

Pausing, writer’s block

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Exhausting Day

Feeling overworked

Watching over eager lad—

Guardian angel

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Motivated

Running to the bus

Excited for his school day—

Pizza pie for lunch

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Our Father’s Treasures (Haiku Series #101)

Good Shepherd

Leading precious sheep

Rod and staff always comfort

Caring tenderly 

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Invitation

Call upon the Lord

His love fills with righteousness—

Accepting His Grace

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Cherish

Our Father is near

Safeguarding our hearts and minds—

Rejoice in His peace

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Journey with God (Haiku Series #100)

Faithful

Daily walk of faith

One step after another—

Following Jesus

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Go High

Love be genuine

Feed enemy with goodness—

Overcome with good

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Found

Lost in wilderness

God’s GPS brings us home—

Walk never alone

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Life’s Ebbs and Flows (Elfchen Series #30)

Needing Patience

Morning

Internet outage

Experiencing suspended animation

Blank screen stares back

Stuck

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Breathe

Perfection

Constantly searching

Patience wearing thin

Never will be content

Impossible

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Precious

Always

Forgiving everything

Kind and compassionate

Never holding a grudge

Puppy

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This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.

Indelible Marriage (Haiku Series #99)

Magnificent

Blessings with God’s joy

Lifetime moments, fulfilling—

Marriage joins as one

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Unceasing

Eternity smiles

Husband and wife forever—

Maturing love lasts

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Forever

Bride and groom unite

Faithful under our Lord’s love—

Lifelong memories

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Keep Smilin’ (Haiku Series #98)

Yes . . . Really!

Early morning view

Magic mirror never lies—

Seeing perfection

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Oops!

Car slides into lake

GPS wet with errors–

Where did my map go?

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Chilling Taste

Sweetest tooth talking

Escaping the day’s heat wave—

Hi Baskin-Robbins

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Subtle Laughs (Haiku Series #96)

The Writer

Thinking Stephen King

Blood, sweat, tears filling each page—

Typing my novel

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Sharing Love

Bringing flowers home

Husband with best intentions—

Wilting with sadness

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Out of Luck

Golf is like taxes

Driving hard for the green, yet—

End up in the hole

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