Everlasting Joy

From Genesis 1:1-3:  “When God began to create the heavens and the earth,  the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.  Then God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”

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Early morning giants

Creator in its midst

Forest landscape stirring

His breath offers assist

 

Glorious sky blossoms

Creator brightens light

Sunrise worships with praise

Night’s glory taking flight

 

Vision of what He wants

Creator wakens rain

Parched wilderness transformed

Gratitude fills each vein

 

Salvation always near

Creator sharing grace

Gentle waters flowing

Life reborn in this place

 

Heavenly eyes look down

Creator turns new page

Everlasting joy sings

Nature’s gifts come of age

 

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From Genesis 2:1-3:  “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all their multitude.  On the sixth day God finished the work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all the work that He had done.  So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that He had done in creation.

October’s Harmony (Haiku Series #346)

Realignment

Summer forgotten

Autumn’s colorful menu—

Dining out . . . just fine

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Transition

Precious earth cooling

Harvest finally gathered—

November waiting

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Reflection

Fall’s eternal breath

Illustrating every page—

Nature’s brightest flame

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Autumn Voices

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Stanley Horowitz (American poet)

Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all.

Henry Beston (American writer and naturalist)

The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools.

One Final Look (Haiku Series #345)

On Schedule

Nature’s plot thickens

September’s story finished—

Revised with color

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Blissful Peace

Days growing shorter

September’s warmth slowly cools—

Nights sleeping longer

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Page Turns

Forgetting summer

September’s move to autumn—

Leaves express color

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From the words of American poet, Helen Hunt Jackson:  “By all these lovely tokens, September days here with summer’s best of weather and autumn’s best of cheer.”

Each September (Haiku Series #344)

Anticipation

Summer’s chapter ends

Autumn’s colors being groomed—

Landscape awakens

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Fulfillment

Summer’s gate closes

Autumn’s eager to open—

Cascading colors

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Transformation

Summer’s warmth fading

Sunlight’s arc sliding lower—

Autumn here at last

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From the words of American farmer, artist, and writer, Rowland E. Robinson:  “September days have the warmth of summer in their briefer hours, but in their lengthening evenings a prophetic breath of autumn air.”

September Quotes

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Ah, September!  You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul.

Peggy Toney Horton is an American writer, who lives in West Virginia.

All the months are crude experiments out of which the perfect September is made.

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English writer.

Morning’s Breath

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Stillness of morning’s breath

Tranquility fills heart

Horizon’s brightening light

Opening with day’s fresh start

 

Majestic giants stir

Delicate, swaying leaves

Darkness now evaporates

Wearing new day on its sleeve

 

Harmony’s early tune

Silent, yet always heard

Freedom composed, set to sing

Listening to treebound birds

 

Creator sketches scene

Every detail pronounced

Day renewed in nature’s midst

Colored with life, as announced

 

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Waking . . .

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Waking at midnight

Blessed with moon-free sky

Peering into galaxy’s midst

Endless stars twinkle “hi”

 

Waking with silence

Moonlight dropping in

Feeling heavens’ distant light

Harmony’s smiling grin

 

Waking in darkness

Storm’s thunder crashes

Rolling over quiet thoughts

Lightning’s outburst flashes

 

Waking to calmness

Creek gently rolls by

Flowing with tranquil spirit

Landscape waving “goodbye”

 

Dreaming no longer

Each hour filled with rest

Composing nightly rhythm

Set for tomorrow’s quest

 

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Everyday Joys (Haiku Series #342)

This Very Hour

Nature’s rendezvous

Tasting every breath of grace—

Tomorrow can wait

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Every Blessed Step

Morning peace gathers

Hiking on destiny’s trails—

Close to Creator

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Taking Extra Time

Joining for breakfast

Coffee plus conversation—

Life “over easy”

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Autumn Sketches

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August’s final countdown

School campuses alive

Summer’s vanishing breath

Autumn’s changes soon arrive

 

Dog days’ final heatwave

Students receiving books

Life’s transitioning steps

Autumn paints nature’s crisp look

 

Calendar page now turns

Summer’s final footsteps

Cooler weather ahead

Autumn’s leaf-colored doorsteps

 

Landscape’s pace quiets down

While football fans cheer on

Rustling of drying leaves

Autumn sketches, far from gone

 

Timeless journey transcends

Harvest complete, fields bare

Classrooms find their rhythm

Autumn’s presence everywhere

 

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