Haiku for every day of August 2024
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August 1
Fifth birth-day over
But your birth-week continues
We love you, Jasper!
August 2
All day with the boys
Legos, lunch, Henry and Mudge
It’s been a long time!
August 3
Bricks and minifigs
Jasper, five friends, Miles
For his fifth birthday
August 4
Yes – it’s time to pray!
What might we do with Jesus?
What might he do with us?
August 5
Yes – it will be hot
God’s gift electricity
Such as a time as this
August 6
Move from multitude
To circle of the commited?
Go on mission trip!
August 7
Common people for
Uncommon purpose, Rosa
Parks, Simon Peter
August 8
Miles tells his next joke
What’s black, white, read all over
He laughs, eyes wide, bright
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August 9
Sweat falls off my face
Really! 106 degrees?
Like Death Valley here
August 10
Watch our basil plant
Taking over a big pot
It smells so Green
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August 11
Deep identity
Child of God, friend of the Groom
Roots grow deep and strong
August 12
Marg with Rugeley
Her teeth get some attention
Just look at that smile
August 13
Ask and he will … this
Is the kingdom of heaven
Can you drink my cup?
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August 14
When Jesus dies for me
Does he show me how to live?
And then … how to die?
August 15
Friday Adventures
Stopped by neither snow nor storm
Eyes wide, heads held high
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August 16
Cedar Park Railroad
Soaked at the Quarry Splash Pad
Lunch at Whip My Soul!
August 17
Cubs, Bears, home teams win
Strange how happy this makes me
From the outside in
August 18
Author of my life
Christ be magnified in me
Let his praise arise
August 19
Our forty-five years fly
Across the far horizon
Blue birds in the sky
August 20
River flow in me
The past is not even past
Stones in me dissolve
August 21
Oh, black block of stone!
Caught in the current of God
River flow through me
August 22
This water stones me
Rivers’ flow by flow by flow
Run all over me
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August 23
Bible to live by
Love letter from God to me
Signed, sealed, delivered
August 24
can I get a nap?
Tomorrow is Shabbat, so
Lots to do today
August 25
At last our pool’s open
Water lapping on my chest
Sun shines warm, wet, bright
August 26
Learn the art of calm
Tree trunk stands still, while leaves blow
Lord, let that be me
August 27
Plastic under car
Falling apart once again
How long, Lord, how long?
August 28
Guy sits on his stool
Fingers pressed into forehead
Eyes closed. Worried stiff.
August 29
I like to hold peace.
This from car-tire shop reps
Patrick, Spencer, Sam
August 30
Boys. Amtrak. First time.
Swimming from a Waco beach
Baylor’s twin black Bears
August 31
Help me now, Grandpa!
Dark water, too high for me
You will hold me up