Haiku and prayer

October 13, 2006 Contemplative / haiku / Poetry / Prayer

Remember haiku from grammar school? You thought it was corny, right? OK, you were partly right.

But consider this: haiku is a way of sabbath ceasing for any moment of the week. It’s a way to jot down, reflect upon, and capture a moment in time. Turned toward God, it becomes another form of prayer.

Here are two examples I wrote from early this morning.

It’s not only about the exercise

Forty degrees out
I’m running with my daughter
Still dark the morning

God of Seasons

Refreshing morning
Leaves still cling tight to branches
Praise God of seasons

A few reminders:

The syllable pattern is 5-7-5
Pick seasonal word(s)
Seize a moment by reflecting on a part of nature or humanity

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Greg R Taylor

I am a home builder in Northeastern Oklahoma and president of 1256Movement.org. Proceeds from my latest book published in 2023, Prodigals, benefit this nonprofit dedicated to reparations of racial trauma in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Taylor is author of several books, including a coauthored work with Randy Harris titled Living Jesus. He and his wife, Jill, have three adult children, Ashley, Anna, and Jacob, for whom Prodigals is dedicated. I’ve been a writer for 30 years, a professional writer and editor for most of those years. No matter what other jobs I’ve done, I’ve continued to write. I’m the author, co-author, editor, or ghostwriter of many books you can see here. You’ll find a lot of topics I’ve written about listed and I've tried to categorize them so there should be bread crumbs for you to follow your interests. I’m 2024, I’ll celebrate 20 years of blogging. You can also find lots of free articles I’ve published in various magazines if you search my name at Christianity Today, Sojourners, and Wineskins. I wrote many book reviews for Publishers Weekly some years back but most of the reviews are not named reviews for sake of objectivity.

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