Advent Haiku - Days 19, 20, & 21

Day 19 - Lamentations
Jerusalem hurls
her desperate hopes against
God's forgetfulness.

Day 20 - Ecclesiastes
Whatever God does
and whoever else may be
who knows? The wise wait.

Day 21 - Esther
Probability
counts for nothing when Esther's
G-d is in the plot.

from Richard Bauckham's "Haiku for an Advent Calendar".

Advent Haiku - Day 18

Day 18 - Ruth
Tough old Naomi
bounces a child on her knee -
her wild hope come home.

from Richard Bauckham's "Haiku for an Advent Calendar".

Advent Haiku - Day 17

Day 17 - Song of Solomon
Yes, he will haste like
a gazelle. Nothing is more
impatient than love.

from Richard Bauckham's "Haiku for an Advent Calendar".

Advent Haiku - Day 16

Day 16 - Job
God answered Job but
not his question. Maybe he
will do that again.

from Richard Bauckham's "Haiku for an Advent Calendar".

Advent Haiku - Day 15

Day 15 - Proverbs
Too clever by half
are the foolish. The wise know
the folly of God

from Richard Bauckham's "Haiku for an Advent Calendar".

Advent Haiku - Day 14

Day 14 - Psalms
If there were glory
only, praise like the last psalms,
would that be the end?

from Richard Bauckham's "Haiku for an Advent Calendar".

Advent Haiku - Days 12 & 13

Day 12 - Ezekiel
In the end it is
all in the name of the city:
The Lord is there.

Day 13 - The Twelve Prophets
Then, as before, will
Bethlehem bear the shepherd
of the scattered sheep.

from Richard Bauckham's "Haiku for an Advent Calendar".

Advent Haiku - Days 10 & 11

Day 10 - Isaiah
In the wilderness
a voice cries for centuries
seeking an echo.

Day 11 - Jeremiah
Rachel refuses
to be comforted - even
when we turn the page.

from Richard Bauckham's "Haiku for an Advent Calendar".

Advent Haiku - Day 9

Day 9 - Kings
She came with riddles.
His more than answers more than
took her breath away.

from Richard Bauckham's "Haiku for an Advent Calendar".

Advent Haiku - Day 8

Day 8 - Samuel
Hannah, drunk as an
apostle at Pentecost,
magnifies the Lord.

from Richard Bauckham's "Haiku for an Advent Calendar".

Advent Haiku - Days 4, 5, 6, and 7

Day 4 - Numbers
Dawn in my distance,
the wise watchers will see him,
star of their searching.

Day 5 - Deuteronomy
Moses from Pisgah
overviews all. It is not
space but time he lacks.

Day 6 - Joshua
Going over Jordan
Joshua above all sees
that the ark goes first.

Day 7 - Judges
Said the trees to the
bramble, 'Come, be our ruler!'
'Wait!' said the mustard.

from Richard Bauckham's "Haiku for an Advent Calendar".

Advent Haiku - Day 3

Day 3 - Leviticus

If she is too poor
to afford a sheep, she may
offer two pigeons.

from Richard Bauckham's "Haiku for an Advent Calendar".

Advent Haiku - Days 1 & 2

The following Advent Haiku is taken from Richard Bauckham's "Haiku for an Advent Calendar". It is located at his personal website here.

Day 1 - Genesis
After paradise
not even Lot's wife looks back.
Memory turns round.

Day 2 - Exodus
The bones of Joseph
in their gilt sarcophagus
travel night and day.