12/29/09

snow disappearing
underneath the shining sun
how quickly things change

©2009-Art Belliveau

12/28/09

a spreading sickness
so soon after Christmas Day
it doesn't seem fair

©2009-Art Belliveau

12/27/09

slip slidin' away
was a much better song than
car experience

©2009-Art Belliveau

12/26/09

night after night
burns away
seeking what i cannot find

©2009-Art Belliveau

12/25/09

christmas stars
burning brightly overhead
as brightly as they did
two thousand years ago
when a poor child
born to an unwed mother
was refused room
at his future stepfather's
family guesthouse
born without a place to stay
the stars shone down on that child
born in destitution
shone down as brightly then
as they do on the poor
and homeless
the lonely
and the unwanted
in our world today

©2009-Art Belliveau

Revision of word knives

razor's edge

words
when used carefully
thoughtfully
are the razor
that shaves away
obfuscation
leaving the plain truth
in sight

words
when used carelessly
thoughtlessly
can be as cruel
and as hurtful
as that razor
pulled across the throat

although with
words
the pain is not
so quickly over

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 12/24/09

laid in a manger
foreshadowing His future
as Bread for the world

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 12/23/09

silent snow falling
blanketing the trees and ground,
and the homeless, too

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 12/23/09

silent snow falling
blanketing the trees and ground,
and the homeless, too

©2009-Art Belliveau

word knives

words
when used carelessly
thoughtlessly
can be as cruel
and as hurtful
as a knife
across the throat
although with
words
the pain is not
so quickly over

©2009-Art Belliveau