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Tree Silhouette by Simmo1024.
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A little mercy
raindrops slowly weeping on
drought-opened ground cracks
Patiently dousing
fire-cleared forests bringing out
shades of black and brown
Snow will cover sleep
healing hot with cold and
dry with wet relief
Dream of waking, friends,
rising slowly with roots deep
as bodies are full
Returning mercy
for harm, nurturing all un-
conditionally
For my prompt at
Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Mercy
Copyright © 2015 S.L.Chast
Love the soothing cool of the middle haiku... ♥
ReplyDeleteThis is soo beautiful...!! Nature sprinkles her mercy upon us all in ways innumerable :D :D
ReplyDeleteLots of love,
Sanaa
"Dream of waking, friends.....returning mercy for harm".....this says it all, and so beautifully. Sigh. I love it.
ReplyDeleteNature does heal and in ways that we sometimes cannot--beautifully done Susan
ReplyDeleteJust what we need in Australia now with fires raging and temps about 100F (38C) ad its not summer until December! A beautiful poem with nature bestowing her gifts unconditionally.
ReplyDeletethe first one for me is a stunner, im absorbed in your contemplation of natures's goodness to mankind
ReplyDeletethanks for dropping in to read mine at my blog
much love...
Lovely poem !
ReplyDeleteLove the first one Susan... beautiful.
ReplyDeleteA little mercy
ReplyDeleteraindrops slowly weeping on
drought-opened ground cracks
Great opening Susan,Yes, just a little mercy can go a long way. Empathy has a way of enhancing itself.
Hank
Mercy is like raindrops in unrelenting heat...and nurturing unconditionally is the very essence of mercy..of humanity too perhaps?
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of nature's mercy. Love the last one which, to me, incorporates the healing I hope for.
ReplyDeleteMercy really does fill the cracks and cover the ugliness left behind (by man.) We are so unmerciful to the land - scaring it without thought.
ReplyDeleteHopeful for a healing spring (in our world)!
The gentle flow of mercy. Your words are like silk!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful haiku set. I especially like the fourth one....with the dream of waking & bodies full. Then the conclusion of returning mercy for harm & nurturing all. Oh that it be so!
ReplyDeleteyour closing is especially moving, Susan. Beautiful poem.
ReplyDeleteReturning mercy
ReplyDeletefor harm,
such a beautiful thought!
Nurturing all unconditionally regardless of race, gender or status is the Christian ethos, not alway practised by those who profess to be Christian.Other belief systems do not engender these precepts so understandably there is no obligation
ReplyDeleteor a reason to nurture all unconditionally unless you are living in a country which has made it a rule of law!
How wonderfully you describe the regenerative quality of mercy, Susan. Your extended metaphor of nature regenerating works well with the linked haikus.
ReplyDeleteJust loved them absolutely.....missed reading for a long time...this was a treat!
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