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Haiku Blessings – 3

sunrise
a sky Georgia O’Keeffe
would paint

Saturday afternoon
yellow flowers
on a table in the sun

near the garage
on a cold March day
bird songs

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Haiku Blessings – 2

small study
and books to read
days with longer light

Psalms to pray
and poems to read
sun on seawalls

“small study” was published by:

Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2022
Robin White, Editor

Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
May 10, 2022

Our Garden: The Haiku Foundation Volunteer Anthology 2022, edited by Jim Kacian & Julie Bloss Kelsey
The Haiku Foundation, Winchester VA

“Psalms to pray” was published by:

Dawn Returns The Haiku Society of America 2022 Members’ Anthology, John J. Han, Editor
Haiku Society of America, New York

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Haiku Blessings

In my post, 10th Anniversary Edition One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp, I said that “Writing haiku is often a record of blessings for me.” I will share a few examples in a few posts.

sunrise . . .
some water
for the chrysanthemum

reading
one poem not many
seagulls in blue sky

grey skies
and colors in the garden
blue jays

“sunrise” was published by hedgerow #133, autumn 2020; Caroline Skanne, Editor. And was the Daily Haiku: February 16, 2021, Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog .

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10th Anniversary Edition One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp

I began this site on March 11, 2017 with the first blessing recorded in a handwritten journal, inspired by One Thousand Gifts, by Ann Voskamp (2010, Zondervan). I wrote, “raindrops on branches of the birch tree December 2012.”

Recently I bought the 10th Anniversary Edition of One Thousand Gifts. I wished to read the “Introduction for the 10th anniversary edition the gift of grace upon grace,” written by Ann Voskamp in late October 2020. And I like the ribbon bookmark. The Page for the book at Ann’s site has a picture of the cover and more information.

I will share more in a future post. Writing haiku is often a record of blessings for me.