A Room of My Own: Easter Lily Haiku

Easter lily

a curl at each edge

deepens

Added:

Jesus Wept

war news on mute ...

the sound

of Easter rain

church spire's tip 

piercing through half-sleep

a child's scream

I cry 

no reason, and yet

(this silence)

FYI: The title,  "Jesus Wept" (John 11:35),  is widely recognized as the shortest verse in the English Bible (King James Version and many others).

We are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it, and becoming indifferent, indifferent to the deaths of thousands of people

Pope Leo XIV,  his first Easter Mass

And The Nation Magazine, April 13, 2026: Trump’s Deranged, One-Way Feud With Pope Leo

“I have no fear neither of the Trump administration, nor of speaking out loudly about the message of the Gospel,” the pope told reporters on his plane as he headed for a visit to Algeria and several other African countries.  They asked about Trump’s comments on Truth Social, and Leo responded: “It’s ironic—the name of the site itself. Say no more.” He added: “I do believe the message of the Gospel—‘blessed are the peacemakers’—is the message that the world needs to hear today.”

And this is a sequence to my tanka set below:

What Will Come Next?

in Easter sunshine

a billboard atop the church

proclaims:

Mary, called Magdalene

host to seven devils

Jesus is Risen

drifts from the whitewashed church

on the corner

a middle-aged black man

wears a crown of thorns

NeverEnding Story, April 5, 2026

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After Easter

slate-gray sky

white, trumpet-shaped blooms

curl inward

church door closed

a fallen petal

cups the last light

Added:

a gembun written to T.S. Eliot

April is the cruelest month, I murmur to myself

drinking alone

the sound of snowfall

deepens

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alone ...

the dawn sky 

tinged gray

Added: Politics of Distraction, V:

written in response to the Convicted Felon/Peanut-Brained man who sits behind the Resolute Desk

Does this political senryu (comic haiku) work well?

two-week ceasefire …

mid-bite of a taco

he mumbles, I won

FYI: taco stands for Trump Always Chickens Out

Added:

two-week ceasefire

pop, popping under the hood

of a Ford Mustang

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love in my dream

eyes half-closed, lips parted ...

surf crashes ashore