Curious Christian

Reflections on culture, nature, and spirituality from a Christian perspective

I am thinking of joining the New Writers Group in Parramatta. I found out through their website yesterday that there is a Haiku competition for the Riverbeats Festival later this year.

Haiku’s follow a three line format.

First Line: 5 Syllables
Second Line: 7 Syllables
Third Line: 5 Syllables

The theme for the festival is water and spirituality and the successful entires will be projected on large screens and buildings at the banks of the Parramatta River. Having played around with Christian haikus on and off for some time on this blog I just couldn’t pass up such an opportunity. Here’s my first one:

Wind over water
An echo of creation
I long for God’s rest

I’ll see how it goes.

13 responses to “Haiku reflections on the Parramatta River”

  1. Yaholo Avatar

    Trying hard to write
    a witty haiku response
    nope… can’t think of one
    🙂

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  2. Matt Stone Avatar

    Oh, writers block huh?
    That seems to be going ’round
    just like the swine flu

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  3. Yaholo Avatar

    – touché

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  4. Matt Stone Avatar

    Tips hat 🙂

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  5. Kalessin Avatar

    Oh no, not haiku.
    Wouldn’t sonnets be more fun?
    Take up challenges!

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  6. Matt Stone Avatar

    Sonnets may be tried
    But first there is eoyfs
    – No time yet, dear friend

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  7. Lucy J Avatar
    Lucy J

    EOFYS, no time?
    Why should it stop creation?
    In Christ we move on!

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  8. Matt Stone Avatar

    In eternity
    A thousand years is a day
    Why rush anything?

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  9. Lucy J Avatar
    Lucy J

    Because I have to!
    A thousand years makes my day
    THEN, not earthbound’s NOW…

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  10. Matt Stone Avatar

    But to realize
    The future in the present…
    Revelation no?

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  11. Kalessin Avatar

    Theologians — Why
    have they not used haiku to
    solve the world’s problems?

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  12. Matt Stone Avatar

    Rare as a blue moon
    Is the theologian
    Who can be succinct

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  13. Clark Avatar

    It’s not fair to God
    To say He doesn’t exist
    Due to flawed Christians
    – One of them 🙂

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