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).
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
Added:
After Easter
slate-gray sky
white, trumpet-shaped blooms
curl inward
church door closed
a fallen petal
cups the last light
