Biblios Hokku - Acts

I am back to posting about my Biblios Hokku, and I have actually finished the whole Bible now.  That's right, all 66 books in Haiku.

Today we look at Acts.  I don't think I need to say much about this book.  It follows on from the Gospels, most particularly from Luke's Gospel, and tells the story of how the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples, and empowered them to build a church.

ACTS

A church arises

Soaked in the Word and Spirit

Power from on high.

To read the whole Bible in Haiku, go here.  Otherwise stick around, and we'll go through the rest of the books one by one.

Lots of Biblios Hokku today

Another eight poems for my Biblios Hokku project. If you're new to the game, you can find out more here, or read the whole project so far here.

1 KINGS
Wise old Solomon
Building a house for the Lord
How long will it last?

2 KINGS
Judah and Israel.
Both nations carried away.
An exile begun.

1 CHRONICLES
The throne of David
established for evermore.
Grace in spite of sin.

2 CHRONICLES
A nation fallen
Still carrying God’s favour.
“I will bring you home.”

EZRA
A heart that seeks Him.
Ezra prepares the people.
Hope will rise anew.

NEHEMIAH
With prayer and with sword,
The wall of Jerusalem
rises once again.

ESTHER
A woman of God,
Born for a time such as this.
Favoured by her King.

JOB
Hold on to your faith.
Our God gives and takes away,
but always stays true.

RDM #8 - Golden Noise

Another one from my archives. I've been doing a lot of writing and poetry lately, so I thought I would pull one of my poems out and dust it off. It's short, but who really wants to read too much this early on a Monday morning?

GOLDEN NOISE

So I wrote this poem a while ago, and tonight at my bible study group I started thinking about it. How often do we ignore the call for our lives, because we are afraid of what it will mean for us. Do we really want to hear GOD? Sometimes I am not sure.

In silence we hear
The Call to our own true self.
Hence the noise we make.

For more of my poetry, check out my other page, or go to fictionpress.

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Biblios Hokku

I love a good Haiku I do.

So I have decided that since my life is not hectic and complicated enough, I am going to stretch my poetic muscles a little by writing the bible in Haiku. That's going to be 66 seperate Haikus for each book of the bible. (Excluding the Apocryhpa)

And just because I felt that this task was not complicated enough already, I have decided to do them in order. So I will be starting at Genesis, and working my way through to Revelation. No pressure. I feel it will be an interesting exercise to try and capture the essence of each book in a few lines, while still retaining everything that makes Haikus so awesome.

I will be posting the entire set on my other blog and on fictionpress to keep them all together. Feel free to pop over from time to time and see how it is growing. I will also be publishing each new "book" here for your consideration and edification.

So far I have done the first three books, as well as an overview of the Bible as a whole. You try and do an overview of the entire message and spirit of the Bible in 5-7-5 and tell me how easy you find it!

Biblios Hokku

By faith, for service

our worth only in His eyes

we are saved for Him

GENESIS

In the beginning

Made for love, called for my own

Follow me, and live

EXODUS

God did not leave us

Fire by night, cloud by day

Our faith in our feet.

LEVITICUS

As I am holy

So must all my people be

Do this and draw near

Free Will

Why can’t you just

overwhelm me already.

You gave me free will

a wondrous gift to be sure.

But I don’t think I’m using it right.

Can’t you take it back please?

Failure

Look at me, I'm a failure.

Golden Noise

So I wrote this poem a while ago, and tonight at my bible study group I started thinking about it. How often do we ignore the call for our lives, because we are afraid of what it will mean for us. Do we really want to hear GOD? Sometimes I am not sure.

In silence we hear

The Call to our own true self.

Hence the noise we make.

For more of my poetry, check out my other page, or go to fictionpress.