Haiku Collection 11

299 CHRISTY

May I take you there

Anywhere but here and now

Let’s go to the fair!

300 SALIK

I have been waiting

And wanting and wondering

To get but nothing.

301 ALEX

Son of Socrates

What man can find the prowess

Of your rarity.

302 FOOTBALL

Eighteen sixty three

When football tale begins

Soccer then it was.

Where the English went

Fever became a talent

Never to relent.

Eleven at its best

Players put to a team’s test

The ball never rests.

Forward score the goal

Guard post is defender’s role

Midfielder unite.

The king of the hill

This time will it be Brazil?

Again what a thrill!

But Materazzi

Offended The Blues did he

Rejoice Italy!

303 MATE

Give him some comfort

Caffeine from your juices

Holly, he chooses.

304 SIMON

He is called Peter

Upon his rock He has built

His church forever.

305 ANDREW

Brother to Peter

His cross lies in Patraea

Hero to Russia.

306 JAMES THE GREATER

Herod Agrippa

Knew not Zebedee’s sorrow

As he took his breath.

307 JOHN

Jesus who loves him

The incarnate word of God

He feels his passion.

308 PHILIP

Son of Bethsaida

Friend of Nathaniel

Servant of His word.

309 BARTHOLOMEW

At The Last Supper

He sits beside James The Less

First and on the left.

310 MATTHEW

Spreads his wings to fly

East waits for the First Gospel

Sermon on the Mount.

311 THOMAS

Resurrection

Do not doubt the wounds of Christ

His satisfaction.

312 JAMES THE LESS

You are one of us

Welcome to Jerusalem

Saint Paul of Tarsus.

313 JUDE

Be an example

Upon filial piety

They did something right.

314 SIMON II

The Cananaean

Zealous in his religion

The eager Christian.

315 MATTHIAS

Away with Judas

Macedonia awaits

Good news of the Lord.

316 MEANING

Communication

A subjective emotion

A silence subdued.

317 PRAYER

Clueless of your plan

accept emotionally

Prepare mentally.

318 US PRESIDENT

As calculated

It seems, poor George has landed

Hard back in the bush.

319 MECCA

Once devoid of sin

Flooded green seeing my grin

Never without kin.

320 EGO

Conscious of itself

Experience of the outside

World of the objects.

321 MEDIATOR

Tell me now, dear Sir.

Do high selfish peaks require

Your intervention?

322 MEDICINE

He is who you call

A man who takes it as he

Accepts all his faults.

322 MEDIOCRITY

Such a state deserves

The uninitiated

Such lazy cowards.

323 MEDITATION

The spirit is weak

God beckons you to reflect

Answer for neglect.

324 GORGON

Beware such beauty

Snakes, stones, sisters, secrecy

Stick to reflection.