Welcome back to the #WeeklyHaikuChallenge at Ronovan Writes where the prompts are Spin & Water. As usual I couldn’t stop at just one haiku. The seasons seemed to capture my attention this week.
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Fall Begins
Circling round and round
Lone leaf falls into water
Spins in a whirlpool
Sitting on the bank
Toes dipped in fresh cool stream
I watch as leaf spins
Fall Gives Way to Winter
Wind suddenly gusts
Leaves spinning strike the pool
Like painted raindrops
Winter chills the air
Leaves sit back as snowflakes fall
Ice surrounds the trees
Spring and Summer
Spring comes blowing in
Water droplets sparkle as
Spiders spin their webs
Summer sun sizzles
Children spin merry-go-round
Cool off in the pool
Seasons Faithfully Come and Go
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease. (Gen. 8:22)
There is comfort in knowing that the seasons follow one after another and continually repeat the cycle. When we are tired of one, another is there to take its place. [bctt tweet=”Our lives also go through seasons, sometimes very hard ones, but there is hope.” username=”GaylWright”]
Most of us probably struggle at times trying to understand the why of our circumstances. We may even be unaware of the presence of God. It may seem that He has deserted us.
But take heart, my friend. God has promised never to leave us. He is working behind the scenes even when we don’t see. Each season has an ending, and the next one will come.
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
Be sure to check out the other haiku at Ronovan Writes. You might even like to join in. Click on the picture below and you’ll find plenty of helps to guide you along.
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I’m linking up with: #LMMLinkup, #Glimpses, #MomentsofHope, #TellHisStory, #TestimonyTuesday, #RaRaLinkup, #CoffeeForYourHeart, #ThreeWordWednesday, #ThoughtProvokingThursday, #Grace&Truth
Such a vivid word picture.
Thank you, Tara! That’s what I was hoping for. 🙂 Blessings!
Love them all
Thanks so much, Mick! Happy New Year to you!
Beautiful, evocative and atmospheric. Great haiku, Gayl. I adore them all!! Happy New Year to you, my creative poet friend! xo ?
Joy, thanks so much! Your opinion means a lot to me. 🙂 Happy New Year to you, too, dear creative poet friend. xoxo
Many blessing to you, sweet Joy!
It feels like I’m there!
Wow, Annie, thank you! Have a great day and a Happy New Year!
Dear Gayl,
I am glad to be back commenting on your posts after a short break these past few weeks! I love your verses, but this phrase especially touches my heart: “Like painted raindrops.” Our God is so creative, and He finds such a multitude of ways to draw us into HIS presence in the very middle of it all! Thank you for these beautiful pictures on such a cold, dreary day here! Blessings and Hugs! xoxo
Bettie, it’s great to have you back. Your comments are always so encouraging to me. 🙂 So glad you found beauty in this post!
Many blessings to you, dear Bettie! xoxo
I love your haikus and your photos, Gayl. They all paint such a special picture of God’s beauty. 🙂 And it’s so comforting to know God works behind the scenes and through each season of our lives even when we don’t realize it. Blessings to you in this new year!
Thank you so much, Trudy! Your words are encouraging to me. Yes, it is comforting to know that God is always working even when we don’t realize it.
Many blessings to you in this new year, too!
Love your visuals and poetic journey celebrating the seasons, Gayl. <3
Thanks so much for your encouragement, Olga! Blessings to you! So glad you enjoyed the photos and poems. 🙂
You have a nice collection of haiku for the prompt.
Thanks, Ken!
Loved your poems and the images you put with them. I haven’t written poetry in a long time. I’m inspired now. Have a wonderful New Year.
Thanks so much, Ginger! Glad you were inspired and I hope you write some poetry soon!
Blessings to you and Happy New Year!
Oh, so beautiful! Thank you!
Thank you, Cindi. I’m glad you liked them! Thanks for visiting. Blessings to you!
Simply beautiful, Gayle ?
Happy New Year to you.
Praying the year releases all the Blessings it has for you.
Hugs
Thank you so much, Ifeoma! Happy New Year to you, too. 🙂
Many blessings to you and yours! Love and hugs! xo
Beautiful!
Thank you, Barbie! Happy New Year and many blessings to you!
How beautifully done! 🙂 Could feel the seasons.. 🙂
Thank you so much, Prakash! I was hoping to convey the feeling of the seasons. Thanks for visiting!
Gorgeous haiku, Gayl! The pictures are great too. I loved how you went through all the seasons with beautiful words and so much imagery. Brilliant! 😀 xx
Thank you so much, Vashti! Your words are very encouraging to me.
Blessings to you!
I often wondered what it would be like to live in an area that had no changing seasons. It seems I am always anticipate and look forward to the next one.
Your insights are wise into the changing seasons of our lives. We can anticipate and look forward that the Lord will bring us safely through to the next one.
Blessings,
Karen, I grew up in northern FL and we didn’t really have noticeable changing seasons and I often wondered what it was really like. Since then I’ve lived in NH, NJ, SD and now SC, so I’ve had lots of experience with changing seasons and I love it.
Thanks so much for visiting and for your encouraging comments. Many blessings to you!
Beautiful! Seasons are sometimes unpredictable, but they predictably change. Sometimes that alone is a welcomed truth in my life. Thanks for sharing this at #ThreeWordWednesday.
Thank you, Kristin! So glad you stopped by, and you’re so right they do predictably change.
Blessings to you!
I love these, Gayl! Your photos are beautiful, too :).
Thank you so much, Anita! Blessings to you!
Beautiful pictures and words, Gayl!
Thank you so much, dear June! Blessings to you!
Happy New Year, Gayl! Love the poetry!
Thank you so much, Donna! Happy New Year to you, too! Blessings!