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At a recent Maundy Thursday quiet day, Denise Creed our leader during that service, asked us to compose Haiku poems, Japanese poems, which contain a first line of 5 syllables, a second line of seven , and a third line again of 5.
The examples below were all written by the anonymous folk of Good Shepherd Church,Wallsend.
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Good Friday~good?~good?
What's good about your dying day?
It showed us~Your love!
Agony, pain death.
Compassion, Revelation,
Your dying for all.
He gave life for us,
We can live fully in him,
Sharing bread with all.
They crucified him
Love being tested and tried
All for love of us
Do you know God's love
A love given freely now,
For you and for me?
Jesus died for all,
Was hung on a cross to die,
Witnesses weeping.
Arms that stretched out wide,
Words that spoke of pain and love,
Reaching all mankind.
God made man to die,
Suffering and setting free,
People for all time.
Love incarnate here
Love thrown back in your face
Love you gave to me.
Crowned with painful thorns,
Dressed in royal purple robe,
King of glory still.
Pilate gave a choice,
Jesus in place of a thief,
Barabbas was freed.
Cruel crown of thorns,
Proclaiming Jesus as king.
Little did they know.
Jesus ,Son of God.
Beaten and mocked by many,
Save us by your love.
Listen to the crowd,
Baying for blood.
Jesus hung his head.
Pilate washed his hands
Gave Jesus over to die,
What else could he do?
O Lord let us share,
In your suffering as we,
Walk this gift of life.
This last one is about The Asylum System:
We cast you adrift,
Washing our hands of your pain,
Carry your own cross
Your wife, your young ones,
Cheerful to suffering go,
Their blood be on us.
And the arrest...(John 18. 2+)
Now they knew the place
Opened the door with a key
And moved in silence
In their flack jackets
Made you fill the plastic bags
With all you possessed
And said 'Get ready
Today is the day you go,
And no-one will know.
No need for goodbyes
No warm embrace of dignity
Get into the van.
Draw close my children
Shall we not drink the cup too
The cup of suffering?
We came to escape
We fled hoping to be safe
Here we are again!
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