As I was walking to my car I noticed the many leaves scattered all across the parking lot. Their colors vividly showed against the black pavement. The leaves seemed to all be from the colorful Maple trees that were planted nearby—except—right by my car I noticed one lonely Oak leaf lying in among all the Maple leaves. Thus, an inspiration for today’s poem.
Are you looking for a church that’s alive? Well, if you visit New Zealand you will literally find a real living breathing church! “Tree Church” is a church built of actual living trees!
Click on the Links below to Read about it and/or View the Slideshow of pictures
Yahoo News Article: “This Man ‘Grew’ a Church From Living Trees”
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As the trees shed their leaves, let us also shed our anxieties, fears, grudges, or any negative thoughts
that might be keeping us from moving forward into a new season.
According to Dictionary.com one definition of “train” is: the series of results or circumstances following or proceeding from an event, action, etc.; aftermath In my Haiku “A Train of Fire” I seek to raise awareness of the yearly increase of damages to our forests in the Pacific Northwest because of Forest fires. Not only are many acres of trees damaged or lost, wildlife suffer loss of homes and people often do also. Firefighters risk their lives and health while fighting these fires so often uncontainable because of the wind and dry conditions. As Smoky the Bear says “only you can prevent Forest fires”. Please consider and do your part to protect our natural resources.
Haiku Horizons Weekly Challenge: Week #30–Prompt: Train
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 