Ichthus Haiku

During our first staff meeting of the Spring 2015 semester, the writers of the Ichthus wrote haiku. Please read the seventeen short poems below!First Ichthus meetingof the semester was dope.Looking forward, folks!– Nathan OteyJesus, David’s sonI’m blind, deaf, out, and searchingHave mercy on me– Peter HickmanLeftover cookies,No one wanted for want ofMike’s Pastries, are mine!!!– Henry LiReally, I don’t knowWhether tomorrow I liveBut you hold my hand.– Shaun LimTrudging through snow. Countundeserved blessings: warm bed,Your humilified love.– Jane ThomasGlorious motherOf God, and yet his daughter.Mysterious birth.– Obasi ShawIn wind, winter, snowStill the tree stands like saints’ bonesIncorrupt, living.– Gregory ScaliseThe divine made flesh,Savior and Almighty God,Sins turned white as snow.– Scott ElyI don’t like haikusI just don’t understand them.Sent from my iPhone– Karl KrehbielThe I am who isLord of all four feet of snowLoves, and this I know.– Will SackThen fall, son of man,Reigning from that awful tree,Love’s suffering King.– Stephen MackerethTo suffer on earthCannot possibly compareTo glory above– Haley CurtinFootprints in the sand:Yours and mine. Shall I see YourFootprints in the snow?– Marina SpinelliRunning the long raceI’m ill equipped to endureI must lean on Him– Jane ThomasNew Ichthus comperswrite much cooler poetrythan all the seniors– Nathan OteyHenry Li writes downabout God knows what on his pad,forever serene.– David PaivaOnce sick, now becauseJesus died of my diseasecommunion cups heal– Christian Schatz