Haikus for Advent: Week Two

As I explained in my last post, I am composing a haiku for each day of Advent this year and posting it on Twitter. 

These are the haikus I wrote for Week Two of Advent. 


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peace candle wavers
but does not go out. pray for
migrants fleeing war

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coloured lights glowing
in the window, softening
the edges of night

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expectant, we wait,
hardly knowing what -- or Who --
lies at waiting's end

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he scatters the proud
topples rulers' thrones, lifts up
the humble of heart

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the hungry are fed
and the Lord does not forget
to be merciful

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its head now engaged,
the baby will soon be born --
and this is our God!

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He in whose image
we were made is himself made
into our likeness

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