CLASS HAIKU

Silent the chapel
rests on a desert hillside
deconsecrated

Serene Adobe
formed long ago by brown hands
walls echo prayers
Deconsecrated
stars dream in a desert sky
What is its future?		Walls echo prayers
the cold swell of memory
dusty house of God

What is its future?
concrete floors, white walls, tin roof
tornado creates

Dusty house of God
brown windows, tin roof, old bell
alive with stories

Tornado creates
San Angel de la Guarda falls
San Pedro arises		 Alive with stories
prayers, communion, weddings
little Flower Club

San Pedro arises
stands atop a desert hill
guarding the neighbors

Little Flower Club
lace across a broken wall
women's faces glow

Guarding the neighbors
eyes of her soul shine brightly
the sweet-scented air		 Women's faces glow
fills the space with glad shadows
our hidden chapel

The sweet-scented air
hanging in delicate shapes
we bow our heads low

We bow our heads low
voices on paper echo
music through night air 		Acknowledgments:

Music through night air
baseball games, dances, snow cones
singing joyful noise

Carol Cribett-Bell
Sandy Florence
Bill Plapp
Penny Spicer
Fran Weissenberg

Singing joyful noise
quiet my sad heart, my tears
serene adobe

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