Surprise Winter Grounding Caress: Haiku

In deep midwinter,

moist leaves, grass, and earth caress

and deeply ground me.

Nature’s Testimony Meetings Haiku

I was discussing if we could really “talk” to the trees, the flowers, rocks, rivers, birds, animals, and all matter of live, if we can really communicate on a spirit-to-spirit basis. Some say that’s silly, that the flora and fauna of God’s creations can’t “talk”. As I was thinking and pondering, I thought several truths:
*Scripture says ALL things testify there is a God / Creator
* Isaiah (Old Testament Bible) talks about the Earth and the mountains and woods and other natural items “SHOUTING” God’s praises
*Other Scripture says that the rocks and stars and more “testify.”

So I thought: “If I can FEEL the testimony and the Spirit in and through Nature, how is that any different than going to a testimony meeting at Church? And I realized … It’s not! So I wrote:

I can access Earth’s/
testimony meetings when I/
walk in Nature.

Earth + Us: Eco-Lessons from the Land

Lessons from the land, and what I’m learning

Six acres
of hardwoods,
cedars,
meadows,
wildflowers
thorns, thistles, briars and noxious weeds,
fields,
and a creek.
Ours,
yet not.

We are the stewards
of this land,
long ago nurtured by
and nurturing
indigenous peoples.

It is now our turn
to learn
and grow
with,
on,
and from;
to listen,
hear,
and respond,
so nature gets what she needs
as we give,
and receive in return.

[My wife wrote this piece about my efforts on the land, lessons from the land, and how we should treat nature: ]