Japanese haiku is an unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively.
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New light in the sky
announces a sacred birth.
Shine brightly young star.
Hallelujah song
carries on a gentle wind,
heralding a king.
Shepherds lift their heads,
not to gaze at a new light
but to hear angels.
“Unto you is born
in the city of David
a Savior for all.”
Born on straw at night
under low stable rafters,
Baby Jesus cried.
Sheep and goats and cows
gather ’round a manger bed
to awe at a babe.
Wise men come to see
a child of greater wisdom
and honor divine.
Rare and precious gifts,
gold and myrrh and frankincense,
to offer a king.
Mary and Joseph
huddle snugly together.
They cradle God’s son.
On this wise He came,
the Son of God to the earth.
A humble wonder.
Richelle E. Goodrich