Matt Long

Growing Faith & Poetic Constraint

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Dendritic fractals
freeze the moment, fleetingly.
Elemental art ❄️

#haiku #dendrite #frost #sunrise #natureart

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@PSchrags @nflnetwork @LeicPanthers

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Intoxicating
citrusy floral sweetness;
Daphne Odora

#haiku #daphe 🌸

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Twenty twenty five -
sum of single digits cubes.
Happy New Year, square

#haiku #HNY2025

[Christie Harman @ChristieHarman]

2025 = 1³ + 2³ + 3³ + 4³ + 5³ + 6³ + 7³ + 8³ + 9³ 😍 #NYE2024

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Earths final in-breath
before tipping into light.
Liminal moment 💫

#haiku #WinterSolstice

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Babel bamboozles,
Pentecost transliterates.
Ev'ry tribe and tongue!

#haiku #pentecost

inspired by Emily at Louise’s commissioning service #OutdoorWorship @leicestercofe

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Goldfinches drum up
support for dawn. Wrens chime in.
House sparrows quarrel.

#haiku #DawnChorusDay 🐦‍⬛

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Sometimes, mist masks dawn,
Birds lead the alleluias!
No need for answers

#haiku #DawnChorus
#EasterSunday

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Get disillusioned
cus perfect doesn't exist.
Belovedness first

#haiku #learning

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Doing with, trusting -
the beauty is in the mess.
Love is attention

#haiku inspired by @beccadean at #catalyst30k launch w/ @leicestercofe

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Chandeliers of hope
salute the standing still sun.
Pivotal moment

#haiku #WinterSolstice

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Called on to begin
a transition away from
loophole litanies

#haiku #COP28

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Sleepwalking into
surprising proximity.
Divine descended

#haiku inspired by #lectio365

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Education is
the most powerful weapon.
Use to change the world

#haiku inspired by Ospreys class assembly @DovelandsLeic for #BlackHistoryMonth2023

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Earths obliquity,
twenty-three-point-five degrees.
Tilt towards the light

#haiku #Solstice2023

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

No one can eacape
the weather - it's there, present.
Gods breath forms the ice

#haiku #snow #landart #prayer

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

@DBELeicester Fasting radio.
Foreboding supermarkets.
Whamageddon life
#haiku #whamageddon

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Surrendering to
the spaciousness of silence.
It holds everything

#haiku #silence #QuietDay
@LaundeAbbey

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Panoply of prayer...
Root, fountain and mother of
a thousand blessings

#haiku inspired by +Saju

~ St John Chrysostom

[Matt Long @mattlongnow]

Competitive or
collaborative convo?
Debate dialogue

#haiku #conversations