Why we kneel – A Haiku Poem By Melba Christie

I recently had to explain to a youngster why we kneel. He heard it on the news so much he became curious. So I wrote a Haiku about it. I also looked up some articles about kneeling and have posted the links below.

To kneel or not to

we kneel for many reasons

kneel to pray today

Image by Myriam Zilles from Pixabay

Some references:

https://demwritepress.com/2018/09/30/why-we-kneel/

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/the-psychology-of-taking-a-knee/

http://theologicalanthropology.com/blog/2016/3/22/

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