posting poetic prose
18 Sep 2024 17 Comments
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glass
butter churn
its paddles soar
grandkids test antique taste
history
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An elfjie is a little elven poem of 11 words in 5 lines; theme today is “soar”. See guidelines for form here. Thanks to David for hosting and Sarah Whiley for posting an interesting W3 prompt!
17 Sep 2024 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: cornfield, crows, harvest, hungry, walk
black crows glean cornfield
startled by walker on road
accusers fly off
11 Sep 2024 14 Comments
morning of 9-11-2001…where were you when unimaginable tragedy struck?
at home
with children
husband says,
“turn on news”
watch furtively
shield little eyes
(they saw enough
to fear airplanes)
terrorists fly fueled
deathtraps to fiery
destruction & chaos
hell’s heat & smoke
people panic, jump
screams & sirens
first responders are
brave to rescue the
injured & bleeding
buildings collapse
leveled to street
low cloud billows
of dust & debris
onlookers run as
victims lie buried
below steel cross
the following summer, in month of June
when my father called to tell me mom had died,
(she was our second wife & mother we grieve)
he commented, “our twin towers have fallen.”
06 Sep 2024 22 Comments
in ekphrastic, sonnet Tags: boys, companionship, cousins, cows, dream, pasture
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last lazy summer day in pastures green
one week of freedom before starting school
stiff grasses tickle, prickle calloused feet
noon sun shines hot but breezes gently cool
two cousins sit together amiably
companionship does not require words
they watch the cows while clouds float easily
from distant trees, they hear the caw of birds
they dream a pirate’s dream on desert isle
of treasure buried deep beneath the sand
although there’s no high seas for many a mile
boys can imagine sword fights on dry land
covered by straw hats, long hair falls in curls
time’s brief, as young minds soon will follow girls
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An ekphrastic sonnet linked to W3 prompt at The Skeptic’s Kaddish.
03 Sep 2024 12 Comments
in quadrille Tags: circle, google meet, links, refresh, reload, spinner, zoom
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circle on screen spins
as computer “thinks”;
interminable spinning
seeks missing links, or
while waiting for host to
allow guests and greet
to zoom room gathering
or another google meet.
trying desperately to
reload, refresh, retool
but constant spinners
make one feel dizzy fool!
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A quadrille for dVerse with a “spin” 🙂
28 Aug 2024 27 Comments
in quatern Tags: butterfly, caterpillar, change, growth, milkweed, monarch, transformation
Linking to W3 “Weave Written Weakly” Prompt #122 here…
witness beauty in life’s changes
butterfly desires milkweed
she explores plant’s veined underside
her oval egg clings to fresh leaf.
little larva hatches from egg
witness beauty in life’s changes
striped larva eats voraciously;
caterpillar expands with growth.
now prepares for its pupa stage
caterpillar hangs down in “J”
witness beauty in life’s changes
asleep as jeweled chrysalis.
chrysalis darkens final day
bright monarch slowly emerges
crumpled wet wings plump up to fly
witness beauty in life’s changes!
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20 Aug 2024 17 Comments
in haibun Tags: apples, applesauce, cook, family, jars, memories, peeler
As children, we used to pick tart green apples from the lone fruit tree in our city backyard and peel using a paring knife…slow, careful, deliberate and then slice into chunks by hand to cook. Mom filled glass quart jars and vacuum sealed them in the pressure canner.
As adults, we pick ripe red apples from tree of choice in farm orchard and use a mechanical peeler…set apple on spikes to hold in place, turn handle quickly to create curls of peelings, then remove naked fruit, already sliced. We cut, cook, cool, and spoon into freezer containers.
Family comes together to make applesauce memories in season…working to process the produce, we’ll savor the flavor the rest of the year. Counting filled jars or quart containers is pure satisfaction.
cinnamon sugared
pick, peel, core, slice, cook slowly
chunky applesauce
13 Aug 2024 8 Comments
in enjambment Tags: alpine, camping, chipmunk, magpie, mountain, pines
camping offers idle
time alone with nature
and nature’s God. He is
everywhere present in the
quiet moments, in shade of
tall pines; seen in magpie’s
wings and shine of doe’s eyes;
felt in chipmunk’s fast heartbeat
and icy glacial stream; heard in
honk of goose and bugle of elk.
He abides on mountain heights
and in rocky crags’ hidden cave;
his power witnessed in lightning
jolt, drenching downpour or an
alpine avalanche; in strength
and beauty that beckons
us to be still and know.
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“Be still and know that I am God…” Psalm 46:10
10 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
What is Olympian about mocking the Lord and his disciples?
What is Olympian about trans man punching woman in her face?
It is Olympian… as Greek civilization also crumbled.
31 Jul 2024 7 Comments
in quadrille Tags: cattails, goldenrod, grass, prairie, redwing blackbirds, sunflowers, wild bergamot, wildflowers
A summery quadrille (44 words) for dVerse where De is hosting…
summer shared on prairie
(local scene) seen as more than
one season if so pleasing
redwing blackbird pairs nest
best in wetlands of cattails
goldenrod bursts heady clumps
lavender bergamot follows thistles
whistles of insects through wild brome
sunflower beguiles smiles above it all
26 Jul 2024 1 Comment
in american sentence Tags: Christianity, culture, unbelievers
Unbelievers do benefit from effects of Christianity.
19 Jul 2024 2 Comments
in ekphrastic Tags: chaos, life, numbers, order, pi, threads, yarns
life…
we’d like to
wrap it neatly
in a tight ball of
colorful yarns; the
stories and scenes
we’ve experienced till
now…but it seems that
no matter how hard we try
the numbers are indecipherable
and unresolved ends fray out loosely
yet… there’s an inexplicable order to the chaos
and the total effect of our threads is beautifully woven.
a poem in my pocket 
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