a noble cedar

15 Sep 2015 6 Comments

by lynn__ in haibun Tags: , ,

“I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest. And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”
 

man on his mountain

bible’s holy poetree

lofty sovereign grace


 

(Ezekiel 17:22-24, ESV)

draco-nian measures

14 Sep 2015 2 Comments

by lynn__ in haibun Tags: , ,

The protecting Mother Camels is the name given by ancient Arabic nomadic tribes to an asterism in the constellation of Draco. Instead of the head of a dragon, the asterism was interpreted as a ring of mother camels surrounding a baby camel (the faint star in the middle), with another mother camel running to join them. The camels were seen to be protecting the baby from a line of charging hyenas. The nomads who own the camels are camped nearby, represented by a cooking tripod…
 

(source: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai‘s space odyssey)

baby camel cries

dromedary moms hear fear

credit: Wikipedia

credit: Wikipedia

high-kick hyenas

 
arabs draw camel stars where

greco-romans marked dragon

remembering 9-11-01

11 Sep 2015 21 Comments

by lynn__ in Uncategorized

Linking with dVerse poets as we dialogue…

“We have a choice whether to implode and disintegrate emotionally and spiritually…or (to) become stronger.” – Rev. Billy Graham
 

honey, i think you better turn on the news

“A second plane has crashed into the world trade center…”

dear God, is this a bad dream or the end of the world?

“Run, the tower’s coming down!”

oh, no; all the firefighters are in there

“American Airlines Flight 77 has just slammed into the Pentagon”

save yourself or save another?

“God help me. Jesus help me. Are you ready? Let’s roll!” *

Another plane dropped from the sky in rural Pennsylvania

“Tomorrow New York is going to be here and we’re going to rebuild.” **

united we must stand.
 
 
“Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America.” – Pres. George W. Bush

*Todd Beamer, upon dropping call to his wife from Flight 93.
**Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, following the 911 attack in NYC.

stars of Delphinus smile

10 Sep 2015 2 Comments

by lynn__ in dodoitsu Tags: , ,

Link with Carpe Diem space odyssey: constellation Delphinus (the dolphin)
 
cruise across Delphinus bay
perch telescope on bow’s nose
dolphins smile at stargazers

boating with porpoise

photo by lynn

photo by lynn

postcards home

08 Sep 2015 24 Comments

by lynn__ in Uncategorized Tags: , ,

Turkish peninsula is favored tourist destination. Rent a sailboat at local marina and explore a nearby cove’s cerulean waters, surrounded by lush green hills of olive, tangerine and palm trees. Or stroll the narrow, pebbly beach below Bodrum’s charming white stone houses with mud-thatched flat roofs. Swim with the fish by day, dance under stars by night.

body washed on beach
dinghy overturns in crossing
weep with refugees

http://wewelcomerefugees.com

cassiopeia: w is us

06 Sep 2015 4 Comments

by lynn__ in Uncategorized

Linking to CDHK’s Space Odyssey episode…

cassiopeia
wheeling around northern sky
stars bear family name

“w” for wielenga
descendants of wheel-maker

constellation consummation

05 Sep 2015 6 Comments

by lynn__ in tanka Tags: , , , ,

Camelopardalis or the Giraffe constellation is a large, faint grouping of stars in the northern sky. The constellation was introduced in 1613 by Petrus Plancius to represent the animal Rebecca rode to marry Isaac in the Bible. One year later, Jakob Bartsch featured it in his atlas. Johannes Hevelius gave it the official name of “Camelopardus” or “Camelopardalis” because he saw the constellation’s many faint stars as the spots of a giraffe. (source: CDHK)
 

bridal caravan

camelopardalis night

brown eyes behind veil

 

restless groom scans horizon

rebecca comforts isaac

 

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I have a thing for camels lately…

Qumran – 1947

01 Sep 2015 21 Comments

by lynn__ in Uncategorized Tags: , , ,

I have privilege of hosting dVerse poetics today with theme of “The Watchman” Won’t you join us?
 

go, set a watchman!

sheep herder found
high cave by sound
of stone tossed far,
heard crashing jar
held ancient scroll
preserved the whole
of Isaiah’s book
world scholars look
in prophecy
fulfilled it be
truth revealed
for all who see.

Isaiah penned
God’s script for men:
walk in my ways
be blessed your days.
he is just as he is good,
his timely words
our living food.
Deo volente,
we live, we breathe;
list watchman’s call
don’t turn away
lest judgement fall

oh, rue the day!

_______

image of the

prophet Isaiah

by sculptor,

Salvatore Revelli

cryptid’s jaded reputation

31 Aug 2015 Leave a comment

by lynn__ in Uncategorized

Linking to Chèvre’s “jade” haiku prompt at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai today.

panther eyes flash jade

supermoon highlights velvet

exotic huntress

ID 29964744 © Volodymyr Byrdyak | Dreamstime.com

ID 29964744 © Volodymyr Byrdyak | Dreamstime.com

More info’ on “black panthers”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6przuR7ITfY

learn language sans grammar attacks

28 Aug 2015 20 Comments

by lynn__ in Uncategorized

Meeting the bar and modifying it at dVerse poets over-the-top prompt!

 
tortoise-ical tutor
obfuscately attempts
sea-weedy conversation
with dog-paddling spanglish
-as-a-second(third?)-
language student.

both adults, babble-on
with mermaid tongues,
wordy fusillade slippery
as school of lingual fish;
all eager shimmering scales
while meaning flip-flops crazily
across (un)intended beach.

perhaps it’s more than
enough (enough already!)
to sit smallish-ly together
on interpretation’s vast sands;
tossing vocabulary pebbles into
non-verbal waves of understanding.

pure amber ambiance

27 Aug 2015 2 Comments

by lynn__ in Uncategorized

What I learned at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai (from Jane Reichhold):  In Japanese, a traditional “dodoitsu” is composed of four phrases in 7-7-7-5 sound units. These were sung to accompaniment of a shamisen  (banjo-like instrument with three strings). The subject matter was either love or humor.

 

I added rhyme because it’s our anniversary 🙂

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honeysuckle image from dreams time

honey bee my honey dew

on our honeysuckle vine

soften me and sweeten you

pleasure’s yours and mine

all rise to sing stanza four?

26 Aug 2015 20 Comments

by lynn__ in question poem Tags: , ,

Francis Scott Key wrote a poem, “The Star Spangled Banner” of four stanzas but we only sing the first as our national anthem (with the exception of home school graduation ceremonies).   Here are the words to the final stanza…and my politically incorrect questions to fellow Americans and free thinking people everywhere! 
O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation;

who will stand ready to protect family and home
if we don’t dare bare arms against terrorists?

Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the heav’n-rescued land
Praise the Pow’r that hath made and preserved us a nation!

who will give thanks for his providential blessings
if we trade precious freedoms for rainbow cakes?

Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust”

who will stop evil and injustice in the world
if we only serve god of greed and money?

And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

who will salute the symbol of brave freedom if
we traffick humanity and sell fetal body parts?

_________

Connecting with dVerse poets’ pub and Claudia’s look at national anthems…

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