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love’s thorns
09 Nov 2018 2 Comments
in american sentence Tags: die, Jesus, love, rose, thorns
Rose of Sharon
wore crown of thorns
as he stretched out arms to die
…for me
A Rose Amongst the Thorns by Reaper xxiv
hope will arise
19 Sep 2018 2 Comments
in american sentence, senryu Tags: dark, death, emotions, hope, light, stop, suicide
September is Suicide Prevention month…linking with Ramblings of a Writer for “emotions & healing” prompt.
We never know the black hole into which another soul has fallen…
darkest emotions
troubles press into death wish
Stop! glimpse healing light
In U.S. call: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – Call 800-273-TALK (8255)
tropical flavor
27 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in american sentence Tags: chocolate, flavor, Hawaii, macadamias, tropical
Why do chocolate covered macadamias taste BEST in Hawaii?
ironic icon
20 Jun 2017 28 Comments
in american sentence Tags: cemetery, dead end, drivers, sign, street
Careful drivers can chuckle at sign on street next to cemetery…
image from pixabay
This “american sentence” (17 syllables) describes actual sign seen in Edgerton, Minnesota. Sharing with Mish and friends at dVerse poetics…
proverbs for pondering
02 May 2017 Leave a comment
in american sentence Tags: diverse, forgive, gratitude, heart, integrity
Thankfulness for the small stuff enlarges heart with joyful gratitude.
When heart is broken open, make no demands, simply let love spill out.
Forgive as you have been forgiven is the crux of Jesus’ teachings.
Beauty of diverse colors be found in kaleidoscope of people.
Integrity is found by building identity on solid rock.
egg painting
12 Apr 2017 2 Comments
in american sentence Tags: Easter, egg, indigo, moon, sky
An “American sentence” is made of 17 syllables…usually not so pretty 🙂
Easter egg moon waxes yello-quently on indigo sateen sky.
ocean of space
13 Feb 2017 2 Comments
in american sentence Tags: halibut, moon, nets, trees
Full moon is like white halibut, slipping through nets of fishermen trees.
Inspired by full moon and book, Crossing the Waters, by Leslie Leyland Fields, an Alaskan fisher(wo)man.
restless
26 Jan 2017 Leave a comment
I sleep like an american sentence – in bursts of dreams and waking.
my dust bunny’s bigger
13 Jan 2017 Leave a comment
in american sentence, sevenling Tags: bag, dust, suck, vacuum
The day you tell your vacuum to “suck it up” but bag’s full to bursting.
An “american sentence” of 17 syllables. Here’s to a clean new year!
good news
07 Dec 2016 Leave a comment
in american sentence Tags: janitor, mess, Messiah
Janitorial job filled: Messiah comes to clean up our sins’ mess.
to Whom do you give thanks?
25 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in american sentence Tags: Thanksgiving
Thank you cards are never general; they always have an addressee 🙂
