posting poetic prose
11 Apr 2018 4 Comments
in free verse, story Tags: farm, grandson, ocean, puzzle, sea horses, sharks
i bought
a new giant
floor puzzle,
especially for
young grandson
a picture of
fascinating
creatures who
live under the
ocean waves
sharks, eels,
sting rays and
cute clownfish
anemones, stars,
and sea horses
but he chooses
the old favorite
floor puzzle of
familiar farm
animals…again
🙂
Joining Elsie at Ramblings of a Writer with theme”Under the Ocean”
01 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in free verse Tags: alive, angel, dead, laughter, lightning, resurrection
hellish laughter
disciples inconsolable
women go to weep
earth trembles
lightning strikes
angel descends
dead man alive
live guards dead
officially signed
sealed and delivered
heaven has last laugh!
28 Mar 2018 16 Comments
in free verse, story Tags: bike, boats, clouds, cottage, garden, petunias, pier
it’s a sunny-side up
Pixabay image
happy-spatula kind of day
outgoing fish boats bob:
“goodbye, dear old pier”
children find glinty pebbles
to hopscotch village street
under random puffs of
gourmet popcorn clouds
reflection of blue-er sky,
grandma’s retro/deco bike
blooms petunia pink
beside faded stucco cottage
outback/inside pickety fence
she digs in earthworm garden
boy swings dilapidation’s gate;
hook-line fresh on bamboo pole
Linking cheer at dVerse Poets pub today…
22 Mar 2018 22 Comments
in free verse, scripture Tags: breath, eternity, flame, keeper, life, soul
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Â -Genesis 2:7 Â (KJV)
the soul
is a spark
is a flicker
is a flame
lit by holy fire
fanned by living breath
exhaled into existence
encoded in DNA
embodied in flesh
enveloped in love
to live
to learn
to laugh
to lament
until death separates.
never extinguished
ever released
to an eternity of life’s choice:
with or without the Keeper of souls.
Inspired, in part, by the scribblings of the beautiful souls who are dVerse Poets.
14 Feb 2018 5 Comments
in free verse Tags: God, Jesus, life, love, unconditional, valentines
I John 4:19
Jesus IS…the first,
best,
greatest,
true love of my life.
God IS…the author
of all real love.
He pursues his own with a
relentless,
unconditional,
irresistible gracious love.
In fact,
“God is crazy about YOU…and there’s nothing you can do about it!”
(to quote an anonymous coffee cup)
31 Jan 2018 10 Comments
in free verse Tags: beach, mirror, sand, surf, tide
Joining dVerse Poets for a mirrored reflection “through the looking glass.”
flowing
through hours’ glass
abrasive sands of time
etching faces
scratching hearts
collecting bits of
life memories
crushed on reefs
hurtled on beaches
worn down
accepting
movement of tide
high and low surf
swelling tears
foaming doubts
leaving behind
glassy mirror
washed shores
smoothed surf
shine on
photo by lynn
24 Jan 2018 10 Comments
in free verse, story Tags: apple, cyanide, death, eve, poison, sin
What strange poison
did woman reach
for in the garden?
mother of all living bit into death for all
Was it a stinging tree
that touched her with
heart-shaped leaves?
intoxicating nature of toxic relations
Was she anesthetized
by curare-tipped dart
from satan’s blowpipe?
it can kill as easily as it can cure
Would eve even
succumb to snakeroot,
from salesman selling herbs?
fruit to make wise and pleasing to eyes
Would she suspect
the seeds of lovely apple
convey hydrogen cyanide?
seed of deception is sin, fruit of sin is death
30 Dec 2017 2 Comments
in free verse Tags: drought, growth, New Year, rainbow, regret
Collage and year end challenge by Sammi Cox featured here.
another year dying
look in
clearer rearview
mirror
can’t take time back
_____
times of drought
cracks
hollow spaces
shadows
weeds gone to seed
_____
yet light persisted
rainbow
blessings come of age
wisdom
life grows green anew
_____
looking ahead into
new year
past has passed
thankful
let regret go
24 Nov 2017 23 Comments
in free verse, Uncategorized Tags: cat, dude, jazz, mute, trumpet
image/jazz prompt – dVerse Poets
gotta lotta
grooove, yeah
smile-a-while
ratta tat rrrrrollll
pppissshhh
get UP in stride
then down…slide
step on cat’s tail
yeeeooowwll
sing, tom CAT!
lone saxyphone’s
liquid eyes hone
salty inDIGo tears
tickle tuned ears
coolest fools rule
don’t mute it, dude!
puff up cheeks
chEEKy trumpet
pump it up
to A squeal
play guts out
rhino nose blow
releases it ALL…over
25 Sep 2017 4 Comments
in free verse Tags: balloon, dream, galaxies, mental illness, moon
Fireblossom at Imaginary Garden with Real Toads challenges us to write a new poem “looking through a distorted lens”…I think Alice in Wonderland stuff of dreams or Salvador Dali surrealism. Â
moon is a balloon
i swallow her whole;
now rise from ground,
suffocating in choked
screams at dream demon
until i, balloon-shaped,
reach sharp tree twig–
spring a leak, go hissing
hysterically thru galaxies,
finally flop limp to earth,
flattened and deflated.
searching for helium
… settle for valium.
15 Sep 2017 12 Comments
in free verse Tags: apple, fall, monarch, zinnia
crop ripens
leaf colors
thistle crowns
apple falls
milkweed bursts
old barn leans
monarch flies
zinnia blooms
heart finds home
In memory of my Aunt Harriet whose commital was today…
02 Sep 2017 5 Comments
in free verse, Uncategorized Tags: 3LineTale, art class, origami, paper cranes
A three line tale…linking with AÂ Reading Writer.
Photo by Dev Benjamin on Unsplash
Class leaves art table in chaos
after origami orgy of one thousand folds.
Now paper cranes, and students, take flight!
