posting poetic prose
11 Sep 2017 2 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: faith, fear, God, guilt, Jesus, mission, reconcile
This simple poem reads like original McGuffey Reader style!
“TRY one small Bite,”
hissed snake to Eve;
By APPetite,
they were DeceiveD.
It was our FALL
when parents fell;
As rebels ALL
were Doomed to heLL.
Adam hid from God
in Guilt and Shame;
His Son walked sod,
JESUS, his Name.
His Mission here:
Be Reconciled,
relieve our FEAR,
make me God’s Child
By FAITH we can
know Love, hold Peace
and from our bond-
AGE find Release !
01 Sep 2017 12 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: disaster, fashion, first lady, news, stilettos
what? Melania’s shoes
give reporters the blues
stilettos don’t seem appropo
snakeskin fit for a dance
paired with high-water pants
to flood zone high heels must NOT go!
aboard air force one
news reports come undone
the fashion disaster rehearsed
first lady “trumps” style
and i can’t help but smile
when FLOTUS deplanes in Converse 😉
Linking to dVerse Poetics and Lillian’s “a closet full of shoes” prompt…
05 Jun 2017 20 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: daisies, desert, God, gratitude, hills
Weekend writing challenge on “gratitude” with Sammi Cox
For undulations of the hills
for desert, daisies, daffodils
for love’s sweet longing family fills
God give us grateful hearts.
For grass to grow, mow everywhere
for pizza, pickles, peach and pear
for every breath we breathe of air
God give us grateful hearts.
For hiking, biking mountain steep
for swimming, surfing oceans deep
for every day our lives you keep
God give us grateful hearts.
For puppies, kittens, goldfish, frogs
for horses, cows, and baconed hogs
for reading books and writing blogs
God give us grateful hearts.
image from wikipedia
11 May 2017 5 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: crops, dirt, farmer, sod, sweat, toil
formed of elements
found in dirt
humble dust
on torn tee shirt
patient farmer
works fertile soil
all year harvesting
hope for toil
plant every spring,
gather in fall
watch crops grow
green, all stand tall
by sweat of brow
coax life from sod
till soul returns
to soil’s God.
We’re playing in the dirt with Bjorn for dVerse poetics this week…
01 May 2017 4 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: May Day, robins, snow, tulips, weather
may day!
photo by lynn
may day
winter has
a hay day
weather is
a melee
tulips in dis-
-may sway
robins go
cra cra
dare to
stay, say
welcome
May day
to I-o-way
oh, yay!
27 Apr 2017 2 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: day, home-grown, loam, pocket, poem
When i began this blog 5 Mays ago, i did not realize today is designated annual “Poem in Your Pocket Day” by The League of Canadian Poets and Academy of American Poets! How cool is that? Here’s a pocket-sized poem for the occasion.
a fresh poem
home-grown in
fertile loam of
heart’s dark tome
let thoughts roam
new ideas phloem
seeded, weeded, and
(hopefully) read(ed)
whether new haiku
or favorite sonnet
remember
to carry a
poem in
your pocket!
03 Mar 2017 22 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: giggle, scream, snowflakes, winds
A poem for the child in all of us 🙂
when winds blow mean
snowflakes scream
as they downstream fast
when no winds niggle
snowflakes giggle
as they squiggle past
17 Feb 2017 2 Comments
in rhyming verse, Uncategorized Tags: fire, hearts, love, marriage, valentine
Artist: Sherry Evaschuk Artwork Title: Hearts afire
two he(art)s ignite fire
heat waves of desire
old dreams be yearnin’
new memories burnin’
but just lust is lyre (liar)
trust stirs flames higher
real love colors bright
true blue lovers right
veins bleedin’ energy
he(art)s needin’ synergy
married love k(not) hot!
06 Feb 2017 4 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: fog, legends, pines, sasquatch, signs
dawn breaks camp in ouchita national forest
dark road winds, winds, winds
thru tall pines, pines, pines
fog stretches fingers between wooded hills
low mist finds, finds, finds
story lines, lines, lines
legends of sightings persist near beaver bend
where our minds, minds, minds
notice signs, signs, signs
22 Nov 2016 17 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: city, lights, nights, noel, river
Linking to dVerse Poets. Kim hosts and shares this night-time panorama!
Wroclaw, Poland – photo by kim
nights razzle city
lights dazzle pretty
merry Christmastide
fairy carriage ride
trees displayed there
seen in market square
river shines reflection
mirrors celebration
dragon in fountain
shadow of mountain
steeple tickles sky
people trickle by
carolers swell song
cathedral bells gong
haze glows of gaslight
maze lit til midnight
16 Nov 2016 21 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: garden, green, honeybees, mud, windmill
my garden is…
a nurturing place
rejuvenating space
my garden grows…
green food for health
veggies’ bountiful wealth
my garden knows…
thorn pricks can hurt
worms benefit dirt
my garden shows…
shoes track in mud
fingernails collect crud
my garden flows…
slime trails of slugs
bees’ honeyed hugs
my garden hoes…
weeds will NOT win
squeaks windmill spin
my garden chose…
to raise leafy praise
for long summer days
photo by lynn__
Joining with poetic gardeners at dVerse Poets on Kim’s garden theme!
21 Oct 2016 16 Comments
in quote, rhyming verse Tags: blowing, Dylan, farmers, iowa, sod, wind
earth’s richest
black prairie sod
iowa: “beautiful land”
created by God
claimed by man
wrested from dakota hand
busted, homesteaded,
settled, plowed and
tightly fenced now
as livestock farmers
raise calves from cows
how long sustainable?
dust bowl-like shroud
wind so untamable
we’re losing ground!
*Title from a favorite Bob Dylan song…he recently received a Nobel Peace Prize. (One good thing about a wet fall this year is less dirt in the air.)
a poem in my pocket 
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