Light a candle on this 1st Sunday of Advent
We watch with eyes wide open.
What does a shepherd know of Hope?
Sin brings down a curse
Death will threaten its worst
All: But Christ is our Advent of HOPE!
credit: worshiphousemedia
Basho’s crow knows
25 Nov 2016 3 Comments
A tan renga is a poem in tanka form written by two poets. Here is a classic haiku by Matsuo Basho (translated from Japanese) and my response. A group of crows is not a flock; it’s called a murder. Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai prompt.
on a bare branch
a crow lands
autumn dusk
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
murder happens upon tree
whose responsibility?
(lynn)
credit: free stock photos
big blue tanka
22 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
breaching to dive deep
catching krill with baleen screen
earth’s largest mammal
rising to breathe, flukes follow
graceful monarch of the sea
photo credit: thebiggest.net
abandoned wetlands
29 Oct 2016 2 Comments
redwinged blackbird waves
surge south, fall follows in wake
rolling clap of wings
ideas in ink
28 Oct 2016 6 Comments
in haiku, Uncategorized Tags: calligraphy, fountain, ink, parchment, pen
Linking to CDHK prompt: fountain pen
calligraphy pen
stroke wet nub across parchment
fountain overflows
photo credit: Carpe Diem
reformed quote#4
27 Oct 2016 2 Comments
in quote, Uncategorized Tags: Calvin, duckling, God, love
3 Day/3 Quote Challenge: People celebrate Halloween but many have forgotten that October 31 is Reformation Day for the Church. So I will post a series of quotes by Protestant Reformers. That “ugly duckling” may become a swan!
reformed quote #2
25 Oct 2016 3 Comments
in quote, Uncategorized Tags: Calvin, knowledge, Reformation, wisdom
3 Day/3 Quote Challenge: People celebrate Halloween but many have forgotten that October 31 is Reformation Day for the Church. So I will post a series of quotes by Protestant Reformers. Let’s try on their “thinking caps”!
reformed quote #1
24 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in quote, Uncategorized
Thank you to Kim Russell who nominated me for the 3 Days/3 Quotes challenge! She is a versatile and prolific writer who blogs at: writing in north norfolk Please pay her a visit!
People celebrate Halloween but many have forgotten that October 31 is Reformation Day for the Church. So I will be posting a series of quotes by Protestant Reformers. I think they “nailed” it!
blacksmith bellows
22 Oct 2016 9 Comments
in scripture, tanka, Uncategorized Tags: blacksmith, fire, forge, horseshoes, legacy
“…They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.” (Isaiah 2:4)
hammer clangs anvil
iron thrust into fire’s white heart
sweating over forge
skilled craftsman shapes legacy
in horseshoes and kettle hooks
photo by lynn
Find more information on the process at: Beautiful Iron Linking to CDHK
city-escape
18 Oct 2016 14 Comments
in haibun, Uncategorized Tags: art, city, culture, homeless, pigeons, police
National conference downtown allows brief time for exploring familiar noisy streets. Walking with a friend to art museum through civic park reveals underbelly of city. A few paces on hot concrete in summer sun induces sweat. Try not to notice drug deal under shade of fountain colonnade or homeless lounging against marbled wall near bronzed statue. Pigeons investigate remnants of fast food, old newspapers and cigarette butts. Step across colorful chalk-lettered sidewalk declaring “Black Lives Matter” while handful of protestors camp under tree. Police car cruises by, another has stopped a car of rowdy boys. Keep focused on destination while avoiding curbside drunks. Hastily cross boulevard ahead of traffic bearing down. The beautiful main entrance of memories is under construction and visitors are directed past dirt piles to alley door. Once inside, relax in climate-controlled air and stroll past paintings and exhibits, admiring the polished side of human culture.
pillowed hotel room
sirens howl in the night
dazed lights of city
Linking with dVerse Poets where Bjorn hosts modified haibun Monday.
construct a clarihew
19 Sep 2016 19 Comments
A Clerihew is a comic verse on biographical topics consisting of two couplets and a specific rhyming scheme of aabb that was invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) at the age of 16. The poem names a well-known person or character on the first line and the second line rhymes with the name of the person. (information from Gayle at dVerse Poets Pub)
architect Frank Lloyd Wright
designed art glass as screens of light;
natural surprise when artful otter
swam through his house of Falling Water!
_______
Henry Ford
was never bored;
he mastered the assembly line
ten million T’s rolled out on dime.
_______
concession vendor, Ernest Hamwi
crisply sold his waffle pastry;
made cones for ice cream at World’s Fair
now world screams for their fair share!
a poem in my pocket 
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