posting poetic prose
18 Jan 2016 17 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: ballet, dance, Nutcracker, tickets
Check out d’Verse Poets where Bjorn is hosting the pub’s first quadrille…
This poem is dedicated to my cultured friend, Karen D.K. 🙂
publicdomainpictures.net – Petr Kratochvil
my friend and i
thrill to quadrille
in beginning scene
of Tchaikovsky’s
beloved Nutcracker
when professional
ballet company
dazzles our rural
community and
invites local youth
to dance dreams staged
as mice and soldiers,
angels, snowflakes,
candy canes or
polichinelles…
and we have tickets!!
11 Jan 2016 26 Comments
in haibun, Uncategorized Tags: Christmas, flute, hymn, rose
(Listen to choir recording here…with lyrics)
haunting winter hymn
lo, how a rose e’er blooming
flute plays minor key
photo copyright: kanzensakura (used with permission)
This traditional Christmas carol sings a haunting melody, particularly when breathed through a flute. The flowing hymn hearkens back to Cologne, Germany in the 16th century during an evening snowfall. A high Renaissance tune which switches from solemnity to dance-like quality and back again, in half-frozen syncopation.
Originally sung in adoration of the virgin’s purity, Lutherans (ever reforming!) later tweaked the words to change its focus to Jesus Christ. As the hope of Israel, he fulfills the prophecies of Isaiah, appearing as the Branch, a stem from Jesse’s root, and the Rose of Sharon.
Thanks to Toni for hosting the haibun prompt at dVerse and sharing the lovely photo of her mature quince tree blooming prematurely.
10 Jan 2016 2 Comments
in rhyming verse, Uncategorized Tags: breathe, exhale, gift, inhale, life, prayer
our first inhale
inspires a wail
every breath on lease
until breathing cease
his name rests on our tongues
spirit fills up our lungs
oxygen’s gifts from above
inspire us to be, do, love
fuller gulps we request
when exerting our best
inhaling the holy
exhaling the hurtful
breathe in life’s air
breathe out a prayer
our final breath
expires in death
until…
resuscitated to life beyond here
drink deep of celestial atmosphere
08 Jan 2016 2 Comments
in haiku, Uncategorized Tags: black, contrast, icicles, sky, snowflake, white, winter
white sky is falling
stars of perfect symmetry
snowflake on black scarf
mid-winter settles
temps dive under sun’s cold glare
icicles shiver
blue shadows stretch long
diamonds blanket our deep sleep
home fire’s sweet slow burn
photo by lynn
06 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in prayer, Uncategorized Tags: beauty, clarity, Jesus, prayer
grant us clarity
our love’s beauty transparent
pray they may see you
05 Jan 2016 33 Comments
if you die,
let me keep a
favorite piece of
your worn clothing
to hang in guest closet,
or lay folded in deep drawer
when i’m lonely, i will pull it
out to touch a precious memory
cuddle softly round my neck
bury face in warm texture
dampen with my tears
smell your love
once again.
04 Jan 2016 2 Comments
in senryu, Uncategorized
resisting the temp
-tation to overindulge,
i threw out the fudge!
(a simple senryu of new year’s resolve)
04 Jan 2016 6 Comments
in classical haiku, Uncategorized Tags: ice skate, lake, winter
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai prompt here…
ice skate frozen lake
evergreen colorado
winter day no wind
03 Jan 2016 2 Comments
dawn
of first day
God speaks:
“Let there be Light!”
brilliance bursts forth
illuminates the void
chases darkness
into its corners
earth’s history
begins
02 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in sevenzi, Uncategorized Tags: now, procrastinators, write
yes
write now
past is past
today is here
carpe some diem
a fresh new year begins
the time to do it …is now !
i call my form a “sevenzi”: seven lines working up to seven syllables
(after playing “tenzi” dice game with friends New Year’s Day)
15 Dec 2015 6 Comments
in free verse, Uncategorized Tags: baby, Christmas, light, solitary
light of the
photo by lynn
world shines
in baby’s eyes
happy flame of
solitary oil lamp
flickers from barn
starlight burns
unusual brightness
above sleeping village
angelic aether
outshines campfire
of blinded shepherds
holy spark
igniting faith fire
in heart’s cold hearth
For God, who said,”Let light shine out of darkness”, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6
11 Dec 2015 23 Comments
photo by lynn: Bougainvillea (Israel)
Advent means “coming”. Emmanuel means “God with us.” Christmas is a worldwide celebration of Jesus coming to earth as a baby over 2000 years ago. Yes, he has come! What are we still waiting for??
We wait for his Spirit to come in a personal, more intimate way; to transform our hearts, to fill our lives with his love. We want to know Yeshua better as a friend and brother who will forgive every sin and heal our brokenness. Jesus means “he saves”. Could God be patiently waiting for us to come to him in faith?
Creation groans and we groan with it. We were created for paradise; we ache for ourselves and our hurting world to be restored to its original perfection. The King is coming back to make all things new and we anticipate that great (and terrible) future day.
Angels announced his first coming and told each witness, “Fear not”. Though times grow dark, we who believe can fearlessly hold out his light of hope. His kingdom citizens work, watch, and wait for heaven’s final trumpet fanfare when the Lord returns in power and glory!
mid-winter’s flower
thorns pierce blooms like drops of blood
messiah’s coming
a poem in my pocket 
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