Link to CDHK Time Glass challenge…
fresh dew on new blades
soaking in clean sweet wetness
life’s spring is greener
open letter to my son(s)
11 Apr 2015 10 Comments
Dearest Son,
you will find in
this sad world
people who live
aimlessly and by
default become
surprisingly foolish
selfishly apathetic
faithlessly perverse
dishonestly lazy
bitterly violent
but you, quiet your heart
consider your footsteps
hold fast to the truth
choose to be different
be blessed by joy
shine!
all my love & prayers,
Mom
” I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”
( I John 1:4 )
something to cluck about
06 Apr 2015 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: chicken, hen, poetry, poultry, turkey
TweetSpeak Poetry celebrates April as National Poultry (Poetry) Month!
I think that I will never see a thing as
lovely as a turkey (struttin’ his stuffin’)
Writing poultry means lots of scratching
and requires a bit of gravel in the gizzard.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
She wanted to be poultry in motion.
Fine feathered friends don’t let hens
drive drunk to live poultry slams…
Concerned about April 30th, Poultry in
my Pocket Day? Find a cute chick!
gospel in a villanelle
04 Apr 2015 12 Comments
Which side of the cross are you?
Criminals hang on either side
Repent, believe God’s Son, be new!
One robber gives Christ honor due
The other curses while he died
Which side of the cross are you?
Jesus’ grace invites me and you
From his offer we cannot hide
Repent, believe God’s Son, be new!
I confess that I’m a sinner too
I broke God’s law each time I lied
Which side of the cross are you?
All fall below the bar, it’s true
Our condemnation is justified
Repent, believe God’s Son, be new!
The choice today; what will you do?
I pray you would with faith decide
On which side of Christ’s cross are you?
Repent, believe, God makes all things new!
call to serve
31 Mar 2015 28 Comments
Stirred by theme of “vocation or call” at d’Verse Poets today…
_______
young women
attend college
afraid to admit
perhaps their
fondest dream:
“I just want to
be a mother.”
“JUST” ??!!
go for it, girl!
yes, do pursue
the education
you desire in
becoming a
better person
but don’t let
any feminazi
talking head
denigrate you
for aspiring to
the high calling
of motherhood!
_______
They say that man is mighty,
He governs land and sea,
He wields a mighty sceptre,
O’er lesser powers that be,
But a mightier power and stronger,
Man from his throne has hurled,
For the hand that rocks the cradle,
Is the hand that rules the world.
-William Ross Wallace
_______
Note: I found a totally different version of his poem here: http://www.potw.org/archive/potw391.html
seems only the best are taken
28 Mar 2015 4 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: best, courage, grief, pain, saints
To honor Rallyn Van Beek, Betty Mennega, Kara Tippets, Phyllis Meerdink, and Ed Zomermaand; whose loss is grieved, whose memory is treasured, whose faith is rewarded!
pilgrims on a journey
through lonely valley
of uncertain, unchosen
battles of aging, cancer,
treatments, injury and pain.
how to understand it?
how to go on? one step by
wobbly step, one tough day to next;
Spirit lifts struggling saints
in present hard grief to
glimpse higher vision.
their suffering redeemed by
the Father for holy purpose as
spirits grow ever stronger
with time, faith and courage.
dying is simply a
passageway to paradise,
true rest, complete healing;
they know the Prince of Peace
who calls and carries them home.
photo: “Rose of Sharon” (crown anemone) in “Promised Land” (Israel)
beauty is …
24 Mar 2015 23 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: beauty, self-sacrifice, selfishness, ugly
evident in
self-sacrifice;
deny one’s
own needs
to satisfy one
who’s even
more needy.
go hungry to
feed a child,
feel thirsty by
sharing last
water bottle,
be humbled by
another’s honor.
listen to
someone’s
complaint,
ease a pain,
change a bed
or diaper for
young or old.
doesn’t come
naturally, but
life and love
will demand
we give up
our own ugly
selfishness,
if we want to
live beautiful.
Written for Mary’s poetry prompt on “beauty” at d’Verse Poets
air in motion
19 Mar 2015 7 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: breeze, squall, wind, zephyr
our atmosphere
Photo credit: S. Etole
is making some
commotion here
wind blows
chinook whips
zephyr flows
tempest grips
norther howls
westerly stalls
squall prowls
microburst falls
yes, it will please
to dry the laundry
on soft breeze
but gusty gale
frames a pout
when all umbrellas
turn inside out!
Sharing with TweetSpeak Poetry…
i fightis colitis
13 Mar 2015 24 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: colitis, flora/fauna, immuno-hyper-vigilantis, inflamed
stressed out
pressed out
spread thin as
melted butter
dries into hard
charred toast
(cheap toaster,
get what you
pay for, huh?)
calendar days
overlap, overfill
with uneventful
events (or ever
errant errands);
can’t clear any
cluttered squares
for open spaces
just to breathe.
responsibilities
worry like dog
that won’t let go
of old stale bone;
just bury them
(in moist garden
with earthworms
in dirt) dig ’em up
later, composted.
body is inflamed
system attacks own
internal flora/fauna
(acidic thoughts
exacerbate cycle:
over-react or
stuff fears deep?)
irritated colon tries
to digest itself.
is it possible
to self-correct
immuno-hyper-vigilantis?
“Therefore we do not lose heart. though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
inviting an archeologist to dinner
06 Mar 2015 4 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: archeologist, caveat, ostracon, siege, tel
Tel-Aviv we’ve filled out the guest list
Tel-Beersheva it’s bring your own beverage
Tel-Dan ancient veal will be an entree option
Tel-Masada he’s welcome for duration of siege
Tel-Avedat her ostracon reveals menu caveat
Tel-Jericho to not throw dishes at any busboys
Tel-Megiddo we’re serving a 26-layer dessert!
Linking to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads
freedom’s creed
03 Mar 2015 17 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: creed, freedom, religion, responsibility, right, speech
The right to believe what you choose comes with
the responsibility to allow another’s free choice.
The right to say what you want comes with
the responsibility to listen to another’s view.
The right to publish your own words comes with
the responsibility to enlighten another’s mind.
The right to live where you would comes with
the responsibility to live at peace with another.
The right to act on your convictions comes with
the responsibility to let others act on theirs.
The right to experience the joy of being alive comes with
the responsibility to respect the life of another.
When faith, speech, or action no longer respects the LIFE of another,
then it forfeits freedom and it must.
be.
stopped.
middle-eastern mosaic
01 Mar 2015 4 Comments
sheep and stones dot steeply jaded hillsides
waves gently ripple across flashing sapphire lake
flock of creamy white gulls wing high on moist air
flowers pop like bright gems from monastic garden
blossoms clothe almond orchard in translucent pink
children chatter on walk to gate-guarded schoolyard
vendors persistently hawk a myriad of market wares
pilgrims from global village tour preserved holy site
devotees bow reverently in faithful, diverse prayers
soldiers drill younger patriots to handle heavy guns
traffic honks over chaos of narrow cobbled street
song of acapella worship echoes from chapel dome
aromas of food, local grown, entice to exotic buffet
history’s dusty layers exposed by digging ancient tell
cultures clash at civilizations’ crowded crossroads
a poem in my pocket 
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