purple profusion
rhododendron blossoms cheer
welcoming party
facebook fail
01 May 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: facebook, like
“Love” can mean so many things
now seems that “Like” does too…
to give “thumbs up” on facebook
should mean that I like you
may be your photo I admire
or perhaps the words you post…
or could it be that “liking” all,
more friends I’ll have to boast?
if story’s sad and you tap “Like”
be sure you aren’t offending;
if I tap “Like” when you feel bad
will it cause our “unfriend”ing?!
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poem written at a friend’s suggestion…final one for National Poetry Month!
perfect peace
30 Apr 2014 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: death, faith, peace, suffering
gentle soul possessed of quiet strength
her name, Faith, was her legacy to all
who witnessed her living…and dying.
she was familiar with pain and heartache:
her husband, seriously disabled in an accident,
needed nursing care ’til his death left her a widow.
her precious twin granddaughters lived only briefly,
she herself suffered multiple sclerosis and cancer.
yet she clung to promises in God’s eternal Word,
and at sixty-one years young, she has received the
reward of an undying faith in her faithful Lord.
You took her up into Your presence: her faith is now sight!
“Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” (John 20:29b)
thirst no more
30 Apr 2014 9 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: miracle, water, wine
water washing clean- a sign
overflowing cup is mine
miracle of his design
grafted fruit of father’s vine
spirit-pressed agape wine
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Artwork entitled “Aquarian Patterns” by Cheryl Kellar
bleeding hearts
29 Apr 2014 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: bleeding hearts, fuchsia, geisha, shogun, sword
info on names/legend from Wikipedia
In this poem, I incorporated the flowers’ names: bleeding heart,
lady-in-a-bath, lyre flower, Dutchman’s breeches as well as the
legend from Japan, where this plant is native. Enjoy!
photo credit: Janine Calsbeek
Lamprocapnos is monotypic genus;
this sole species of flowering beauty
like one-of-a-kind love story to make
a shogun son’s heart bleed fuchsia
did he spy the lady in her bath?
(such was King David’s waterloo)
did he, like David, strum on a lyre?
sweet music to woo heart strings
he brought her a pair of white hares
soft as silk, like his young love for her
but she nervously refused the rabbits
(perhaps she feared being scratched)
next, he offered a gift of lady slippers
richly ornamented, warm comfort
for pretty geisha girl’s dainty feet;
she rejected on pretense of poor fit
desire to win her heart possessed
him to envisage a golden gift for
such a golden girl; ah, earrings to
dangle from tantalizing earlobes
she laughed at flushed youth
in his Dutchman’s breeches
(East India Company imports)
turning cooly to her green tea
wretched soul, to believe only
forbidden touch would satisfy,
goes to misty forest with sword
to rend heart-broken wide open
distillation
28 Apr 2014 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: haiku, lotus, summer
soft scent on south wind
makes sweet memories blossom
summer in my heart
photo & prompt from Carpe Diem (see side bar link) and Kristjaan’s
challenge to “distill” longer poem,” Lotus” by Tagore, into haiku.
recital reminisce
27 Apr 2014 4 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: butterflies, music, piano, recital
when my son fingers those keys,
notes of Beethoven or Debussy
float like delicate butterflies to
bring happy summer to my ears
like sweet notes of summer, our
time flutters by on soft wings as
his beard appears… soon Nevue’s
music on my piano may fall silent
(from “Play it again, Toads”, link to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads)
blossom
26 Apr 2014 3 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: bee, blossom, honey
show lover’s color
exude delicate fragrance
bee will make honey
simple request
25 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: faith, heaven, knees, prayer
Give us faith (and knees) to be “heaven-bent”
on praying for Your children.
(“Jacob praying” download from Photobucket)
preapproved
24 Apr 2014 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: benefits, grace, love, mercy, preapproved
thank you, Jesus,
for crediting my debit
account with your
righteous deposit;
paying my bail bond
with forever love that
is more than enough,
adding the generous
interest of God’s mercy
and writing my name
into your will as an
unlikely heiress of our
Father’s kingdom with
free daily benefits of
the Spirit’s gifts plus
an out-of-this-world
retirement plan;
such an offer i’d be
a fool to refuse.
shared with Love Idol movement, based on book (of same title) by Jennifer Dukes Lee
cherry blossom time
23 Apr 2014 5 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: cherry blossoms, pink, transience
soft fragrant beauty
sensational transience
pink clouds mesmerize
(photo prompt on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai)
woodl and trail
23 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: animals, pitter-patter, trail
snails slide
worms wiggle
gulls glide
jellyfish jiggle
cats crouch
dogs dawdle
sloths slouch
wombats waddle
ponies prance
bunnies bounce
ducklings dance
panthers pounce
kangaroos kick
tigers tumble
porcupines prick
bees bumble
bears brawl
lemmings leap
crabs crawl
sheep sleep
…and weeee little people?
chitter-chatter, pitter-patter!
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for the grands…and all kids at heart 🙂
a poem in my pocket 
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