Carpe Diem Haiku Kai‘s spring retreat theme is ” fragile beauty”.
sky blue robin’s egg
delicate avian life
beginning of wings
flight aborted, premature
my eggshell heart softly cracks
photo by lynn
meditation on psalm 5:3
28 Jan 2017 1 Comment
in tanka Tags: eagle, morning, pines, sunlight
“O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I direct my prayer to you and watch.”
Lord, in the morning
under shadow of pines
you will hear my voice
sunlight filters through forest
in distant sky, eagle soars
Country Pines, Marshall TX
restless
26 Jan 2017 Leave a comment
I sleep like an american sentence – in bursts of dreams and waking.
built on a rock
23 Jan 2017 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: cross, faith, Jesus, profession
Jesus asks question:
who do you say that i am?
profession of faith
spirit descends from sky
father love declares favor
Way to Santiago – January theme at CDHK
national day of lament
22 Jan 2017 5 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: abortion, blood, innocent, life
legalized forty-four years
america’s future aborted
innocent blood on our hands
it’s mechanical/chemical rape
woman’s womb was sacred space
innocent blood on our hands
complications may occur
unplanned barrenhood results
innocent blood on our hands
abortionists get filthy rich
take advantage of desperate girls
innocent blood on our hands
would not dissect live puppies
yet traffic baby body parts
innocent blood on our hands
dark path of sexual revolution
strips all human lives of dignity
innocent blood on our hands
six million Jews in holocaust
almost sixty million unborn children
innocent blood on our hands
life’s pilgrimage
20 Jan 2017 6 Comments
in haiku Tags: life, mountain, pilgrimage, walk
weary traveler
lift eyes to refresh long view
walk the narrow way
Road to Santiago – image from CDHK
feminism revisited
18 Jan 2017 5 Comments
in tanka Tags: feminism, growth, inspire, model, women
women who inspire
model nurturing spirit
sacrificial love
for sake of needier ones
thus contribute to own growth
See Ramblings of a Writer for the Weekly Tanka Prompt: “Inspire & Growth”.
inexorable time
17 Jan 2017 1 Comment
in senryu Tags: dust, journey, time
In response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai “Road to Santiago” word: time
where will journey lead?
wisdom contemplates life’s end
we return to dust
- photo by lynn – Floyd Cemetery, Sioux City
whispered in forest
16 Jan 2017 30 Comments
in quadrille Tags: camp, clouds, mountain, pines, smoke
breathe clear mountain air
camp beneath whispering
pines listen to nocturnal
noise as whispers of clouds
shadow dance with haloed moon
campfire embers glow while
smoke-curl whispers spiral up
i welcome irresistible tickle
when you whisper soft into ear
warm touch overwhelms words
Joining De and dVerse Poets at the pub for a round of quadrilles…
leave it all behind
15 Jan 2017 7 Comments
in haiku, tanka Tags: happy, home, life, pilgrim, way
hiking boots and stick
take bold step, do not look back
leave it all behind
* * *
all want happy life!
but not every road leads home
pilgrims will seek truth
consider Jesus, the Way
relation, not religion
January meme at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is the “Road to Santiago”.
my dust bunny’s bigger
13 Jan 2017 Leave a comment
in american sentence, sevenling Tags: bag, dust, suck, vacuum
The day you tell your vacuum to “suck it up” but bag’s full to bursting.
An “american sentence” of 17 syllables. Here’s to a clean new year!
a poem in my pocket 
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