wing feathers beat air
sharp eyes, beak, talons focus
eagle swoops on field
Surprised by bald eagle swooping down from sky to field in our backyard…did not get a photo through window!
backyard sighting
19 Jan 2026 1 Comment
in haiku Tags: eagle, field, talons, wings
will bearded lady sing?
16 Jan 2026 8 Comments
in ekphrastic Tags: diversity, rainbow, sexuality, suicide, transgender
This week the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case about transgender men in women’s sports but the lawyer could not define a woman legally. In a Senate hearing on abortion rights, a senator questioned a female doctor if men can get pregnant and she could not answer yes or no.
beauty in diversity exists;
does not require extremism
but confusion and chaos
reign in rainbow la la land
where scientists cannot
define a man or woman;
logic is left lying in dust,
basic biology debunked.
gender?? pretend it’s fluid…
while culture drowns in
silly sea of semantics;
riptides of asexual revolt.
denying reality doesn’t
make dreams materialize
confused youth deserve
compassion, not reasons
for mutilation; tell us why
“trans” suicide rate is high?
Linking to OLN with dVerse poets were Lillian hosts with ekphrastic prompt. Painting entitled “Mme Kupka among Verticals” by Frantisek Kupka, 1910-11.
I find the online stories of detransitioners like Chloe Cole, Christina Hineman, Prisha Mosley, and Lex Renick very compelling.
[cornerstone]
13 Jan 2026 22 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: baptism, chaplain, church, cornerstone, prison, walls
make one bad decision
or follow foolish friends
and train ride ends with
[ time inside the walls ]
hyper little boy in glasses
grew to be prison chaplain
found his niche ministering
[ to guys inside the walls ]
they have watched men die
but won’t cry except when
another sinner is baptized;
[ set free inside the walls ]
we’ve been taken through
frisked before entering gate
blessed to worship too with
[ church inside the walls ]
Melissa hosts poetics at the pub with Johnny Cash singing his Folsom Prison Blues…
joy ride
12 Jan 2026 18 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: love, smile, time, camping, vista, eyes, wonder, miles
“Time goes faster the older you get”
i realize it’s true, especially the good times
meandering multiplied (s)miles,
you and i on camping road trips;
every curve reveals
another vista of love’s wonder upon
bespectaculared smiling blue eyes,
mirror pools of creation’s beauty.
Quadrilles and smiles with De and dVerse poets today 🙂
acrostic affection
08 Jan 2026 23 Comments
in acrostic Tags: genes, grandchildren, heart, hugs, love, valentines, zip-lining
All of you are the
best-loved grand
child, of course!
Dearest of dears,
each of you is a
favorite of ours.
God is good and
he knows we’re
incredibly blessed
just to personally
know you and your
luminous parents!
My sweetest peeps,
never doubt that
our love for you all
pulses on forever.
Quite naturally and
rather proudly, we
say your genes and
talents are amazing,
understandably so!
Valentines of mine, I
will cover you with
xxxx and oooo as
you grow mature,
zip-lining into life!
______________
Linking to dVerse where Laura hosts MTB…
waiting for epiphany
06 Jan 2026 7 Comments
in haibun Tags: divorce, epiphany, forgive, grief, pain
Frank hosts haibuns for first dVerse prompt of new year…
Covenant promises were broken and son’s family torn apart by unwanted divorce. Our extended family suffers open wound of missing member, like amputation of limb. Love betrayed, life upended, dreams died. No wonder God hates divorce. It wasn’t His plan.
We witness son’s pain and his own sad choices. Too many words, not enough action. Bitterness and resentment move in like unwelcome squatters. Children confused by chaos that’s no fault of their own but caused by adults not adulting.
Difficult emotional journey for all. Loyalties forced to change. Lifestyles rearranged. The mother of our grandchildren remarries; estranged and stranger to us. Doors closed and locked. Yet, we love our grands…hope new family succeeds?!
_______
leave the past behind
beautiful wedding photo
how must i forgive?
sin’s web
04 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in senryu
_______
“to err is human”
we’re easily entangled
one mistake…ruin.
________
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
trusting, tried & true
03 Jan 2026 3 Comments
in triolet Tags: celebrate, Christmas Eve, faith, joy, Maggie, prayer, trust
oh JOY, joy, joy threefold
we celebrate this day
as year is growing old
oh joy, JOY, joy threefold
may our own faith be bold
God hears us when we pray
oh joy, joy, JOY threefold
we celebrate this day!
Much to celebrate this season with Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. Our family also celebrates three milestones for our newest granddaughter, Maggie Mae: healthy birth (Nov. 28), successful heart surgery (Dec. 12), and homecoming (Dec. 24)! Thank you for your prayers.
when storm subsides
29 Dec 2025 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: dogs, sky, sun, winter
bark shrill in pale sky
damp chill creates twin sun dogs
guard stark winter day
Christmas lessons & carols
16 Dec 2025 13 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: baby, God, heart, life, Magdalena, miracles, pray
At dVerse poets , we look back on 2025 for the last poetics prompt of the year…
Looking back in rearview mirror,
on events of past month of year,
swipe tissue under blurry eyes
and serve up slice of humble pie.
Sweet baby, born before her time,
fits beautifully in family line
but tiny heart anomaly
means coming home not yet to be.
God, in his wisdom, has a plan
higher than that of mortal man;
helpless we feel to watch and wait
while surgeon’s skills work delicate.
Magdalena will live her name
demonic power of death won’t reign;
her will to live is stubborn, strong
her parents, faith-full, walk along.
Grandparents care for brother, Gid
( and wonder at precocious kid! )
family and friends all watch and pray,
believe in miracles today!
patchwork friends
09 Dec 2025 13 Comments
our friendship, not hemmed in
by time or location, offers ample
ease for plenty of free movement.
we started on school bus, bobbin’
as fresh-facing kindergarteners;
as middle schoolers, we darted
on bicycles to local pharmacy,
spacious park or shopping mall
to gather summer memories. in
high school and college, took
backstitch or two along the way,
but eventually stood witness as
each took vows binding ourselves
to husbands (promises we’ve kept).
an old favorite friendship that can
stretch seamlessly across the years
and distance; comfortable and warm
as a patchwork quilt; hearts appliqued
with sisterly love, lined with laughter,
covered with grace-patterned shalom.
For my dear friend, Joyce ❤
Joining with dVerse Poets to “sew” some poetry together!
prayer for faith, hope, love
06 Dec 2025 15 Comments
in prayer
Our newborn grand daughter, Maggie Mae, born 11-28-25, awaits heart surgery 12-12-25.
Dear Father God,
who knit this little one together
in her mother’s womb,
why are we now tied up in knots?
we wonder as we wait for her coming heart surgery…
it’s hard to hope for the best when we imagine the worst,
and yet…yet…yet…YOU. You are with us
in the waiting; You are Immanuel, Lord of Advent.
You watch her sleep (as monitors beep) in this sterile space;
You hold our dear grand daughter in your gracious embrace.
You love her more than her mother, father, or any of us can.
You hear bold prayers by day and quiet sobs in the night.
You are the ultimate Healer and we know You will
work on her tiny heart (even as you work on ours).
Grow all our hearts bigger, like Yours!
Amen.
a poem in my pocket 
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