Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai butterfly prompt…
crumpled butterfly
beauty in the brokenness
dreams yet take flight
he LOVES me!
11 Oct 2020 30 Comments
in list poem
A list poem created from googling “Love is…” and linked to dVerse, inspired by Bjorn’s recent MTB challenge to write a Google list poem.
love is blind
LOVE is focused
love is a lie
LOVE is truth
love is heartache
LOVE is healing
love is an illusion
LOVE is reality
love is a chance
LOVE is a choice
love is a feeling
LOVE is action
love is a losing game
LOVE is a win-win
love is painful
LOVE is bliss
love is falling
LOVE is rising
love stinks
LOVE is a rose
love is god
GOD is LOVE!
vers beaucoup
04 Oct 2020 5 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: apple trees, fall, honey bees, spring
The vers beaucoup (French) is a poetic form meaning “many rhymes”, with 4-line stanzas. Linking to https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/10/03/saturday-mix-lucky-dip-3-october-2020/
i hear fall call from stone wall
to all apple trees and honey bees,
as you please, give your best for fall fest,
then rest…we will sing, come spring!
tidal pull
03 Oct 2020 7 Comments
in twilight of dreams
luminous orb taps window
sleepwalk with full moon
hard right punch
02 Oct 2020 2 Comments
el derecho blows
roiling storm moves in straight line
knocking cornfields flat
anniversary of color
01 Oct 2020 2 Comments
In honor of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s 8th anniversary…congratulations to host, Chevrefeuille!
ripe pumpkins in field
colors of maple and oak
harvest of haiku
Rome is burning
29 Sep 2020 16 Comments
as a poet cannot
make a muse move,
a prophet cannot
demand a message
but listen and wait for
Spirit’s quiet flame
when light of truth shines
do we crawl into shadow?
when brutal history repeats
do we hide behind mask?
world system in rebellion
haters will project hate and
throw Christians to the lions to
tempt God to shut their mouths
but Lion of Judah will roar as
the last Word on the last day.
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When I read Lisa’s challenge to write in the “vatic voice”, I wasn’t sure I’d have anything to say. As usual, I waited and let the idea roll around in my mind. I heard news of rude criticisms of SCOTUS nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, and her adoption of children from Haiti and it seems she is “suspect” because of her faith. Then something sparked in me…
moonlit eyes
28 Sep 2020 27 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: cats, haibun, moon
Frank hosts haibun Monday (moon day) at dVerse poets’ pub.
Cats hunt by the light of the moon, on the prowl for frightened mice, lost birds, or warm baby bunnies. They slink sleekly; wait with tail twitching…then pounce without an ounce of apology. Cats are soft fur & purr, sharp fang & claw. They yowl and croon at the midnight hour. Mating is a loud caterwauling affair…must lust happen just below an open window?
mysterious moon
catwalks across night sky
gleams in black cat’s eye
true & timeless
25 Sep 2020 3 Comments
Find truth based in actual reality
We hold these truths to be self-evident
Apply truth to every human being
that all men are created equal;
Recognize the real Source of truth
that they are endowed by their Creator
Protect individual rights against mob “truth”
with certain unalienable rights;
Defend the basic truth of the right to life
that among these are life,
Allow persons to pursue truth freely…
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
…because the Truth will set you free!
keyhole in the sky
23 Sep 2020 30 Comments
in ekphrastic Tags: keyhole, man in the moon, star, swallow tailed coat
tired old man in the moon
had had enough of listening
to earth’s noisy troublemakers!
how can anyone sleep with
that infernal decibilled racket?
he was definitely full of it, so
he donned his top hat and
swallow-tailed coat, locked
his door and set sail to a star.
Ekphrastic poetry at dVerse poets’ pub hosted by Lillian and featuring the uniquely surreal artwork of Catrin Welz-Stein.
look up
21 Sep 2020 20 Comments
in quadrille, scripture Tags: freedom, hope, Jesus, sky, surrender
A photo and quadrille of 44 words for dVerse poets on “sky” theme…
i desire to be
a prisoner of hope
captivated by love
learning to surrender
to ultimate good will;
transformed, renewed,
impassioned and freed
to serve, unreservedly, as
we await full redemption
when Jesus, our glorious
hope, returns in blazing
sky with power to reign!
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. “
(Romans 5:1 & 2 NIV)
dominion
20 Sep 2020 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: boundary stone, haiku, heather, moorlands
old boundary stone
marks division of moorlands
texture of heather
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai time challenge…
a poem in my pocket 
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