perfectly imperfect
10 Apr 2020 4 Comments
Marriage is a meeting, a melding, a matching of two primaly different perspectives. It’s a perfectly imperfect study in passion where one discovers a fine line between ecstasy and agony. Beware of emotional baggage that packs bitterness…open up to launder, expose contents to fresh air.
Love and hate are but two sides of the same coin. Consider the root of anger. Do I really hate YOU in this moment? Or do I hate that you do not (cannot?) love me the way that I really want to be loved? Let go with an open heart, hold on with warm hands. Forgiveness preserves togetherness.
social distancing
will bring out the best and worst
grace always wins
spring forecast
09 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in haiku, Uncategorized Tags: flurries, forecast, grackles, snow, sunny
unpredictably
sunny, with flurries of snow
and common grackles
image: animals.net
color our world
07 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in list poem
Today, my grand daughters colored my sidewalk with chalk and Rebecca said sweetly, ” Grandma, we’re not afraid of the sickness; we just go outside and DO things!”
Celebrate LIFE as spring colors the world with…
soft sunrise pink
happy tulip red
emerald lawn green
robin’s breast orange
easter lily white
lilac scented purple
dandelion yellow
fuzzy catkin grey
open sky blue!
If you’re an old “Chicago” fan, enjoy this recording (1970) which begins with song, “Colour My World” which features a lovely flute solo:
close/open
06 Apr 2020 33 Comments
when restaurants close,
drive throughs open double lanes
to serve safely.
when schools close,
teachers open online rooms
to teach remotely.
when surgical centers close,
hospital personnel open doors
to care courageously.
when church buildings close,
God’s people open united hearts
to pray faithfully.
Linking to dVerse Poets quadrille prompt…44 words on “close”.
hindsight is 2020
05 Apr 2020 9 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: apocalypse, paint chip, pandemic, revelation
Linking to Linda’s fearless paint chip poetry prompt…I used all the colors 🙂 Also, check out dVerse poetics where Bjorn invites us to write on this time of the plague.
perhaps, looking back, we
may possibly be tickled pink
to experience the good fortune
of living through the apocalypse—
not of destruction, but revelation,
which sharpens iron, unveiling
nuts and bolts of wiser choices
like bright sunburst in your eyes;
the sweet ’n sour of life’s losses
purges the palate (and palette)
even as it washes away our
fragile sand castle dreams.
paint chip samples
Covid 19 OCD
05 Apr 2020 3 Comments
in chant poem, Uncategorized Tags: coronavirus, face, mask, social distancing, touch, wash
flatten the coronavirus curve
do not touch your face
practice safe social distancing
free clip art
DO not touch your face
wash hands for twenty seconds
do NOT touch your face
wipe down all smooth surfaces
do not TOUCH your face
wear sterile gloves, N95 mask
do not touch YOUR face
what if eyeballs and teeth itch?
do not touch your FACE!
red hatter
01 Apr 2020 17 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: classy, education, hat, lassies, laughter, purple, red, style
yes, growing older
but not “elderly” yet
in fact, feeling bolder
with new friends i’ve met
make statement of fashion
wearing purple and red
deep colors of passion
circle hats upon heads
fun club for ten lassies
monthly travels around
visit places quite classy
while laughter abounds
we live and we learn
shop & dine as an art
the education we earn
keeps brain cells smart
if you see us round town
please give us a smile
we’re the happy red hatters
“live-out-loud” is our style!
Linking to dVerse Poets pub where Sarah hosts “seeing red” poetry prompt!
look up in pandemic
25 Mar 2020 17 Comments
in quote, rhyming verse, tercet, Uncategorized Tags: Covid-19, loss, moon, pandemic, pray, the Light
such times of great loss can open our eyes
to see truth more clearly and recognize lies
will you find any comfort in political ties?
a plague is upon us, mutant Covid-19
streets almost empty, few people are seen
how can we possibly wash our hands clean?
ashes to ashes, we chant mournful tune
whoever thought they would die so soon?
“barn’s burnt down, now i can see moon.”
in night’s deepest darkness, the Light brightly shines
to show us the path in these difficult times:
“Do not be afraid…because you are Mine!”
will we humble ourselves, even kneel down to pray
asking God to forgive our proud wandering ways?
may He grant us his mercy and restore us today.
Linking to dVerse Poets pub where Mish encourages us to write on this quote: “Barn’s burnt down, now I can see the moon” – Mizuta Masahide.
Photo by Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash.
safe sanctuary
18 Mar 2020 6 Comments
in free verse, prayer, worship Tags: breathe, coronavirus, God, heartbeat, prayer, sanctuary
close restaurants
and coffee shops,
take away my chai
latte and stuffed crab,
hang the last TP rolls
from nearest tree, and
cancel church services
even if infected with
coronavirus at home
(my childhood home
was on corona street)
& quarantined, i will
yet have a sanctuary
for my heart to rest
within the soul’s home
found in Yahweh/God
whose name is breath;
i breathe His presence
as close as a heartbeat,
prayers whispered and
translated by the Spirit
forever and ever amen.
a poem in my pocket 
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