On the beach, crawled pet tortoise named Tank
when a wave rolled, his wrinkled neck shrank
hard shell shaped like a boat
four legs paddled to float
that resourceful young tortoise ne’er sank!
met desert tortoise out of element
02 Feb 2017 3 Comments
in limerick, poem for children Tags: beach, float, tortoise, wave
hope for renewal
31 Jan 2017 15 Comments
in quadrille Tags: dawn, love, nation, peace, race, renewal
Linking a quadrille on theme of “dawn” with dVerse Poets this week…
now
aurora breaks
this fresh beginning
pink bud of day’s flower
best chance to start again
chosen expect a new dawning
resurrection of men and women
of every tribe, nation and race
new beings recreated, whole
tread gently on new earth
live together in love
speak peace
then
hope is eternal
30 Jan 2017 2 Comments
in tanka, Uncategorized Tags: bird, garden, life, neighbor, pond, stones
quiet stones by pond
ornamental trees blossom
bird chirps inside bush
remember neighbor who’s gone
…resurrected to new life!
While on vacation (visiting a Japanese garden in Hermann Park, Houston), we learn of a neighbor, Loren Meyer’s, sudden passing…
name on a wall
30 Jan 2017 Leave a comment
in free verse, lament Tags: army, forest lawn, son, WWII
prime manhood pressed
slender, young and brave
army air force wwII battalion
brought down near new guinea
their one son and only child
lies still in forest lawn
My father’s cousin, Vernon, son of Ben & Hilda of Bellflower CA; whose name I discovered on a memorial wall in the Veteran’s Museum of Branson MO.
a fragile beauty
29 Jan 2017 6 Comments
in tanka, Uncategorized Tags: blue, egg, robin, sky, wings
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”.
a poem in my pocket 
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