posting poetic prose
18 Jul 2017 30 Comments
in quadrille Tags: children, faith, flame, light, love
when faith fails,
humanity refuses the Light
rebel hearts and minds
enveloped by darkness
devolve to beasts.
seek stranger sex but
cannot commit to love;
civilization crumbles,
children are crushed.
when wind blows,
flickering flame will
be snuffed out…OR
burst into blazing torch!
Connecting with dVerse Poets for 6th Anniversary and “flicker” quadrille (44 word poem) prompt.
01 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: Christians, dead, faith, martyrs
christians in egypt
men, women, children of faith
shot dead on the sand
do not resist their captors
when asked to deny their faith
Coptic Christians martyred on way to worship as reported here in NY Times
12 Mar 2017 6 Comments
in haiga, tanka Tags: faith, frog, garden, mouth, philosopher
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
30 Dec 2016 2 Comments
in free verse Tags: answer, believe, faith, grace, wonder
shift angle of prism
to see full spectrum of light
adjust focus of camera
to zoom in clear reality
turn dial on radio
to tune in magnificent music
leave childish stubbornness, embrace childlike wonder
leave small expectations, embrace great expectancy
whatever you stand to lose
is already lost to your control
let go of whatever it is
you’re holding with tight grip
open the clenched fist
to receive grace with open hand
photo by lynn
30 Apr 2014 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: death, faith, peace, suffering
gentle soul possessed of quiet strength
her name, Faith, was her legacy to all
who witnessed her living…and dying.
she was familiar with pain and heartache:
her husband, seriously disabled in an accident,
needed nursing care ’til his death left her a widow.
her precious twin granddaughters lived only briefly,
she herself suffered multiple sclerosis and cancer.
yet she clung to promises in God’s eternal Word,
and at sixty-one years young, she has received the
reward of an undying faith in her faithful Lord.
You took her up into Your presence: her faith is now sight!
“Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” (John 20:29b)
25 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: faith, heaven, knees, prayer
Give us faith (and knees) to be “heaven-bent”
on praying for Your children.
(“Jacob praying” download from Photobucket)
27 Dec 2013 4 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: beauty, faith, one
one root
one stem
one bloom
one cry
one night
one newborn
one life
one chance
one choice
one word
one phrase
one story
one faith
one Father
one only Son
Weekly Photo Challenge: One
a poem in my pocket 
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