posting poetic prose
15 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in quadrille Tags: faith, freedom, Mayflower, Puritans, worship
Mayflower II on the Open Seas by Montague Dawson
boatload of faith
puritans flee persecution
embark for freedom to worship
bible believers,
soldiers, profit seekers
travel together in tight quarters
illness on board
violent storms at sea
God’s providence holds fast
birth of child on
vast ocean of hope
blessing for future colony
Another quadrille about the pilgrims; written second but prequels my first…
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)
17 Mar 2020 23 Comments
in tercet Tags: foghorn, freedom, lighthouse, mariner, memories, sailor, sea, ship
when warmer air stirs sweet memories on
those youthful days when he sailed waves of sea
feeling of freedom worth dreaming upon
he watched the sky in experienced way
and listened for foghorn’s woeful low sound
to safely guide ship back into the bay
love of the sea understood beyond speech
lives on after old sailor’s laid to rest
like signal of lighthouse on rocky beach
Laura Bloomsbury challenges us to write three tercets in pentameter (optional) with set rhyme scheme. Linking to dVerse Poets…
24 Feb 2020 6 Comments
in haiku Tags: barn, bold, brave, freedom, kitten
brave little kitten
strong paws climb to freedom’s heights
bold-striped liberty
Linking to “kittens” prompt at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
15 Aug 2018 1 Comment
in music poem, senryu Tags: flags, freedom, himalayan, prayer, song, Tibet
Like sound of title? Folk music from Tibet!
himalayan sound
prayer flags tune mellow song
longing for freedom
30 Jun 2018 9 Comments
in tanka Tags: constitution, freedom, govern, independence, law
liberty in law
men died for independence
let’s govern ourselves
constitutional freedoms
preserved in the bill of rights
Linking to Frank J. Tassone’s Haiku Challenge…
04 Jun 2018 31 Comments
in quadrille Tags: cobblestones, dictatorship, freedom, injustice, Nicaragua, socialism
Current events quadrille for the Nicaraguan people…and dVerse!
Nicaraguans are
taking it to the streets;
cobblestone city streets,
paved with “somoza” stones
of past dictatorships;
socialism promised
justice but in reality
cobbled the people
who’ve had enough
of corruption and
being lorded over by
self-serving politicians
who bury citizens
under bureaucracy.
29 Oct 2017 1 Comment
in senryu Tags: freedom, heights, self-mastery, winds
mastery of self
discipline offers freedom
on winds of conquest
Inspiration from music featured at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
15 Aug 2017 21 Comments
in quadrille Tags: dream, freedom, justice, law, race, respect
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
What happened
to distinctly american
dream
of liberty & justice 
for ALL,
equal opportunity
regardless
of race?
What happened
to respect
for human life,
our constitutional
law & order,
non-violent freedom of
speech & assembly?
What happened
to ONE nation
under God?
Wake to dream again!
Quadrille (44 words) for dVerse Poets where De invites us to dream together!
03 Mar 2015 17 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: creed, freedom, religion, responsibility, right, speech
The right to believe what you choose comes with
the responsibility to allow another’s free choice.
The right to say what you want comes with
the responsibility to listen to another’s view.
The right to publish your own words comes with
the responsibility to enlighten another’s mind.
The right to live where you would comes with
the responsibility to live at peace with another.
The right to act on your convictions comes with
the responsibility to let others act on theirs.
The right to experience the joy of being alive comes with
the responsibility to respect the life of another.
When faith, speech, or action no longer respects the LIFE of another,
then it forfeits freedom and it must.
be.
stopped.
09 Nov 2014 5 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: freedom, haiku, purple, widflowers
photo of kikyo from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
purple-petaled dreams
delicate as veined parchment
let freedom’s bells ring
______
Linking with Carpe Diem, thinking of freedom protesters in Hong Kong
25 May 2014 5 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: freedom, Memorial Day, nation, veterans
Humid morning mist baptizes rural
community’s hushed burial grounds;
Church youth arise early to prepare holiday
breakfast in nearby park shelter;
Hungry celebrants line up, awaiting
warm pancakes with smoky sausage;
Friendly conversations intertwine; words
floating above steamy coffee cups;
Veterans, Boy Scouts and bicycles are
decorated to parade down Main Street;
Large multi-generational crowd gathers under
flags flying at peaceful cemetery green;
Rousing song, patriotic speech, humble prayer
offered gratefully for one nation under God;
Tearful memories stir when flags lower to solemn
sound of drum roll, taps, and twenty-one guns;
Americans honor the selfless sacrifices
of military families and our fallen heroes;
We remember that peace comes with a price,
paid in blood and bravery for our freedoms.
Salute!
a poem in my pocket 
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