attitude of gratitude

Recently, Grace hosted a dVerse prompt featuring the “Nove Otto”. This poetry form was created by Scott J. Alcorn. It is a nine-lined poem with 8 syllables per line. The rhyme scheme is: aacbbcddc. 


God is the giver of all good;
He provides his creatures with food
his loving care supplies our bread
grazing cattle content to eat
in turn, they will provide our meat.
“Love your neighbor,” Jesus has said;
are our cold hearts so full of greed
that we won’t share with those in need?
if grateful we are to be fed!

feast of faith

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Let us remember this Thanksgiving day

how our forefathers walked the pilgrim way

forgive our greedy attitude

and give us hearts of gratitude

for providential blessings, Lord, we pray.

 

 

*Listen to brief podcast by John Piper on Giving Thanks here

 


Quintet of 5 lines (in iambic meter and AABBA rhyme scheme) for dVerse.

 

 

 

 

no shining example

Image

Let’s not be koi about this:

ornamental is all about image-

in reality,  just common carp

(classification: carp-e diem, isn’t it?)

So seize the day like a greedy fish-

searching with mouth wide open,

chasing anything that moves,

pushing your way ahead of the rest

to suck in and swallow every

tasty (but possibly toxic)

tidbit tossed your way?

 

Jeremiah 6:13  “From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike all practice deceit.”