alone in the dark
waiting and watching with hope
God’s kingdom coming!
Spirit is deposit of
amazing inheritance.
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From today’s sermon by Pastor John Lee on Micah 7…when the darkness is deep, we look for the Light!
luminescence
22 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: fireflies, flash, hope, prayers
fireflies like prayers
flashes of hopefulness rise…
yet full moon outshines
brevity
29 May 2024 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: baby robin, death, grief, hope, lawn, May, murder
grass grows like mad in may
failing to see his brother, i
commit murder with mower.
ashamed…i finish lawn only
to flee indoors from grieving
parents frantically hopping…
hoping a better future for this
adolescent on the edge of life
and flight training; he chirps
mournfully, poops on the deck
railing…still reeling, he flies low
to refuge under lilac’s shadow…
i pray the cats don’t find him.
the color of hope
20 Jun 2023 33 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: baby, clouds, colors, forest, hope
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the color of hope must be soft white
like summer clouds puffing along
in cerulean sky which may gather
into dizzy-high cumulonimbus to
shudder and shower wet blessings
on thirsty fields and caked riverbeds
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the color of hope must be pale pink
like a newborn grandbaby’s tiny toes
wriggling with the joy of being bare
in the warm air to be tickled by grandpa
which soon grow nimble to run in grass
dotted with dandelions and butterflies
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the color of hope must be deep green
like a conifer forest on a mountainside
which exhales pine-scented oxygen to
support life of creatures that nest in
the upper boughs, tap bark for insects,
or rest quietly in cool daytime shadows
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Join dVerse Poets where we paint the colours of hope inspired by the poetry of Jen Feroze!
hope shines in darkness
30 Jan 2022 1 Comment
teardrops fall
in the middle of the night
no more hope?
turn on light to read good word
spirit buoyed on waves of love
A tan renga in response to Chevrefeuille’s haiku at CDHK post “on waves of love”.
state of the world (2)
12 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: hope, Jesus, love, tanka
do not be afraid
we cannot see whole picture
love shall overcome
we must look beyond ourselves
Jesus Christ offers us HOPE!
look up
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)
autumn’s ambassador
30 Sep 2019 13 Comments
in haibun, Uncategorized Tags: autumn, farm, grove, hope, insects, lawnmower, monarch
It’s haibun Monday at dVerse Poets where we’re writing about insects!
I bounce along, riding the lawnmower around our farm site. It’s windy and warm today…excellent weather for drying the crops for the imminent harvest. We’re glad for the silage we’ve already chopped for our livestock. Cows galumph toward the fence when I stop to toss the fallen apples I gathered for them.
While mowing in our grove, I am discouraged to note many trees show signs of stress. Both ash and spruce host invasive insects that bore into exposed spaces in their bark. An epidemic infestation across the nation appears to have arrived here. Time will tell if it’s lethal for these trees we planted many years ago and nurtured to a protective and glorious expanse.
While fretting about insects destroying our grove, I’m surprised by a singular monarch butterfly that flits ahead of me, leading the way. It flutters into my vision as I pass by again and again. Like a shimmer of hope, it gently clings to a leafy branch. Stunning creature with delicate legs and designer wings sent to lighten my mind in a moment of serendipity.
monarch messenger
flashes autumn’s joyful hues
arresting beauty
written in wee hours of a restless night
28 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in scripture Tags: desperation, disappointment, hope, quiet, rage, Skillet
we live sad
(a)pathetic lives of
(un)quiet desperation in
rage, regrets, disappointment
isolated in an individual world, we
desire to be loved but do not know how;
bravely smiling on outside, slowly dying inside
how are you? ‘i’m fine’ is our standard line (really?)
looks like we, our family, civilization may self-destruct
only a hero can save us now — our hope is that God will!
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“For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, ‘In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be your strength.’ But you were unwilling…Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
– Isaiah 30:15 & 18
spring is in the air…somewhere
18 Feb 2019 4 Comments
in tan renga Tags: air, birds, day, hope, sky, sunshine
Tan renga with Kim at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, hosted by Kristjaan.
the sky is bluer
birds are singing once again
caressed by sunshine
© Kim M. Russell
each day is little longer
lenten season buds with hope!
© lynn__
new year’s eve
30 Dec 2018 9 Comments
in fusion haiku, troiku Tags: candlelight, champagne, darkness, future, hope, midnight, year
CDHK’s weekend meditation to create “fusion ku” from 2 haiku and then write a “troiku” series, using lines of your fusion haiku. (Free image from pixabay.)
a new year
rising from wild seas
a few stars
filling
the glass with candlelight
champagne
© Jane Reichhold
raise glass to new year
candlelight and stars twinkle
above champagne seas
raise glass to new year
share toast and kiss at midnight
uncork thankfulness
candlelight and stars twinkle
hold out brave hopes for future
in uncertain darkness
above champagne seas,
wild waves roll with bubbly foam
high tide is rising
© lynn__
a poem in my pocket 
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