image and “hope” theme from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
hope grows green
10 Oct 2018 11 Comments
in haiga, haiku Tags: darkness, green, hope, leafy, life, light
hope will arise
19 Sep 2018 2 Comments
in american sentence, senryu Tags: dark, death, emotions, hope, light, stop, suicide
September is Suicide Prevention month…linking with Ramblings of a Writer for “emotions & healing” prompt.
We never know the black hole into which another soul has fallen…
darkest emotions
troubles press into death wish
Stop! glimpse healing light
In U.S. call: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – Call 800-273-TALK (8255)
hope wears white
19 May 2018 5 Comments
in haiku series, troiku Tags: bell, butterflies, death, flowers, hope, mothers
CDHK weekend fusion challenge: fuse two haiku, then create troiku…
temple bells die out
the fragrant blossoms remain
a perfect evening
will we meet again
here at your flowering grave –
two white butterflies
© Basho
church bells’ somber ring
fragrance of casket flowers
butterflies wing hope
© lynn
church bell’s somber ring
ask for whom is it tolling?
time waits for no one
fragrance of casket flowers
roses, daisies, carnations
florals dress-up death
butterflies wing hope
loved by two mothers, i know
we will meet again
struggle is real
13 Mar 2018 10 Comments
in etheree, quadrille Tags: crash, grateful, hope, pressure, stress
An etheree poem with 10 lines of increasing syllables.This is also a quadrille of 44 words, including the word “fire”. Read more at d’Verse Poets pub
stress
hard pressed
fire’s hot test
find release valve
to manage pressure
start to count love’s good gifts
name all that makes you grateful
hold joy in life’s little moments
live each day with enthusiasm
clinging to hope, you will not crash and burn
It’s calving time on the farm and our manager/son had an emergency appendectomy so he’s laid up for a month. The rest of us are working hard trying to cover for his absence!
hope surprises
09 Oct 2017 13 Comments
in quadrille, Uncategorized Tags: courage, fear, hope, love
Keeping hope alive with dVerse Poets in a “quadrille” of exactly 44 words…
hope dangles around courage’s neck,
name etched on soldier’s dog tag.
image by lynn
hope throbs within young love’s heart,
hands held in first awkward clasp.
hope gazes into future’s eyes,
grandchildren carry family name.
hope laughs in fear’s masked face,
dove flies home after violent storm.
hope not seen
18 May 2017 20 Comments
in list poem, scripture Tags: flame, hope, petrichor, rain, swan, tomato
Sharing with dVerse…fits earlier prompts for list poem and sensory play.
hope smells
like fresh petrichor
of welcome spring rain
hope tastes
like first juicy tomato
of sun-ripened summer
hope sounds
like migration call
of swan o’er autumn field
hope feels
like flickering flame
of log in winter hearth
For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
(Romans 8:24-25 ESV)
beginning shimmers
31 Dec 2016 1 Comment
in haiku Tags: hope, prosperity, soul, year
art by felix gonzales torres
step into unknown
with trusting hope for each day
as new year begins
ephphatha: be opened
13 Sep 2016 18 Comments
in prayer, quadrille, scripture Tags: grace, hope, love, shepherd, truth
Prayer in “quadrille” form, exactly forty-four words…link to dVerse Poets
Open my hands
to receive extravagant grace
Open my ears
to hear shepherd’s voice
Open my eyes
to see beauty of narrow way
Open my mind
to know transforming truth
Open my mouth
to speak words of hope
Open my heart
to love courageously.
Jesus spoke “Ephphatha!” to deaf/mute man (see Mark 7:31-37)
hope springs eternal
29 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in haiga Tags: apple, blossoms, hope, rain, spring, tears
photo credit: MARKOVICH PHOTO ART
Doesn’t this beautiful photo of apple blossoms on orange background lift one’s spirit? One more day of NaPoWriMo challenge to write 30 poems in 30 days! A lot of mine were haiku/haiga 🙂
spring’s promise
18 Apr 2016 2 Comments
Magnolia theme and photo from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai . A haiga in honor of host, Kristjaan, who recently lost his father.
At last!
18 Aug 2013 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: hope
A promise to return
after darkness falls deepest.
Hope hangs on the eastern
edge of history’s horizon.
Nothing can stop the dawn
from overtaking night’s domain.
The whole sky brightens with
cloud colors of blazing glory.
Light reclaims this world and
we earthlings stare, illuminated.
That morning begs a question:
Will you fly toward Him…or away?
