we’re but passing mist
our lifespan a breath of God
shadows seen through fog
James 4:14
world poetry day
21 Mar 2022 4 Comments
in american sentence Tags: Anna, life, poem, savor
Life is a poem; mysterious and beautiful…savor every phrase!
our choice
06 May 2021 19 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: choice, death, life, palinode
I.
embrace death
it is everyone’s end
accept the coldness
into your spirit well
before it strikes you
down, go down to it
II.
choose life
to live every day
accept what it gives
with an open spirit
don’t let life slip away
step up, live up to it
“This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.” –Deuteronomy 30:19 NIV
Palinode poem where first verse is refuted by second…link to dVerse poetics with Grace hosting today.
reality check
13 May 2020 6 Comments
in american sentence Tags: fairy tales, happiness, life, reality, time
Time for us to admit that life is not happily ever after.
play for keeps
11 Nov 2019 2 Comments
in quadrille Tags: confidence, faith, heart, life, memories, smile
keep the best memories
let unpleasant ones go
keep faith in truth
turn from all false-ness
keep forward movement
stop procrastination now
keep expressing your heart
ignore rude criticism
keep head held high
don’t lose confidence
keep smiling at life
watch life smile back!
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Too late to link but inspired by Kim at dVerse to write quadrille (44 words) on “keep”.
climate change
17 Jul 2019 13 Comments
in quadrille, quote, scripture Tags: climate, earth, green, life, light, planet, sun, war
I’m linking this “sun/Son” quadrille (44 words) to dVerse Poets pub where we’re diving into the subject of climate crisis this week…
powerful star
commands our
entire system solar
glorious light
shines too bright
for human sight
his light maintains
so life sustains
planet’s green plains
will we war for
what we adore?
been done before
apostasy done
spiritual war won
when earth falls into sun
“Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.” (Psalm 2:12 KJV)
the treasure
11 Mar 2019 2 Comments
in free verse, scripture Tags: authority, book, letter, life, sword, truth, Word
Skeptical about the Bible? Try reading one of the New Testament gospels, the book of John. We all have questions! See post by former agnostic, The Sylvr Pen.
diversified volumes form unique collection
library referenced by love’s common theme
more than mere letters forming words
more than simply words on a page
voluminous, luminous top-selling tome of
truth verified on authority of one true author
a long-ago breathed, still breathing book
a living letter made alive by the lord of life
logos, the Word made flesh, God himself
fleshed out in gracious words of his son
sword of spirit that pierces mind and soul
cuts through deceit, defends against evil one
map to precious treasure of kingdom is not
to be pirated or buried but diligently studied
spill the treasure out to be spent by beggars
memorize the map to find the only way home
free image – pixabay
life…as world turns
06 Mar 2019 19 Comments
in free verse, scripture Tags: breath, death, Ecclesiastes, life, preacher, vanity, world
Join dVerse Poets where Lillian quotes Eccles. 3: 1-8, a time for everything.
“all is vanity,” says the preacher
life’s breath ~ “chasing after wind”
somewhere in the weary world
newborn baby first sucks in air
toddler tosses pebbles into pond
young girl twirls a wedding dance
farmer plants seed in hope of harvest
lovers laugh to embrace ~ weep, to not
developer digs dirt in hope of homes
man grieves loss of beloved wife
old woman stacks stones on beach
dying man expires with final sigh
somewhere in the weary world
“all is vanity,” says the preacher
life’s breath ~ “chasing after wind”
beauty’s weight
07 Feb 2019 5 Comments
in tan renga Tags: beauty, life, monarch, waterweed, weight
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s “tan renga” challenge…add 2 lines to original haiku.
waterweed
floating away, despite
the butterfly’s weight on it
© Chiyo-Ni
beauty flits magnificent
but life’s current moves stronger
© lynn__
photo by lynn
hope grows green
10 Oct 2018 11 Comments
in haiga, haiku Tags: darkness, green, hope, leafy, life, light
air-borne
05 Jul 2018 6 Comments
in haiku Tags: dandelion, death, fragile, life, seed, sleep
life force strong but a
puff will scatter fragile seed
sleep…a breath from death
image & idea from Carpe Diem
his & her harleys
21 Jun 2018 9 Comments
in quadrille Tags: cycle, fragile, life, nest, parents, son, thrill, wheels
teen-age male on
testosterone
in search of new
thrills-on-wheels
dreams of motorcycle;
engine roar combines
with speed’s blur…
wind-in-face freedom.
middle-age parents
experience concern,
envision fragile-ness
of life-and-limb;
postpone possibility
until son leaves family nest…
Forty-four word quadrille for “cycle” prompt at dVerse Poets this week…
a poem in my pocket 
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