poetry
continuing in hope
I was in an AlAnon meeting last week where the speaker shared on the second step of the famous twelve, about believing that God could help in a situation where we are powerless. I appreciate the way the twelve step literature often reminds us that God is with us, not distant or unavailable. My “Higher Power” is the … Continue reading
deadly
the prompt for November 14 was ‘deadly/dangerous.’ i didn’t have any good ideas until Carrie suggested writing about brown recluse spiders! unfortuntely, i have direct experience with the same. i was bitten on my inner thigh by one in 1999, while living in Lubbock. we saw a few in Shreveport but they didn’t seem to … Continue reading
big numbers
the prompt for 11 november was numbers. not my strong suit, but … ten thousand times ten thousand… and thousands of thousands singing praise to the Lambwill not exhaustthe greatnessof His goodnesspower and glory. Let me add one voice,not to burnish His brightnessbut to be in the number,receiving and reflectinglight of love and life.Worthy is the … Continue reading
paranormal
‘paranormal’ was the prompt for the poem-a-day challenge today. i’ll use that for the title of this poem. I know it doesn’t make senseto be able to sleep wellwhen there’s little money in the bank;to enjoy a meal with friendswhen a family member is dying;to hum while workingat a dead-end job.But there is a peacepast … Continue reading
word power
day 2 poem got some good feedback from my critique group, but also some suggestions for reworking, so i’ll wait awhile on that one. the prompt for day 3 was ‘sort of.’ my poem is not an original idea, but there aren’t any of those, are there? i considered using Proverbs 18:21 as an … Continue reading
hopeful
been a long time since i tried to blog regularly. i had a webpage over 12 years ago, before the noun blog or the verb to blog was very current. i tried to update it about twice a month with a new poem. and then i had a page on an early ‘social media’ site … Continue reading
