One Stop

Past Confusion   The babe’s too big for the cradle; his limbs are stretched too long As a new parent, I’m so confused what manual to follow next or perhaps it’s time for common sense? Parenting is so hard to do.   It’s better to embrace and do than not to rock the cradle. Though [...]

Change

Change Past the glacial and desolate thing absent ice on one’s bitter brows vanish frosty formations gone colorless landscape wild wonder of flakes drifts to touch sky after months I think spring   (Submitted to Nonet Monday Form at One Stop Poetry)

Friday’s Photo Journey

BLOOM “I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.”  Song of Solomon 2:1 “…He shall grow like the lily,” Hosea 14:5 “…Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.” Isiah 27:6 “…and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly [...]

Waters

    Water of Life   There is power in the water As it flows, pours and rushes Down elaborate falls Strength flows through crevices Brawn pours from clefts Vigor rushes by cracks   There is mastery in the water As it tumbles, rumbles and stumbles Past rock formations formed from dust Stamina tumbles through [...]

Liberty

One Shoot Sunday’s at One Stop Poetry…   Red, White, & Blue   This is why… I suffer training extreme, endure loneliness of heart, bear months and years separated from loved ones; as giggles and squeals sing freedom from children’s naive voices.   This is why… my scarlet blood is shed, ivory bones are broken, [...]

Choice

Meaninglessness   What is in my well; is it empty or full? Are ample clouds carried by a raging, rough tempest trapped in languishing lowlands filled with rich soil spouting seeds from the soul?   What reserve awaits; is it empty or full? Has inky darkness become forever blackness seeking a sinful, sad soul in [...]

Timeless

The End This endless bridge it’s hard to find my pace not knowing what I face. With bulky rails and shiny boards; trees like clouds around my head. Perhaps, I’m dead!   (Adam Romanowicz picture prompt at One Stop Poetry)

Sand Soup

Blueprint   fill the bucket dig a whole shoveling trenches very bold. life’s a mystery   coarse and grainy sands too much brushing castles with light touch life is puzzling   hand and foot prints mountain ridge in soggy sand build bridges God ever molding   water splashing sand soup stirred steady feeds a group [...]

Graffiti

  This poem is submitted for One Shoot Sunday hosted by One Stop Poetry. To see more poems based on the prompt “Graffiti,” please visit the site.   The Act I write my name upon this rock among the many throng. Was it not Christ Himself who built upon a rock? Stately I stand in [...]

Snap Shot

Life or Death Upon this shelf rests death, inserted upon the bark rough, twisted, stale. Life rests in the dying; if only eyes could lift the veil covering the shell.

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