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Deforestation
Can’t see the forest for the family trees, these black and blue recessive genes; if I fall in the shadows, will anyone hear?Filed under: A Wounded Heart, Anger, Endurance, Fragility, Freedom,...
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Just Desserts
Whip into stiff peaks Refrigerate until set Winter’s sweet meringueFiled under: Beauty, Haiku, Imagination, Just for Fun, Nature, Poetry, Snow, Winter Tagged: dessert, food, haiku, meringue,...
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Coronation
Crowned by thorns, breaking its chains, daylight conquers.Filed under: Beauty, Christianity, Freedom, Hope, Living in the Light, Nature, Poetry, Seasons, Strength, Winter Tagged: breaking chains,...
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Shine On
Shine on, little one, though your petals crack with cold and icy shivers lick hungry at your tender throat. * Shine on when Arctic winds whisper white lies, slanderous icebergs distorting your...
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Of Boats and Seas
If I were a boat, and you the seas, I’d hoist my sail and let the breeze Bear me ever homeward bound, Within your harbour, safe and sound; And if a storm should cause dismay With roaring gale and...
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Doing the Math
And so we wait, Wind crunching numbers Multiplying grievance, dividing winter Days into fragmented ticks of a frozen clock. In addition, only the sum total counts; But the square root of snow Is a...
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Prison Break
One day sun will melt the bars, Open doors and mend the scars, Free your spirit from your chains - Winter’s just the labour pains.Filed under: A Wounded Heart, Christianity, Courage, Encouragement,...
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Labour Pains
These contractions Surface skin stretches taut Life writhes beneath Earth labours to expel Sodden SpringFiled under: Characterizations, Growth, Hope, Imagination, Nature, Poetry, Seasons, Springtime...
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Transfusion
He invades her thoughts Like formaldehyde, Preserving pain (Locking it in amber), The proverbial fly. He swirls through her veins, Throbs at her temples Thick like curdled milk. Only the Surgeon Can...
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The Haunting
Something wicked this way comes, Marching in to Arctic drums; Promised gift of spring succumbs To ghosts of winter past. Ice Queen reigns supreme for now, Frigid frost on frigid brow; Soon, she’ll have...
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Thoughts Are Clouds
Thoughts are clouds on canvas sky - Some go idly drifting by, Moved by whim or circumstance, Shaped as concepts meet by chance. Others draw conclusions there, Intention giving studied air - Captured by...
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Lift
Unless I lift my lowered gaze, I’ll miss the Beauty in my days - Remain attached to lowly sod, Where lowly caterpillars plod. But if I lift my thoughts above, Forever seek the path of love, My heart...
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Touched by the Light
Dying foliage Becomes a blaze of glory When touched by the LightFiled under: Aging, Beauty, Christianity, Fragility, Freedom, Haiku, Hope, Living in the Light, Nature, Poetry Tagged: autumn...
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Great Expectations
The seeds of Great Expectations rooted deep, but she tasted their fruits not in the fair soil of trinkets fashioned from sturdy stems, cabinetry of beauty and elegance displaying the wares of Kings,...
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Gratitude
Gratitude glows gold - Leaves unfurled from graceful trees, Glory grown within Filed under: Beauty, Choices, Gratitude, Haiku, Nature, Poetry, Positive Thinking Tagged: attitude, autumn, beauty, glory,...
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Three Course Meal
pain steals in soft frozen fangs tempted by exposed underbelly plated appetizer * pearly whites gnaw masticate savour slow the flesh of broken hearts main course destruction * faith foamed and...
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Woven
Earth’s rich tapestry Spun from individuals Stronger together * Fall flax fieldFiled under: Autumn, Haiku, Identity, Nature, Poetry, Possibilities Tagged: community, fabric, haiku, hope, metaphor,...
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In the Gallery
Winter’s brush, with frozen bristles Decorates the thorns and thistles - Weaves her words to paint a spell That beautifies the weeds as well As ever Solomon was dressed In kingly robes and royal...
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Fire of the Phoenix
Framed by farewell frosts The year sinks like the sunset Soon to rise again Filed under: Beauty, Haiku, Imagination, Nature, Poetry, Snow, Winter Tagged: frost, haiku, metaphor, new year, Phoenix...
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In the Grip of Hope
Frost’s bony fingers Beckon us toward the light, Remind us of warmth.Filed under: Encouragement, Haiku, Hope, Living in the Light, Poetry, Winter Tagged: fingers, grip, haiku, hope, light, metaphor,...
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