Giving Thanks
Thank You for the fallen leaves, beauty as the season grieves, oxygen to fill lungs full, gravity’s redeeming pull. Thank You for fresh fruits and herbs, baskets piled with living verbs, juice that...
View ArticleAs Thorns Bleed Red
As thorns bleed red on wounded brow, your autumn pain reminds me how my Saviour bled, with precious flow, to plant the seed where I would grow.Filed under: Autumn, Beauty, Christianity, Freedom,...
View ArticleDiamonds in the Snow
Diamonds scattered in the snow, Twinkle, twinkle, tiny stars; Viewing life through children’s eyes, Look how rich we really are! * When my daughter was small, she pointed out the snowy diamonds with...
View ArticleOnly You
Only You would take bare wire and twist it into glacial art; Only You could shine Your rays and melt the hardest selfish heart. Only love could add this sheen and sculpt a work of vivid hue; Only grace...
View ArticleGrass
Grass on this side of the fence is growing green…Filed under: Gratitude, Growth, Hope, Nature, Poetry Tagged: Appreciating what you have, contentment, free verse poem, gratitude, joy, photography, poem
View ArticleHer Tears
Her tears have drenched her soul, burying the hatchet in rivulets running red, bloody gouges brimming with magna-cum-laude . (degree earned in the school of hard knocks, awarded posthumously to the...
View ArticlePurple Reign
Sycophants, all - borrowed robes and stolen beauty unless returned on a silver platter to the King of the Purple Reign.Filed under: Beauty, Christianity, Gratitude, Nature, Poetry, Truth Tagged:...
View ArticleHold Your Breath
Hold your breath, you mortals dressed in borrowed skin; this flesh is none the wiser for all its pomp and frenzy, nor more permanent for all its sheer transparency. Tread lightly on this hallowed...
View ArticleThe Star Inside
She cradles her weakness deep, tenderly touching places that crisply curl past their prime; she treasures bent blooms, broken foliage. When petals lose their sheen, her soul stirs, shouting joy in...
View ArticleTurning Over a New Leaf
Pull the drapes on summer past, Linger long ‘neath autumn’s mast Where golden sheaves are gathered in, Thankfulness where pain has been.Filed under: Autumn, Beauty, Christianity, Gratitude, Growth,...
View ArticleTo See, or Not To See
Rich is the soul whose heart can see that even life’s coldest path is sprinkled with diamondsFiled under: Beauty, Choices, Courage, Freedom, Gratitude, Hope, Nature, Poetry, Positive Thinking, Seasons,...
View ArticleStorage
Arms and soul flung wide, She welcomes the Sun - Long-lost Lover - Breathing in his fragrance, Memorizing his smile For the cloudy days to come Filed under: Beauty, Characterizations, Choices,...
View ArticleThe Break
Paddles skim on liquid glass, Sky checks her reflection; Rocky shores with wooden doors Display her pure complexion. Hands of Time, I snap you here, To break your counting power,...
View ArticleGratitude
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,...
View ArticleFully Grown
The vows, inception, but a bud, Which Time has now released; The years, the layers, gracious flood Where depth of love increased. The petals, pathways intertwined, Your fingers in my own; The flower,...
View ArticleEcho
Advertisements Filed under: Autumn, Christianity, Gratitude, Nature, Photography, Poetry Tagged: Canadian Thanksgiving, gratitude, inspiration, photography, poem, poetry, reflections
View ArticleThanksgiving Hymn
For sun above and earth below, For flowers’ blooms, and rivers’ flow, For springtime after pristine snow, Lord, we give you thanks. For sunshine after timely rains, For mountain peaks and golden...
View ArticleThe Earth Gives Thanks
Thankful, grasses swish in breezes, Ponds give thanks ere water freezes, Tamaracks sigh benedictions, Cattails pray with deep convictions. Clouds that sail and geese that float On autumn air trace...
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