Poetry by me
New Poem: Your Thought as a Car with a Hitch
What makes up
your body
of thought?
They say the average person
has 70,000 thoughts a day
which is 2,916 per hour
or 48 per minute.
New Poem: Sabbath Snow Day
More sabbath snow yet again
canceling church once more
so our most recent amaryllis
is only able to flaunt its glory for us
as we hunker down blanketed in white
while the scrape of snowplows lumber past.
New Poem: Shine it Away
Imagine a dark room
behind a closed door
but the hall light is on
and when you open the door…
New Poem: Grass Underfoot
And looking up, I shiver as I wonder
for whom am I the tiny cold blade of grass?
At whose mercy could I be laid low?
New Poem: I’m so Glad We Have a Day to Celebrate You!
Happy Birthday!
Know you are special beyond words.
I’m so glad you came to be with us!
I love you, always.
New Poem: Advent
Full orbed and pregnantly expecting, the world races around in gestation, waiting for the babe of reconciliation to arrive and shepherd us to salvation.
New Poem: Psalm of Thanksgiving and Praise
I could never fit all I’m grateful for in one poem like God could never squeeze into only one place or perspective…
New Poem: Put Your Hands Up
Instead, let go, and yes, you can do it, put your hands up
all the way up.
New Poem: Pay Attention
Heed with contemplation how incessant and perpetual and continuing and relentless such a list can be…
New Poem: Ode to Becky on Her Birthday
I am very proud of who Becky has become. Happy birthday! I love you!
New Poem: The Covenant of Today
The breeze clatters the leaves across the pavement, swirling in eddies…
New Poem: Be Vulnerable
Let the angels tell them what they need to know. Trust God’s steady hand and correcting rod for thankfully that is not our job.
New Poem: The First Day of My Last Year Homeschooling
This year I am riveted to taking in and treasuring the beauty of its lingering presence with thankfulness and hope.
New Poem: Consent to Go Forward
There is always a solution when we give ourselves consent to go forward.