Glimpse the grin, green metal mug at masks the pseudo-saintly bug . . . And faintly whisper, Lord deliver us. From The Praying Mantis by Ogden Nash with photos by The Droid Lifting a prayer for you today, So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love […]
Do You See It?
Do you see it? How He tosses His palette on the morning? How he swipes His rainbow hand across new canvas? How He outlines fine and brushes bold? How He mists fresh and rains grace on parched hearts? How He hides surprises within each painting? How He stamps the day with His thumbprint and presses […]
Walking Wooden
They’re at it again, these two. Claire and L.L. Asking us to stretch our “creative fibers.” To share our history symbolically. In photographic images. And poetry–a sonnet. Claire challenges us to find five photos that answer five specific questions. I didn’t realize how much my life has been shaped by wood. 1. Who Made Up Your […]
Saturday Snaps: Hum, Hum, Humming
And uninvited visitors. I took all these photos through the kitchen window. And if you love hummingbirds, you’ll love Stephanie Shott’s devotions this past week. These beautiful creatures offer all kinds of lessons for the whole family. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday And make us happy in the darting bird That suddenly above the bees […]
What If? (A Glass Slipper Sonnet)
And now for something a little light, a little fun, and a lot corny (pun intended.) L.L. Barkat and Tweetspeak Poetry have put out a glass slipper sonnet challenge. What If? (A Glass Slipper Sonnet) What if she hadn’t slipped slipper from foot? What if she’d hurtled headlong down the stair? Would an ungraceful girlfriend […]
Textures of Text: Let’s Go All Word Wild
Perhaps the role of those involved in the arts, then, is to awaken ourselves and others to beauty–in all its risk and richness. ~Luci Shaw Let’s go all word wild. Let’s bound over boundaries and color outside the fence lines. Let’s open up new spaces within ourselves and dive in deep waters. Let’s be reckless […]
Window on Writing: To Write a Poem–A Sestina
I’m late to the party. July was sestina month over at Tweetspeak Poetry, and I struggled with this. And I didn’t have the patience to sit down and write such a long poem. But finally I tried. It was a matter of pride. And now I can scratch it off my to-do list. I […]
Textures of Text: Servant of the Word
Again, as so often before, I felt the secret thoughts rising in me, trusting them to be God-thoughts making themselves known. ~Luci Shaw breath of His breath I watch and wait spirit of the wild and untamed wind rushing water of many colors swirling dry bones dance to celestial tunes God-thoughts rise beauty to beauty […]
Window on Writing: Where I’m From
She issued a writing challenge based on a poem by George Ella Lyon titled Where I’m From. She offered a template link. Here’s my attempt, but I think I deviated from the template. I am from black-and-white two channels antenna perched on post turned to fuzzy and not-so-fuzzy by hand in all weather window open. […]
Monday Meditation: Green Like Worship–A Poem
Green like worship summer dreams swim in rippled cloud ponds. Fern fronds bow and stately trunks stretch skyward. Arms reach for heaven hushed by monarch majesty and ancient words carved in dusty walls by shanty boy ghosts seated on log pews. Hymns echo through pine-carpeted cathedral and the sacred pours into lemonade lakes. […]
