i i waiting for the play to begin the impossible uprooting done here on the ground what's between us can't be heard weather of the heart enigma from the stone earth against your cheek polishing the petoskey stone. ii ii slow train passing weaving the wind open the door to another realm duet for wings… Continue reading Spine poem sequence
Spring is truly on its way where I live—something that makes poem-writing in April a lot easier. This is one of my poem-a-day efforts from this week along with the scene that inspired it. This post is submitted to Poetry Friday, hosted this week by Diane Mayr at Random Noodling.
The Icecutter's Daughter by Tracie Peterson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Merrill Krause, the only girl in a family of boys, has fulfilled her promise to her dying mother and spent the last ten years taking care of her father and brothers. This has meant not only cooking and keeping house but also getting… Continue reading The Icecutter’s Daughter by Tracie Peterson (review)
Secretive, sneaky, unexpected and silent Taking things to which you never gave a thought things you never thought you’d lose … Reach, hug, walk read, write, talk Only blurry memories now your mute self Kept captive, confused within your betrayal of a body awaiting prognosis of the next Electrocardiogram, CT, MRI lab report, doctor, therapist… Continue reading Cerebrovascular Accident
Captured by Moonlight by Christine Lindsay My rating: 5 of 5 stars Though Lieutenant Laine Harkness is not committed to the religious beliefs of Miriam’s Mission, she is a nurse, committed to alleviating pain and suffering. And so it makes perfect sense for her to accompany devout Eshana in her quest to rescue the teenage… Continue reading Captured by Moonlight – by Christine Lindsay (review)
Blooming Some poems write themselves with the ease of flowers opening in time-lapse photography. Others leave me in a litter of scribbled pages, green petals ripped from a hard bud. © 2013 by Violet Nesdoly ******************** Are you doing a poem-a-day writing challenge during April (in honor of National Poetry Month)? I am, though I… Continue reading Blooming
Our writing prompt this month is WATER. April, on the Canadian prairies where I grew up, was a month of water. The precipitation that came down as snow all winter gradually melted in the warm sun of April's lengthening days and filled the days with spring's background music of drip, trickle, and croaking frogs. Judging… Continue reading April prompt: water
Here is my favorite Good Friday poem. Be blessed today!
Betrayer I never fit with the eleven. Fishermen, tax collector, even the Carpenter lack my calculating mind. Obviously now a push is needed to make Him show Himself for who He is. The others will thank me from their places by the throne even the J. brothers— getting their mother to ask for left and… Continue reading Betrayer
About the book Trees of the Book is a colorful storybook / workbook designed to introduce seven- to nine-year-olds to trees of the Bible and more. Folksy title and heading font, as well as Esther Haug’s pencil crayon, water color wash illustrations give the book a look that says, “Welcome kids, this is for you.”… Continue reading Trees of the Book by Kimberley Payne, Illustrated by Esther Haug (review)
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