Category Archives: Poetry

Rest My Child

Rest my child. These gifts I’ve Formed in you Yes give life But at times drain Wounding heart. For a time lay them In my hands to protect. Silent they need to be As heart mends And spirit rests. Wonder why They seem silent Yet worry not Safe and protected They will be. When needed...

Rust

Fence rusted and old leans inward surrounding graves. Mother, Father visible Other markings faded from time. Iron surrounding this plot for purposes unknown. What time has worn down Leaves stories now untold. Sun glints off crosses Rusted now adorning arches. Crosses reflecting hope Found inside this Simple country church. What hopes and dreams Had these...

Complete

Take this life. Make it complete in you. Inscribe on my heart Your joy and rest. Let my worth Be found in you alone. Keep my heart In your perfect peace. Wandering through These weary days Aching to find Purpose and destiny. But in this wandering will you see A heart longing For only you...

A Wordle

Have you ever created a wordle? I did this one day with students when I was substituting in the computer lab last year. My interest was peeked again when L.L. Barkat posted about making poems from them on Tweetspeak. Here’s the second wordle I did using my blog. The first one I’ll be sharing next week...

Just Be

Just Be Aching to deeply feel Not only to know. Eyes closed I sense it. There at edge of consciousness. I reach toward Struggling to grasp. So near yet unheld. Chaos surrounds. Life pacing swiftly by. Soul longing for stillness. For within the stillness His presence I will find. There once again I can just...