PAD Challenge 27-1 shaky/sturdy

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe (Hebrews 12:28 NIV).

The World Quivers 

The world quivers like a stray cat

Out in cold rain like a drowned rat

But the Kingdom of God stands strong

Through thick and thin, through short and long

His Spirit rises like rivers

The world quivers

The world shakes under heavy loads

Confusion lies on many roads

Worship Him in reverence and awe

We live by grace and not by law

The world quivers

PAD Challenge 26-3 ambition

Puzzled

I almost gave up

on the castle puzzle

I bought in Ireland.

The pieces were too close

in shape and size

and they fit sometimes

when they weren’t meant to. 

But this year,

I  have been using jig-saw puzzles

as inspiration to put my life

back together after experiencing

significant losses.

So with determination

I stuck with it.

It wasn’t easy, but nearly done.

With the same resolve,

I’m not giving up on my life

though at times

it seems as scattered

as the 1,000 piece

castle jig-saw puzzle.

PAD challenge 26-2 ambition

Dissipating Ambition

In the morning,

I’m full of ambition.

Make long to-do list

and go gung-ho.

But in the afternoon,

tasks lose importance.

My get-up-and-go

jets off to Jamaica.

And I highlight

all the didn’t-dos

and slide them down

to the next day.

PAD Challenge 26-1 ambition, Poem Away Serena

My Hope and My Aim

Jesus, my hope

And my aim

Determination and fire

I’ll get up and go for Him

He’s my delight and desire

Purpose for which to aspire

He provides my goals and dreams

Motivates with loving themes

Jesus my hope

And my aim

By His Spirit

PAD Challenge 25-3 title from previous poem

Isolated

Narrow road

Rustic outbuildings

Shady trees

Muffled sounds

Look to rent old rambling house

Gave us the creeps. Next.

PAD Challenge 25-2 title from previous poem

Masterful Artist

Like an artist

can turn a blob of blue

into a bouquet of beautiful flowers

and call it a “happy accident,”

God can take our messes

and turn them into something good

and call them Roman 8:28s.

PAD Challenge 25-1 title from previous poem, Poetic Bloomings light

We All Can Use A Little Light

A compliment when feeling down

A kiss to make up from a fight

Fond memories between good friends

We all can use a little light

A card when it seems no one cares

Some cake when plans don’t come out right

Direction when the way’s not clear

We all can use a little light

A verse reminding of God’s love

A gift when finances are tight

A song of comfort during grief

We all can use a little light

PAD Challenge 24-3 Salty

The Great Salt Lake

Driving over the long straight causeway

to Antelope State Park in Utah

I felt like I was entering another world.

A parched, salty world

where only brine shrimp

and various birds live.

There is a stillness,

a hush about the place.

Isolated.

The expansive Great Salt Lake

Where you can bob around

on the salty water

like a fishing float.

PAD Challenge 24-2 salty

Salty Pretzels

I love salty-pretzel munching

And dipping them in melted cheese

I am content in my crunching

I love salty-pretzel munching

Good for snacking and for lunching

 Now, pass the cheese and pretzels please

I love salty-pretzel munching

And dipping them in melted cheese

PAD Challenge 24-1 Salty, Poem Away sapphic stanza

Useless Salt

(Sapphic stanza)

Salt has many uses: flavoring, making thirsty

guarding feet from slipping. Jesus said salt that lost its

flavor’s good for nothing, thrown away under foot, but I

understand He gives

second chances generously to those who ask Him,

adding lovely colors unto salt which lost flavor,

using colored salt for beautiful sand-like paintings.

Masterful Artist.

PAD Challenge 23-3 i Can't, Poetic Bloomings wrapped refrain

I Can’t Resist

I can’t resist no-bake cookies.

People would wonder, who took these?

Even if there’s more than twenty.

I cannot stop, I’ll eat plenty.

Those chocolate oatmeal lumps, peanut butter kissed,

I won’t make them anymore, since I can’t resist.

I can’t say no to travel plans,

by trains, planes, cruise ships, cars or vans.

I’m ready to go, just say when.

If I’ve been there, I’ll go again.

I feel alive and adventurous on the go.

So when it comes to vacation, I can’t say no.

I just can’t watch one TV show.

I watch, before to bed I go.

Sometimes I stay up way too late.

Then not get up till half past eight.

I try to practice self-control, but bound to botch.

So if the shows are much too good, I just can’t watch.

PAD Challenge 23-2 I Can't, Poem Away metal, O, things sapphic ode sonnet

I Can’t Not Have Fun

The common shoe is plain and drear

Some occupations are that, too

The silver lining may be near

I’ll make it through

Those who omit some fun each day

Get bogged in tasks and almost stop

Like a gold ring hidden away

Like wasted crop

Some days are boring as they come

At times I wish for so much more

Like breaking through titanium

A stubborn door

I’ll look for a window in sight

We all can use a little light

PAD Challenge 23-1 I Can't

I go forth with purpose so clear

And stride to a room that is near

Then I look about

And ponder and pout

Can’t remember why I am here

PAD Challenge 22-3 Praise

God’s Glory

God’s glory echoes through the earth

His presence casts a lovely scent

In Him, we all can be content

He is the warmth in home and hearth 

Immeasurable in His worth

So time with Him is time well spent

God’s glory echoes through the earth

He’s mighty and magnificent

In Him, my heart is full of mirth

His love adheres like strong cement

In praising Him, I won’t relent

His love’s revealed in His Son’s birth

God’s glory echoes through the earth

PAD Challenge 22-2 Praise

God is…

Awesome

Breathtaking

Creative

Divine

Eternal

Forgiving

Glorious

Holy

Inspiring

Just

Kingly

Lovely

Magnificent

Nurturing

Omnipresent

Personal

Quotable

Righteous

Strong

Treasured

Understanding

Victorious

Worthy

EXalted

Yahweh

Zealous

PAD Challenge 22-1 Praise

In Praise to My God

You are worthy of my love.

Thank You for being awesome.

Thank You for being patient.

Pure and lovely Creator

Holy and good, my King

King of kings and Lord of lords

From start to finish, You are.

PAD Challenge 21-3 Protest, rhopalic

Rhopalic Protestation

I protest rhopalic

verse. Counting syllables obsessively

can incite craziness, insanity.

The poet calculates

like loony, obsessive, out-of-control mathematicians.

Makes dreaded sestinas

look truly inviting.

Poem Away rhopalic green

Green

Green portrays existence abundantly, photographically

Plants flourish, offering necessary apparatuses

When painting imagine respirations

Green living vibrantly

On paper

PAD Challenge 21-1 protest

“Hi, I’m Chrissy!”

A voice bubbles over the phone

Chrissy hears a click.

PAD Challenge 20-3 love

Love

L ord, pour Your love through me.

O ver me, too, as You smile

V indicate me

E ternally

PAD Challenge 20-2 love, Poem Away Ode

What is Love?

I wonder, what is love with all its songs?

Empowered by strong, yearning muse?

To right some wrongs?

Long, mushy sentimental views?

Belaboring for what a poor man longs?

There’s lots of definitions, not just one.

A thing you do or feel?

A dream or real?

Just give me love that drove our God to send His Son.

PAD Challenge 20-1 love

Love Expressed

Romans 1:20 says God expressed

His divine nature, eternal power

and invisible qualities in nature.

So when I enjoy the fragrance

of lilacs, freshness after spring rain,

crushed leaves of autumn.

Delight in bubbling creeks,

tall pines singing in wind,

cricket choirs on summer nights.

Appreciate towering mountains,

bright symmetry of  flowers,

orange sunrise over an ocean.

Welcome warmth of spring rain

softness of cute kittens,

energizing coldness of winter.

Savor sweetness of juicy grapes

tartness of Jonathan apples

tanginess of grapefruits and oranges.

I’m saying to God, “I love You back!”

PAD challenge 19-3 wordle

Telemarketer

She received a call from a conman.

So figuring she had a captive audience,

she expounded on her toxic relationships

and all who rubbed her the wrong way,

until he sighed and simply hung up.

PAD Challenge 19-2 wordle

Incompatible Match

Together they were an oxymoron,

incongruous, completely opposite.

Some say their relationship was toxic.

But their love flushed out any toxins

and their strengths and weaknesses

worked together like vinegar and oil

to make a tasty and healthful life salad.

PAD Challenge 19-1 Wordle

Fred the Cat

Fred conned his way into our hearts.

A big fluffy gray cat that as he’d pass,

he’d rub against us with a very-well

pronounced MEOW!

This cat had wit, quirks and smarts

and he walked with lots of class.

At getting his own way, he did excel.

We loved him. And how!

Playing my teddy bear was his part.

And he’d hop in the tub and take a bath.

Once got in ointment, had a bad smell.

Oh, I miss him now!

PAD Challenge 18-3 toy, Poem Away Luc Bat

Baby Dolls

One great Christmas surprise

Was a doll with brown eyes, like mine.

With short white hair so fine.

Was great for someone nine or so.

And she wore calico.

Wherever I would go, she came.

I gave her a good name.

Debbie, like the cake fame, so true.

My sis got a doll, too,

With eyes of sparkling blue, like hers.

With hair as soft as furs.

Patty-name Sis prefers, like Duke.

The eyes were not a fluke.

Chose by Mom not a kook. So wise.

PAD Challenge 18-2 toy, Poetic Bloomings 10-word wordle

Singing Turkey

Our child-like man that once lived with us

had a huge toybox full of toys, mostly noisy.

One toy he rarely played with was a singing turkey

that had quit singing long ago. He seemed to know

when to bring it out, though. Maybe it was talk of

a Thanksgiving feast with ham, stuffing, gravy,

and cranberry sauce with his family that inspired him

or the sounds of football games, parades or commercials.

But he would play with it during the holiday season,

this big old awkward looking turkey that didn’t sing.

This Thanksgiving, I’m going to miss that turkey.

PAD Challenge 18-1 toy

Horsey Sam

Spring rocking horse named Horsey Sam

I got when I was three

He rocked and squeaked and jounced and bounced

I rode so jauntily

And then my sister came along

And we rode him double

Then she kept Sam for quite a while

Till size became trouble

She passed him to my nephew Tom

He galloped ‘cross the range

My daughter then came next in line

So Horsey made the change

Passed Horsey Sam on to my son

And for a time he rode

And when he grew too big for Sam

Two nieces took him home

Through several kids and fifty years

At  last I got Sam back

But he no longer has his springs

And makes a fine hat rack

PAD Challenge 17-3 broken

Cracked, broken

Scrambled, fried up, delicious

Human experience

PAD Challenge 17-2 broken, Poem away Haiga, H

The fall season

Of our 39 years

Changes

His body’s broken

But hubby still makes me laugh

Still my companion

PAD Challenge 17-1 broken

In the Garden

In the garden, the bond was broken

between God and His creation.

In the garden, the Lord prayed

which led to our salvation.

In the garden, I hear His voice.

The bond remains intact.

In the garden, hand in hand,

due to His selfless act.