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Prayer

(a Pi-Archimedes)

 

Meet with God

Guide

Pump up the soul

Content

Double hope, peace and joy

Change from a dirty suit to a clean one.

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(A lune)

 

Sometimes I’m homesick

For Heaven

I’ll love till I’m there

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A Hay(na)ku

 

There

Right there

Open your eyes

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Here and There

(A Gogyohka)

 

One month, nine days

Traveling.

I’m glad I’m here

But I’m going home

And will glad to be there.

We Blank April 2022 PAD Challenge 18-3

 We Walked

(a dizain)

 

We walked along a white sand beach one June.

Clouds drifted by in simple elegance,

As waves beat out a cozy, rhythmic tune.

And hand in hand, we did a little dance.

And so barefoot we did the ocean prance.

We chatted, walked and grinned until sunset.  

Our silhouettes a happy sight, I bet.

The honor of that day all goes to Him.

His grace inspires our lovely duet,

As cares are flung into the sea with vim.

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 We Didn’t Expect This

 

We didn’t expect this on our wedding day.

Better, worse, richer, poorer, health or sickness.

We didn’t expect such extremes on our way.

We didn’t know about “worser” and “worsest.”

But God carried us through years of highs and lows.

Ready for our “golden years,” though fool’s gold glows.

We didn’t know about “bester” and “bestest.”

So we are content; we didn’t expect this.

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We Travel

 

They say traveling can be an addiction.

If so, I don’t want to be free.

Sis and I just had a Florida vacation.

They say traveling can be an addiction.

We’re thinking of our next destination.

Will it be Morocco or Italy?

They say traveling can be an addiction.

If so, I don’t want to be free.

mad April 2022 PAD Challenge 17-3

 Mad

 

Destroying the innocent

Stealing from the poor

Withholding human rights

These make me mad, and more

 

Heartless injustices

Attacks by the score

Greed behind every ad

These make me mad, and more

 

Blatant apathy

Another slammed door

Being disregarded

These make me mad, and more.

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 Mad

 

M ainly driven by hurt, loss

A nd injustices too

D ifficult to understand.

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 Mad About You

 

At the end of a hard week

You comfort me

and see me through

I’m mad, mad, mad,

mad about You.

touch April 2022 PAD Challenge 16-3

 Outdoor Dryer

 

Clothes on the clothesline

In Arizona sun

Enjoying the fresh air

Rest when I’m done

 

Takes only minutes

In this desert heat

The towels, rough and stiff

Smelling fresh and sweet

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 Burnt Ankles

(A Zymurgy)

 

Slathered in sunblock, I thought I was protected.

P rotected, it was dumb of me to think so,

R emembering how I waded in the

O cean. Sis and I

T ook a long wading in the waves,

E nding siting comfortably in lawn

C hairs with the sun warm and

T oasty beating on my

E xposed ankles. I

D idn’t realize the danger they were in.

 

In time, I felt the painful burn.

B listers. I hid them

U nder the beach towel for the

R est of our time in Florida

N ow, they’re like two lizards.

 

Lizards, rough-skinned lizards.

L ike the little ones

I saw on our porch that

Z ipped away when we

A pproached. My ankles are no longer

R ed like someone with poor circulation.

D ry and flaky, the

S kin peels.

Touch April 2022 PAD Challenge 16-1

 Slippy Tiles and Sliding Towels

(7/5 Trochee)

 

Slippy tiles on bathroom floors

Steam is in the air

Hanging on to walls and doors

Bathers must beware

 

Mats are in the laundry now

Leaving floors too bare

Setting down a sliding towel

Warning ‘cause I care

 

 

 

Patience April 2022 PAD Challenge 15-3

 

The Patience of Evil

 

The devil trolls with ready net

And puts the bait upon a hook

He lures fish in with rod and reel

And hopes they’ll take a second look

 

He casts his line in and then sits

Observing nibbles by his float

He waits a while for sudden strike

When he can get them in his boat

 

He chums the lake with what they like

He uses his full tackle box

He smiles and thinks the jig is up

He’s sly and wily as a fox

 

But Jesus that persistent lover

Rushes the boat and tips it over

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Patience

 

Patience is waiting

for God to bless you

and answer your prayers

in His way and timing,

while maintaining

a good attitude.

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Patient

 

P ersevering through thick and thin

A nd forbearing others’ faults

T olerant of others’ differences

I mmensely serene in spirit

E asy-going, cheerful, Good-

N atured, calm and

T otally unflappable—patient

April 2022 PAD Challenge 14-3

 

WWIII?

 

With Putin and his dreams

His madness and his schemes

The calamity and pain

He brings on the Ukraine

In prayer, I reject

the domino effect.

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In Dark of Night

 

The fears I have in dark of night

The scariest things that bring chills

What makes me tremble with sharp fright?

What gives me ominous thrills?

 

The horror you can’t imagine,

All ghostly with alarming groans.

It haunts with menacing torture.

I wince at the sighs and the moans.

 

With wide eyes I try to see it.

My ears open to its faint cries.

What’s that? I whisper to myself.

A creak accompanies the sighs.

 

The fears I have in dark of night,

They seem to vanish with the light.

scary April 2022 PAD Challenge 14-1

 

A Family Fear

 

Mom read up about Alzheimer’s,

since Dad's memory deteriorated.

She read that it’s hereditary.

And one out of five succumbs.

She thought of her five daughters.

Which one of you will have it?

Then she said something else,

but I don’t remember what it was.

How to April 2022 PAD Challenge 13-3

 

How you can catch up

Write some words in a haiku

And then take a nap

How To April 2022 PAD Challenge 13-2

 

How to feel stupid

Write three haikus on anything

Post them anyway

How to April 2022 PAD Challenge 13-1

 How to write a poem

Put some interesting words down

Having a form helps

Counting April PAD Challenge 12-3

 Infinity and Beyond

 

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12

 

I’ll turn 64 October 25.^th

That gives me 63 time 365, making 22, 995 days,

Add 31, 28, 31, and 12, making 23,907 days.

If I live to be 80,

I have 16 X 365-31-28-31-12 leaving me 5,738 days.

That doesn’t seem like a lot compared to my 23,907 days past.

Will I have time to do all I want to do?

Will I use my time to do what God wants me to do?

Thankful that the days of eternity are infinite.

Counting April 2022 PAD Challenge 12-2

 A Poet’s Tapping

 

Tapping my fingers, a syllable count

I write verses to a certain amount

Probably looks like I have the jitters

As the moments each traveler fritters

And then how about rhyming count with fount?

Counting April 2022 PAD Challenge 12-1

 

A Traveler’s Counting

 

Counting days to take off to Nebraska

Counting hours to get onto the plane

Counting minutes to see my four sisters

Counting days to get on the plane again

 

Counting hours to fly to Florida

Counting days till the fun will end

Counting hours to fly clear to Mesa

Counting minutes to see Hubby again

Power April 2022 PAD Challenge Day 11-3

 Powerless

 

At times, I feel so powerless

Though it might be just a feeling

I’m confused, I must confess

At times, I feel so powerless

And I know God’s love, no less

But often my thoughts are reeling

At times, I feel so powerless

Though it might be just a feeling

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Praying

Empowering

Connecting to His grace

Getting the good He wants for you

In love

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 Power

 

Purpose

Ownership

Will

Energy

Resolve

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Taste and See

 

Taste and see that the Lord is good. Psalm 34:8

 

The Lord is good, O, taste and see!

He’s full of grace and charity

Created the whole universe

Redeemed us from the human curse.

He knows each one intimately

And loves each one outlandishly.

He calls each person to believe.

He wants what’s good and not what’s worse.

The Lord is good.

 

His Spirit flows abundantly.

Gives ears to hear and eyes to see.  

In His great love, we can immerse.

When life has reached its final verse,

Yes, we will truly taste and see

The Lord is good.

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 Taste of Adventure

 

Sweet and tart green grapes

Burst with refreshing delight

On hot sunny beach

 

Daring to bob

in the ocean waves

A similar delight

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 Celery

 

Some say celery has no taste

and burns more calories to eat

than it adds to your waist.

Has anyone noticed

the more you eat celery

the more it tastes nutty?

Or, am I nutty?