Poetic Bloomings Puzzel Pieces Prompt

Helen’s Boast

 

HELEN sits at her desk

DRAWING ink landscapes.

Her eyes a PURE PERIWINKLE blue

sparkle as we beg her

to tell us the story.

 

Helen always began

with a LAUGH and this BOAST,

“The hail was big as BRUSSEL SPROUTS

as I pedaled my BICYCLE down SHANNON CREEK ROAD

about SEVEN on a summer evening in 1977.

 

“I knew the gray clouds,

dark, mean and low,

could bring a storm as bad

as any of the ones which caused

the other two JOHNSTOWN FLOODS.

 

 “My muscles moved strong

and rhythmic like a PANTHER,

racing against the storm.

The ice balls pummeled me,

then came the hammering rain.

 

“My friends JENNIFER and SYDNEY

built their cabin unwittingly

in the lowlands by the river.

Halfway there I had to abandon my bike

and run along the flooded road.

 

“I made it to the cabin as the water

reached their porch step.

I banged on the door.

They came out wondering

if I had gone mad.

 

“We fled in their Chevy.

Eighty-six lives were lost that night.

But not eighty-eight.

Your grandparents made it.”

“Thanks!” we say and run off to play.

 

Couplets/sonnet

In Jesus 

The case I aim to soon present to You

is weak at best, You know full well that’s true.
I have no leg to stand on at Your throne,
but I don’t stand here on my very own.
The one You sent and love is here with me.
I know that what He’s done will set me free.
Though hidden in my sin and humbling shame,
I’m standing here in Your Son’s precious name.
You hear my every prayer attentively.
Forgiveness I so passionately seek
is mine upon confessing what I’ve done.
To You my Father I will gladly run.
Without You I remain in my own sin.
You are my hope that I will surely win.

 

BD prompt

Painting by Betty Slade

“Let there be light,” God said,

making future artists happy.

Color was born.

And all the floral paintings

lifted their petals in praise.

Poetic Asides Child's Play

Versatile

A fun ride down a grassy hill.

A new lemonade stand in June.

A spaceship which can reach the moon.

An ice igloo, where you feel the chill.

And a hospital, have a pill!

An iron cage for a big baboon. 

A quaint soda and ice cream stand.

Hidden headquarters for a spy.

A jet plane flying fast and high.

The right place for a country band.

A camp tent, undiscovered land.

Cozy home where your babies cry.

And a port where a cruise ship docks.

All of this from a cardboard box

Poetic Bloomings Hex Sonnetta

Marriage Glue

When marriages grow stale

The heart turns dull and bleak

The spirit’s rendered weak

Begins to taste of hell

Temptation rings a bell

The bored begin to seek

 

Some struggle with their will

They try to do things right

Put up a fervent fight

But tire in their zeal

Reduced to what they feel

Go off into the night

 

God’s goodness is the glue

That makes one of the two

swap quatrain

Two Crickets 

Two crickets chirped into the night

I tried to sleep with all my might

My efforts rudely were usurped

Into the night two crickets chirped

Baker's Dozen prompt scenery

 

 

 

The Mountain 

Around a curve a mountain sat

A curtain blocking out the sky

Stark gray

Green tint upon a closer look

Houses huddled on the hillside

Lonesome  

In the foreground lacy green trees

march up gravelly embankment.

Cheery 

Baby blue sky peeks over top

Wisps of white crest like frothy waves

Pristine

 

Last spring snow clings to crevices
White icing dribbled on bundt cake
Pleasing

Slate and copper mark the mountain

Looking bold and brave, and daunting
Ageless

So much beauty saddens the soul

I hop into the car, drive home
Regrets

But the valley holds warmth and peace

Safety and bustle of living
Friendship