A Quiet Corner of a Busy World
Lord, You have numbered every hair on my head.Today, you and I know exactly how many hairs are grey.It will not be long before I tire of counting,And this number becomes a secret thing, known only to you. In this moment, I am afraid.Though my years may stretch long before me, I will surely die.Nothing [...]
I participated in November Poem-A-Day for the first time in 2022. I only participated about half of the days, but a few poems turned out nicely! One of the prompts from the Poetry Pub called two things to mind: a personal experience and a beautiful poem by Christina Rossetti. I chose to "steal like an [...]
An exciting thing happened yesterday. One of my poems was published to an online publication called Calla Press! You can read it here. This is the first time my work has been published beyond my personal blog and small, private publications. And...Calla Press is including another one of my poems in their annual print journal [...]
In September, I got a book I had been wanting for a while. Every Moment Holy Volume1 by Doug McKelvey is a collection of liturgies for ordinary people and situations. There are liturgies for preparing a meal, for students, for the enjoyment of bonfires, for welcoming a new pet, etc. It has been a big [...]
I've been participating in the Poem-a-Day challenge for the month of November. I haven't written a poem every day, but I've written something at least half of the days. I find that I enjoy writing not just from a prompt, but from another poem as a starting place. This has given me a reason to [...]
I am a gracious garden queen. My words bring life. Sprouts leaf and green. I raise one up, I cut one low, Instruct the vines which way to grow. Break up the quarrels, bind lovers, Entwine the roses in bowers, Cast out the rebels from the plot, Refresh their thirst, remove the rot. There’s dirt [...]
"Spare us, gentle queen!" Yellow-headed rogues grovel. "Fie! Off with their heads!"
Some days, it feels more complicated being a godly woman than simply being a godly person. This has been especially hard for me recently as a single woman. I am at the age when 95% of my friends are already married and having kids. I have not even been on a date. As a household [...]
Writer's Block I sat down to write, But my ideas won’t hold words Strange, stuttering sort of author Three black crows cawing in the fog, All the songs I play are minor. I sat down to write, Of teacups, hearth, and heartache, But only poetry came out… But poetry brushed the prose out. Sentences incomplete [...]
‘Be fruitful,’ how the gardeners have failed. Leaves aflame, wrathful messengers of God. We have eaten the fruit, death has been hailed. God! We’ve killed it all! All returns to sod. Earth brown and brittle, now we walk alone, The chill wind stunts growth, even of the thorn. We bury the seed, what can now [...]
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