Three

 

Another interesting prompt from Amy Maricle's Inchie Challenge produced this artwork and this poem:

Three

On Reading Freligh's "Wondrous"

 

Do you remember reading this book, as an elementary school student? or to children you knew? It's so lovely. So are the two poems -- one by Rochester-area poet, Sarah Freligh, and one I wrote after I read her poem -- I'm sharing today. Enjoy.

Wondrous by Sarah Freligh

On Reading Freligh's Wondrous

Doorway

 

In our backyard, we have a portal set up against one of the black walnut trees. I was thinking of it when I made some art for Amy Maricle's prompt, "doorway." Then I wrote this little poem.

Doorway

"Nothing Is But What Is Not"

 

No words but these: "Nothing Is But What Is Not"

Subway Encounter

 

I'm really enjoying working on Narrative Poems with Gloria Heffernan, through the Syracuse Downtown Writers Center. Here's a sample.

Subway Encounter

Shrouded

 

More from Amy Maricle's Inchie Challenge: Shrouded

Lift

 

Inspired by Amy Maricle's Inchie Challenge Day 1, Lift, I created this tiny art and wrote a poem to go with it:

Lift

Casting Out the Demons

 

Time for Jesus to weigh in on social media, don't you think? Here's a new Jesus poem.

Casting Out the Demons

From Here to There

 

Many thanks to Maya Stein for a great prompt and example for a fun poem to write!

From Here to There

Salty Resolutions

 

Happy New Year! 2025! Who woulda thunk it?! Here's a new Jesus poem:

Salty Resolutions

Where You Stand

 

Written during a time of strong winds, earlier this month:

Where You Stand

Second to Last

 

As the end of the year draws near, I'm posting a poem I wrote in April 2018. It seems a propos.

Second to Last

Long Night Moon

 

Much to see as I gazed out to the west yesterday in the early hours.

Long Night Moon

Winter Shades of Pale

 

Strength dwells in surprising places where we might not think of looking for it. 

Winter Shades of Pale

If the Body Is Sacred

 

Thanks to Rosemerry Trommer (wordwoman.com) for the Ordinary Sacred: Writing Into Being retreat, facilitated by Marcia Eames-Sheavly, of the Center for Courage and Renewal, and for the prompt that allowed me to write this poem.

If the Body is Sacred

Jesus at the Well

 

Jesus and I just hate it when the diner just off the interstate is closed for any reason.

Jesus at the Well

Obscure Onset

 

It finally came to our lakeside microclimate: a first snow. Some of you have already experienced this, to an uncomfortable degree, perhaps, but have you written your first snow poem for the season? I highly recommend the practice, which I first heard about from Liz Rosenberg (with many thanks!). Click below to listen to mine for 2024.

Obscure Onset

What Would Jesus Buy?

I am so grateful to have readers and listeners like you to share my thoughts with. Here is a Thanksgiving offering.

What Would Jesus Buy?

Advice from the Lake

Listen. You never know what advice you might get from unexpected quarters.

Advice from the Lake

Those Missing Footprints in the Sand

Here's another Jesus prose poem for all you fans out there.

Those Missing Footprints in the Sand