Imperishable Beauty

God

All-powerful, Perfect

Loving, Amazing, Knowing

Sovereign  Creator  -  Evil,  Dark

Consuming, Obscuring, Infecting

Selfish, Painful

SIN.

This month’s poetic license featured the poetic form, Diamante. A form which begins with a subject, and ends with it opposite, and when centered looks like a diamond. (For more specific instructions see here.) My immediate thought was God and Sin. Nothing could be more opposite. But since we have a theme and this month’s theme is emotions or the great outdoors.. you can see that I’m not exactly following the rules here. So consider that one a freebie. If you want a rule-abiding, theme-following poem, you’ll have to read this one:

Breezes

Whispery Caress

Fleeting, Brushing, Skin-Kissing

Flowing  Gently.  Hushed.  Quiet.

Stopping, Ceasing, Halting

Still.

Imagine sitting outside on your porch swing listening to the birds sing, or on a mountain side admiring the beauty of the valley below - in all this seeing the evidence of God everywhere you look, His amazing creation that bears witness to his splendor.

God is good.

For more of June’s Poetic License, visit Pensieve.

A high dollar mattress, with high thread count sheets

Room service, a hot shower, a bowl full of sweets

No yelling, no fighting, no pulling on my shirt

This slice of peace and quiet, sounds like “heaven on earth.”

Friday’s 40-Or-Less Photo Challenge (my first poem was 75!!) is hosted by Robin.

It’s time for Pensieve’s Poetic License. I intended to write poetry about faith and God as much as possible, and I suppose I still could have, but the rules for the clarihew made that a little more difficult, so I thought I’d write about two of the biggest blessings God has given me. The theme is May, which obviously houses the holiday of Mother’s Day. On that note…

My momma’s nickname is Gran’ Bat.

I know you’re a little shocked to hear that.

But she’s cuckoo for bats and she didn’t like granny,

And my mother-in-law already claimed Nannie.

Here’s another. May is also Hamburger Month. No kidding? Nobody love hamburgers more than my hubby.

Have you met my husband named James?

He’s really quite picky ’bout names.

Don’t call him Jamie, or Jimmy or Jim.

The odds of him answering are quite very slim.

To top it all off.. I’ll be spending Memorial Day with both of them.

Stop by Robin’s for more poetry!

Haiku #1

Spring forth from earth and dew

Young buds lift your faces to

God and Heaven

Robin’s challenge this month is a Haiku about spring. Spring! Well, that’s easy enough, right? And surely I can pull off a Haiku.. I used to write tons of poetry in high school. Ahhh, but will it be any good? Therein lies the real challenge.

Haiku #2

Rebirth of flora,

Fauna too, New birth of life,

Of love, and of hope.

Haiku #3

Dead brown to living

Green with pink, yellow, red, and

Purple - God’s canvass.

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For more Spring Haiku, read here. God Bless!

• (Each photo is linked to it’s source.)