Thoughts on Prayer
Prayer flies heaven-circling like hawk swirling on a thermal wave
Prayer settles cross-laden dreams deep in the heart and soul
Prayer floats water-spoken currents of faith in the Creator
Prayer praises ocean-breached majesty of desert deliverance
Prayer drowns tear-culled pain finding hope in the smile of a child
Prayer creeps into intellect-hid recesses of past and present
Prayer reverberates across the galaxy as a bell-voiced plea for the miraculous
Prayer feeds bread-starved stomachs of the tent-dwellers of tomorrow
Prayer silently offers dust-tongued intercession for desperate tragedy
Prayer heals calamity-scarred lives dying to leap from cliffs of loss
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Today’s poem is a list poem suggested by the prompt at NaPoWriMo.net. I have also included five hyphenated words (the italicized ones) coined by Dylan Thomas for the Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub. I added some hyphenated words of my own.
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A beautiful and sublime praise of prayer! Wonderfully written!
Thank you.
My pleasure 😇
A nice compilation using both prompts. I liked bell-voiced plea.
Thanks. It was interesting to use the Dylan Thomas words in this.
‘Prayer feeds bread-starved stomachs of the tent-dwellers of tomorrow’
A very deep and thoughtful line.
And hopefully a true one.
I can feel the strength in prayers… really strong.
This is lovely Linda. There is comfort in prayer.
Thank you. Yes there is.
ah. amen. amen to this. the opening image is so powerful: Prayer flies heaven-circling like hawk swirling on a thermal wave
Thank you.
This was my favorite part. Water is healing in many ways…
Prayer floats water-spoken currents of faith in the Creator
Thanks.
Beautiful!
Thank you.
I believe in the power of prayers. I specially like this part:
Prayer silently offers dust-tongued intercession for desperate tragedy
The Dylan Thomas words sent me in some directions I don’t think I would have otherwise. This line is one of them.
Love this! It’s beautiful! ❤
Thank you. 🙂
I like the last line’s description of prayer healing calamity-scarred lives.
Me too.
Flawless use of the poem for both prompts. I love me some list poems. You weaved in the compound words seamlessly, and they became natural extensions of your message.
Thank you. That means a lot coming from you.
You’ve used repetition and compound words to great effect in this prayer-poem, Linda. I especially like the lines:
‘Prayer flies heaven-circling like hawk swirling on a thermal wave’
and
‘Prayer drowns tear-culled pain finding hope in the smile of a child’.
Thank you.
I like the format of your poem. This line really got to me: “Prayer silently offers dust-tongued intercession for desperate tragedy”
Thanks, glad you liked it.
Beautiful lines to prayer – like rosary beads – your poem reminds me of the beatitudes – great use of the word compounds especially loved
“Prayer floats water-spoken currents of faith in the Creator”
Thanks. It was a fun prompt, especially coupled with the NaPoWriMo prompt.