Death – Page 5 – Another Fearless Year

May 23, 2015

You Can’t Go Back to Tuesday

I’m working on my book proposal today. I posted the draft Prologue last week. I’m determined to finish the proposal this week so an editor friend can review it before I submit it to the publishing house editor who requested it at the Faith &...

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The Day 27 prompt at the NaPoWriMo site is to write a hay(na)ku, another short form poem I’ve never heard of. But I do love short form poetry, especially in the final days of a 30-day poetry challenge. Here’s my timely poem, a hay(na)ku time...

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January 23, 2015

When I Fly

The prompt over at dVerse Poets Pub Meeting the Bar: Breaking and Entering calls for writing a poem to a set form, but then breaking it just a little and making it your own. I started with the Rondeau, first finding a list of potential...

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March 21, 2013

Irony – An Elfje

Rugged the cross instrument of death brought me eternal life irony

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March 15, 2013

Last Breath – A Cinquain

Breathing in, out again no other sound so dear except if you spoke, one more time, I’d hear. I wrote this cinquain for dVerse Poets Pubs FormForAll. It is my attempt to capture my experience of Thursday last week as I sat in my sister’s hospital...

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March 9, 2013

All Things Are Possible – A Poem

Sadness and joy are hard to hold at the same time Mourning death and celebrating life in the same moment is impossible for me But with God all things are possible I’m still feeling sad over the death of my sister, but tomorrow is my...

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March 8, 2013

Blue – An Elfje

Blue great sadness but not despair my hope in Jesus. Death. It’s been a long week full of sadness. One of my sisters passed away last night after a long battle with breast cancer. I am thankful that I was able to be with her,...

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February 27, 2013

Worth Dying For – A Poem

Jesus believed I was worth dying for You were worth dying for Shouldn’t I believe He is worth dying for, too? Shouldn’t you? In China and Pakistan, Sudan and Saudi Arabia His persecuted church risks life and limb every single time they speak His beautiful...

Poetry Comments: 3

June 2, 2012

Psalm for My Savior – A Pantoum

The other day I wrote a triolet and my dear blogging friend Deb, of Deb’s Blog, commented that it was very Psalm-like. It got me thinking about writing another triolet inspired by my favorite Psalm 116. But when I started writing I realized the triolet...

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January 3, 2012

Twenty-Four Years – A Poem

January 3, 1988 is the day my mom died. It’s been 24 years today. At the dVerse Poets Pub today, Brian says there is a poem in everything. Perhaps there is a poem in this. Twenty-Four Years We knew it was coming the diagnosis was...

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Another Fearless Year

Tag: Death

You Can’t Go Back to Tuesday

Nepal

When I Fly

Irony – An Elfje

Last Breath – A Cinquain

All Things Are Possible – A Poem

Blue – An Elfje

Worth Dying For – A Poem

Psalm for My Savior – A Pantoum

Twenty-Four Years – A Poem

Tag: Death

You Can’t Go Back to Tuesday

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When I Fly

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Irony – An Elfje

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Last Breath – A Cinquain

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All Things Are Possible – A Poem

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