Peace – Page 5 – Another Fearless Year

December 9, 2015

The Red Horse and His Rider

When the Lamb opens the second seal The red horse and his rider will go out With power to take the peace of this world That the end is then nigh there is no doubt But will the rider find any peace on this earth...

Daddy Isn’t Here

Daddy isn’t here anymore He left this world before my son was born Yet I see him each day in the heart of my son The length of his arms and the smile I adore We didn’t follow Daddy to the church When he was gone...

Poetry Comments: 22

November 12, 2015

Joy

I’ve been working on finalizing the manuscript for my holiday poetry book, which I’ll be publishing on CreateSpace and Kindle in the next week or so. I decided the “Advent to Christmas” section was a little thin; plus when I try a new form I...

Poetry Comments: 13

September 3, 2015

I’m Not Ready — Dual Dodoitsu

My first dodoitsu, a Japanese poetry form new to me that I learned earlier this week from Kanzen Sakura. I’m sharing it today for dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night #154. I’m Not Ready I am not ready for autumn at all, pumpkin spice everywhere,...

Poetry Comments: 12

August 26, 2015

It’s Not about Women’s Health

I’ve been avoiding writing this blog post for about two weeks now, but I can’t avoid it any more. If this is truly going to be another fearless year, then I have to write fearlessly, even if that means getting into a difficult discussion with...

Pro-Life Comments: 9

August 23, 2015

Don’t Fret

One day I had a little fret A worry wanna-be Its goal in life to become fear And to discourage me Until I took it to my God And laid it at His feet In my prayer I asked for peace Release from fret’s deceit...

Poetry Comments: 16

August 14, 2015

Echoes of Grace

The prompt at dVerse Poets Pub Meeting the Bar yesterday was to write Echo Verse. Most of the examples of the traditional form included the word “echo” before the echoing second line of each stanza, but an option without the word “echo” was offered and...

Poetry Comments: 11

July 30, 2015

Not Just a Statistic

The prompt at dVerse Poets Pub today is to write a poem in common meter, but to use some of the tricks that Emily Dickenson used to make common meter a little more interesting. I love an opportunity to sort of break the rules of...

Poetry Comments: 19

July 23, 2015

The Gospel Misunderstood

Today is going to be Open Link Night at dVerse Poets Pub (I think). At any rate, I wrote this for Open Link Night. It was inspired by several conversations I’ve had lately—some in real life and some online. So often the Gospel is misunderstood...

Poetry Comments: 21

June 20, 2015

Slips Away

I’ve been thinking a lot about my sister Peggy lately, perhaps because her death is the subject of the first chapter of the book I’m working on. Yesterday the refrain for this Kyrielle came to me and then I finished the poem this morning. 8/20/15...

Poetry Comments: 27

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Another Fearless Year

Tag: Peace

The Red Horse and His Rider

Daddy Isn’t Here

Joy

I’m Not Ready — Dual Dodoitsu

It’s Not about Women’s Health

Don’t Fret

Echoes of Grace

Not Just a Statistic

The Gospel Misunderstood

Slips Away

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The Red Horse and His Rider

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Daddy Isn’t Here

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