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Cell Phone Sonnet

They're trapped inside their phones so very small; their eyes are zapped all day with the screen's glow. They don't want to put down their phones at all, and wh...

Pickles

On a road called Rickles was a cat who tickles his nose on the catnip. The cat's name was Pickles. He was gray as nickels, except for his tail's tip. His mood w...

Nature's Sweater (Poem)

https://s5.postimg.org/uk632gzmv/Holly.png The temperature outside took a chilly winter dip. The land had nowhere to hide from winter's strong, freezing grip. N...

Love is My Teabag (My 1st Sonnet)

https://s5.postimg.org/3trm4f8zr/IMG3822.jpg Love is My Teabag (My 1st Sonnet)... Love's power is seeping into my soul-. I can feel it creeping into my heart-. ...

Sonnet to My Dear Muffin (Poem)

https://s5.postimg.org/oo3ym93d3/IMG2981.jpg Ah, my little muffin! How I love thee! Thou art desired for thy sweet softness. Thy presence is announced by a decr...

The Elusive Verse (Poem)

https://s5.postimg.org/7ufxzns5j/SpiderLily1.jpg There is a verse of rhyme elusive as one grain of sand amongst the countless sands upon the beach. Rhyme is not...

The Spider Plant (Poem)

https://s5.postimg.org/jbghu8u9z/IMG0914.jpg There was a pot in the great room standing formal like a bridegroom. It's mouth gapped wide like a cream puff and w...

An Ode to my Yellow Fish: Lulu, the Lemon Cichlid, the Silly Fishbowl Redecorator

https://s5.postimg.org/bjwdnvdmv/LulusCave.jpg You thought that was fun, but look what you've done. You carved out a hole inside your fish bowl. The gravel is s...

The Poem I Wrote On 9-11-2001 after I Saw the Towers Fall on Live TV...

https://s5.postimg.org/5skiohcjr/Canna3.jpg Our Great Foundation When great evil stirs itself to commit horrendous crimes... When unseen foes are driven and pro...

The Grandeur of Forgiveness (Poem)

https://s5.postimg.org/oo3ym93d3/IMG2981.jpg Oh, the grandeur of forgiveness that is found in Jesus' blood, when He took our sins and nailed them to the cross a...

Magnolia Seed Pod :)

https://s5.postimg.org/6n2gwrv0n/CloseupMagnolia.jpg As August is winding down, this magnolia's leaves shined in the summer sun, and seed pods are forming... ht...

A Tall Palm Tree :)

https://s5.postimg.org/vspwpnj2f/IMG4130.jpg There's just something beautiful about palm trees... The whimsical leaves delight those who see them. I looked up a...

Where Are You? (Poem)

https://s5.postimg.org/oo3ym93d3/IMG2981.jpg These days are, oh, so busy! What a crazy rush each day! The schedules are chaotic- and it always seems that way! D...

Ginkgo Tree

https://s5.postimg.org/oqtydioqv/Ginkgo1.jpg Ginkgo trees are one of my favorites. And I've passed by this tree so many times. But this time, I stopped to take ...

The First Leaf Has Fallen... And It's Covered With Dew :)

https://s5.postimg.org/5mu7dxqrr/Leafy1.jpg I was walking when I discovered this unusually colorful leaf on the ground. Red tips and brown and yellow, hints of ...

The Mighty Oak (Poem)

https://s5.postimg.org/6wll9qzev/Oak.png There was a mighty oak beloved by some townsfolk. It stood in the center of the field they enter. The grandeur of its' ...

Dear Bad Grammar, (Poem)

https://s5.postimg.org/kusskzqkn/IMG0706.jpg Dear Bad Grammar, I've read through your articles, your nouns, verbs, and particles. You forgot a few commas. It ca...

Bible Study Thoughts from Zechariah 12: "When Siege Day Comes..."

https://s5.postimg.org/i4j8e43ev/Profile.jpg Israel is very special. They have a special place in God's Word and heart and eye. Yet as the days go by, I see ant...

Steaming Hot Snow Peas!!!

https://s5.postimg.org/4mz9gy9qf/snowpea2.jpg Yesterday, my husband bought me some beautiful, green snow peas! So I chopped up some carrots and beef... and this...

A Psalm of Jesus' Blood (Poem)

https://s5.postimg.org/qjha8pah3/IMG4506.jpg A Psalm of Jesus' Blood I praise you, God, for that flowing stream of Jesus' blood, and for its red gleam... Which ...