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This blog is all about poetry. I post my poems and other writer's poems that I find inspiring. This is a chilled out and relaxed blog so don't expect 10 posts everyday. Poetry is a process. Give it time.

Recent Posts Tagged With 'beauty'

• Just Breathing

  Posted on Wednesday September 10th, 2008 at 21:47 in beauty, breathing, brokenness, Dance, emptiness, end, expectation, hope, ingrid michaelson, intensity, joy, life

  Stimulated by "Keep Breathing" by Ingrid MichaelsonI can’t understandHow life,Love,Can changeSo erratically.In one momentLiving can beA symphonyOf harmoniesAnd melodiesThat collidesWith a grace that...

• your hands, my heart

  Posted on Tuesday September 9th, 2008 at 22:58 in beauty, jesus, loss, love, prayer, words, worry

  I looked at you from across the wayAs we wadedInto a conversation thatLed to dangerousTerritory, but we both knew it.There was a temptationTo stareInto your tree-green eyesBut I felt anxiousAs our smi...

• A Seal

  Posted on Friday September 5th, 2008 at 15:29 in beauty, dream, expectation, flirting, holiness, honesty, hope, intimacy, joy, longing, love, Passion

  Inspired by Songs of Solomon 8:6: “Place me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealously unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire,...

• 5am

  Posted on Sunday August 31st, 2008 at 18:38 in beauty, hope, life, quiet, rest

  Hey, a relatively happy poem! This one's for you Dan!StaringAt the frigid frostOn my Friday window,I silently lay my head sleepilyAgainstThe couch cushion.As liquid orange and pink restfully risesAnd ...

• A Language You Just Can't Read

  Posted on Friday July 18th, 2008 at 19:59 in beauty, death cab for cutie, honesty, joy, living, love, Me, Passion, treasure, wonder, words

  Stimulated by "I Will Possess Your Heart" by Death Cab for Cutie. My eyes are heavy.My lashes are soggy.My cheeks are rosy.My lips are tasty.My heart is racy.My bra is lacey.My palms are sweaty.My ...

• A Garden

  Posted on Saturday July 12th, 2008 at 00:44 in beauty, blessing, comfort, Faith, heaven, humanity, jesus, joy, longing, loss, meaning, Mercy

  I walked through a garden one day andA strange man said to me,“The Kingdom of Heaven is like…”And my eyes began to wander.“A secret.”The trees started to whisperOf wonders and signs and jaw-...

• A Thundering Heart

  Posted on Monday July 7th, 2008 at 19:26 in beauty, God, hope, humanity, love, Nature, peace, respect, righteousness, treasure, trust, wonder

  I saw a globe,A ball of liquid ice,Hanging from a tree.I wanted to probeAt this device,To see if it had boundaries.But the moment I touched it,It fellAnd thundered to the ground.My heart splitAnd I wh...

• Cloud Kisses

  Posted on Saturday July 5th, 2008 at 16:28 in beauty, joy, Nature, peace, rest

  The sky is blacking outAs rain dropsFall so lightly on my foreheadAnd puddleIn my tear ducts.Lying on the soaking grass,Grass that isClinging to the water for life,The cloudsAre bumping on overhead.Li...

• The Tree that Died for my House and for my Cross

  Posted on Tuesday June 17th, 2008 at 21:06 in beauty, healing, holiness, honesty, hope, joy, living, Nature, rain, searching, Worship

  I’ve been living in aTree houseBuilt with rotten woodAnd rusty nails,And when the rain pours outThe water leaksAnd seepsAnd dripsOn to my hair,Across my forehead,Trickles past my eyes,And silently f...