Poetry
Poems for the ordinary hours.
Relax and receive words that may speak to your heart, perhaps add more joy, but will complete the ordinary hours. Plainly spoken poetry dedicated to family, friends, and nature's elegance—each word wrapped with creativity.
Featured poem
Finish
A poem written for the moment after the crying stops. Click the cover to open the book, then click or tap the pages — or use the arrow keys — to turn them.
The poetry shelf
Choose a little book
Aubade for a Kitchen Window
A mother arrives with the morning, already mid-sentence.
Translation
On the words kept in the other language, on purpose.
Field Notes on a Sparrow
Certainty, observed in a bird the size of a fist.
Pastor?
He loves you, despite any fact — all will be exposed, just like everyone in the Bible from days of old.
Morning
I rise to a morning of tears — and sorrow transforms into Your overflowing joy.
ME
My true Me is now an expression of art — for My God, My Husband, My Boys, and For Me.
I Shall Rise
It’s my Faith that’s pushing me forward — and I shall rise.
I See You
The One who will forever see you — the question is, do you see Me?
I Love You?
Words that interrupted personal thoughts — a phrase that took possession of my core.
Freedom!
So close and yet so far — becoming someone else’s light within their obscurities.
Go!
An action that moves you from where you were — one pace at a time.
All I Want Is You
For all I need and all I want is You — my Lord, my King and Everything.
Your Reflection
See your reflection in the One who saw you first and smile.
Who What Where When
A Googled map cannot define the which ways of life’s decisions.
WHAT MORE
What more could you ask but to be dragged into mercy.
PURPOSE OF ONE LOVE
Every color and voice that flows beyond breeze you designed with purpose.
Published in
- The Quiet Review
- Ledger & Lark
- Small Press Annual
- Nightjar Poetry
- The Common Table
- Paper Boats Quarterly