Monday, March 28, 2016

Hallelujah


Golden in the east
Rising Son
Glorious to see
Though three days buried
Yet He lives!
And brings life to me
From stark chains of sin
He rescues
Claiming me for him
So rejoice my heart
Look to Him
Shout Hallelujah
Forever!



Saturday, March 26, 2016

Stargazers

for dVerse
 
Far away from the city light
We look upward to darkened skies
With stars spread out like butterflies

Where the half rind moon shines most bright
We two gaze at the starry maze
Tracing ancient myths through the night

Wonder reflected in our eyes
Escaped for now from the city light


Wednesday, March 23, 2016

A Few Words on Birds


for dVerse

Drifting  

fanfare on the lake
gold trumpets
sounding in the air

clouds in still water
lazy days
with tranquility

shimmering feathers
bright ballet
between shadow and sun

a lamentation
new moon weeps
sable tears all night

eyrar reflected
in deep pool
as clouds in the sky

the white sails flying
regatta
racing down the stream

poised with graceful ease
floating pearl
majestic royal

Of swans





Asylum

water dance under
gibbous moon
shedding light on waves





Drift, fanfare, tranquility, ballet, lamentation, eyrar, regatta, and royal are all names applied to a group of swans. For more swan groupings (more than 20!) see here.

This form of poetry is called a lune. So of course I had to write one about a loon. Asylum and a water dance are names for a group of loons. For more see here.