We hiked to the end of Watchman Trail. Not too red in the face. Not too out of breath just kept going to the top. Then we sat on a rock and eat our lunch surrounded by peaks of Zion.
picnic on the trail
can’t remember what we ate
fed by the beauty
Month: April 2019
Martyrs
Jesus
had a powerful ministry explaining the kingdom of God
predicted His own death and resurrection
did’t preach it
trained his disciples and commanded them
Go ye therefore and teach
the gospel of the kingdom to all the world
Trade roads connected worlds apart
Caste lots and went out as directed
James executed by Herod by sword
Paul’s letters from prison taught more of the kingdom and how to deal with the church before Nero took off his head
Peter’s request to Nero “crucify me upside down”
Matthew stabbed to death in Africa
Did Thomas really set sail or did he take a well traveled overland route? Was he killed by soldiers or Brahmin priests or a wayward peacock arrow?
Andrew crucified in Greece
Philip cruelly put to death in Hierapolis and his tomb most recently found
Simon refused to worship another god (sawn in half in Persia)
Jude (or Thaddeus) martyred by arrows in a mountainous region of Northern Turkey
Another James was stoned and clubbed to death in region north of Israel
Bartholomew martyred for his faith southern Arabian area
We all know Judas killed himself
John the most beloved died of his old age
A Poem
A poem is a waterfall of words
cascading over rock
sometimes flowing
sometimes not
it pools
here
Sonnet for Game of Thrones
Off they went to battle with death
better organized than their foe
hardly time to pursue a breath
the horn did three times blow
Picture them now on the battlefield
dragon glass spikes and burning moat
fire rains down on corpses held
under spell a straight spear will unbolt
Heroes will live and some will fall
I hope your favorite is not done
we know it can’t be the end of all
there are more episodes following this one
Game of Thrones season finale is here
read the book or binge-watch next year
Mishnah Talmud 3
Plant Praise
Kitchen is messed
need to get dressed
go now
Garden is waiting
day celebrating
come bow
Altar most striking
candle bush spiking
pray vow
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dVerse prompt to write a lai – an old French form
Gardens
Fern Garden
swords pointing upright soft fronds curling
out of the ground
turn hard sharp then bend
bird’s nest
ruffled and feathered
soft under the rhododendron
Water Garden
wet with salamanders and frogs
hiding in the lily pads
bog bean taking over
hard slate waterfall
needs watercress between cracks
or flow again the dry creek bed
Vegetable Garden
wintered over the arugula and beets
one chard plant survived the snow
time to plant more greens some peas
these beds are ready from last fall’s harvest
now sun is warming their cold soil
plant the radish and watch it grow
Flower Garden
primroses always the first to show
nursery bed with more hellebore
cut back the fuchsia before it blooms
hummingbirds bumblebees search branches
lavender iris lilies galore
plant more hyacinth let its fragrance flow
Who can work these gardens?
Feel the earth between tired hands?
Feed the roots and make them flower?
Truss
from Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia
Space between
to support
framed
together
when the space
is too great
pieces of wood
or metal
resist
stress or stain
of tension
which
bridge
truss
construction
king truss
upper chord
vertical support
Yellowjackets
A yellowjacket is not a bee
it is aggressive
stings multiple times
eats meat and honey bees
My daughter stepped in a hive
we were walking in the woods
off trail when buzzing
erupted out of the ground
Run I yell
we all ran towards our house
I licked her three year old’s wounds
with baking soda and kind words
love that child with all her stings
Notes on Bees
LET CLOVER GROW
FEED BEES
DON’T MOW
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