Jesus walked down
from the mountain
& a crowd had gathered
waiting for his return—
here a man pleaded
for healing of his epileptic son
(the disciples who had stayed
could not heal him)
Jesus thought them all faithless
& called the demon out of the boy
who convulsed violently
& was finally rid of that spirit
The disciples questioned Jesus
why they had failed
& Jesus told them
that prayer and fasting was required
Climbed Mt Hermon
from Caesarea Philippi
only a few went with Him
Peter James and John
Jesus went to the highest
seen by the others
glowing whiteness
vision of Moses
& Elijah
a voice
This
is
my
Son!
Listen to Him.
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photo of Mt Hermon in public domain
Start in Caesarea Philippi
twenty mile walk from Capernum
take the Roman road
to the Greek god Pan
beautiful site
at the foot of Mt Hermon
source of the Jordan River
the Cave of Pan
enshrined
where Jesus told his disciples
that he would die
& live again
Who do you say I am?
& Peter exclaimed
Son of the living God!
& with this revelation
the church was built
here on the crags
of Caesarea Philippi
Mardi Gras beads
hang from the rear view windows
celebrate one more day
it’s Fat Tuesday
tomorrow will be back
to normal
no excuse to drink too much
put ash on forehead
start forty days
tell a story
one for each day
each tomorrow
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dVerse prompt on things that pass
Potato peel
best fried crisp
lemon peel
to use for zest
peel a carrot
into the salad
for pie
apple peels
must go
onion peeling
makes me weep
peel the garlic
before I mince
if they
can’t be used
into the compost
peelings go
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dVerse quadrille on peel
Last night there were knocks
on a door which woke me up
wondering if this
was deliberate knocking on my door
maybe from the homeless people
in the woods next door or someone else
who needed me in the middle
of the night and without pajamas
I left the bed to have a look
& then remembered I was naked
with a fear that someone
could have been looking in at me
standing there oblivious to the fact
that death’s knock had come
to the neighbor in the house
west of me as I went back to sleep
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dVerse prompt on a one sentence poem containing perhaps an embarrassing experience and incorporating the end of civilization
Fill the day
with discernment
new language
& the Spirit
create a spa
for the mind
& the skin
purification
of the pores
& receptors
of the brain
take in the sun rays
& maniacal rains
stand under heavens
& weepingly smile
My God
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deVerse quadrille on the word fill
Today is Friday
winter wind in trees
windy day
it will blow all day
stay at home day
good day to go to beach
nobody else will be there
day
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dVerse prompt on days of the week
I was in my mother’s kitchen. It is autumn and she is about to die. Years later my father died in the springtime. They were opposites like that. Mom was a believer. Dad said, “When you’re dead, you’re dead.” Mom was always nice to people and dad would care less. Dad drank himself into a stupor and my sober mother always helped to carry him home, or to rehab.
My mother’s kitchen was her workshop and out of it came strawberry rhubarb pie, fudge brownies, fudge, meringue on pies or simply cooked on a baking sheet, peanut butter cookies she would crisscross with a fork, peanut brittle, anise candy, cinnamon rolls, French breakfast puffs and tapioca pudding. She loved sweets.
My father’s workshop was in the basement, just like his father before him. Every tool was hung up in order across the wall over a huge workbench. Those tools hung so perfectly, waiting for him to pick them up and build something, anything.
place with no seasons
where nothing ever happens
sad to imagine
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Haibun prompt at dVerse about Spring
Fortunes made
Fighting on field
Over football
In February
Fans flock
In fanatical
Football fashion
Favoring fairness
Football fantasy
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dVerse prompt on alliteration written on Super Bowl Sunday
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