Do you enjoy your job?
Life is a job and I enjoy my life. It is a paid position of sunny days, sounds of nature and God’s presence.
religion
The Fig Tree
In Sunday School I learned about the big red apple of original sin in the garden. How Adam and Eve ate thereof. Caste out. Ashamed. Hid from God. What I didn’t learn— it was really a fig. They ate a few. Clothed themselves in fig leaf. Hid from God. Caste out. Separated from God. How Jesus went to the fig tree for food and finding none, he said, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” Explanation mark. A curse that lifted a curse. And the tree withered and died.
Jesus new Adam
the sin of man forgiven
reunite with God
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NaPoWriMo Day 29 prompt on curses.
This is how the end comes
This is how the end comes.
It is wrapped in silver like a gift.
The gift is most welcome,
eager to see what is inside.
Inside was not what I wanted.
It was full of memory.
Each memory had a story.
They played inside my head.
The head was filled with irrelevance,
as I sought for the divine.
What could be more sought after
than a life of heartfelt love?
In love with the only One—
this is how the end comes.
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NaPoWriMo Day 27 prompt to write a duplex sonnet.
Christ’s Entry
I can’t really say I loved him. Love does not come easy for me. He was my first kiss, a little bit of making out, kind words from his thin lips.
I went on to guard the pool, to save a life, my tanned olive skin a beacon for men. Then one day a man walked through the gate and I watched his choppy strokes across the water and married him.
We vowed to love art. To make art out of our lives. We traveled both locally and abroad but that huge painting on the Getty wall stays with me— Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889 by James Ensor.
When will He come?
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NaPoWriMo Day 21 prompt— a person forgotten, a job taken, a memorable piece of art, an unanswerable question
My Dog at the Church Picnic
I am one of those people
who take their dog anywhere they can
especially to an outdoor venue—
Easter Sunday to a church picnic
on a beautiful sunny day
and all is well
until the pastor’s dog
meets my dog
and all hell breaks loose
(cuz my dog doesn’t like other dogs)
and my dog looks like the biggest sinner
snarling at the cute little white puff ball
the pastor’s dog so calm and composed
my dog lunging on his leash
head low to the ground
more snarls and lunges
sudden forward thrust of his body
paws extended outward to attack
serene picnic eating interrupted
all eyes on the snarly sinner
when I pull him back
tell him what a bad dog he was
no treat or reward for this behavior
then I forgive him his sin
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NaPoWriMo Day 17 prompt to write about a dog.
Palm Sunday
Look at a man riding the donkey
Go with him saying Hosanna
He is the one waited for
Spread the palms at His feet
He has come to save
Sing songs of joy
Praise His name
He is
Lord
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NaPoWriMo prompt Day 9 to write a nonet. This is based on Zechariah 9:9.
My Imagine
Imagine there is heaven
not only in the sky
what surrounds everything
and everyone
reflecting the divine
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NaPoWriMo prompt to pick a phrase and write against it. I took John Lennon’s “Imagine there’s no heaven”.
Chorus
Dark too early
add gloom of cloud covered night
hanging on to the day
with cold in hallways
feel the draft
time to tinsel the town
with flashing lights
singing angels
bright stars
Gloria chorus
in excelsis deo
Handel’s chorus
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
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dVerse prompt to write a quadrille using the word tinsel
Crown
I wore it on my head
delirious from its weight
wanting to stay upright
posed and productive
ruling my thoughts
with more thoughts
demanding right words
to subjugate my subjects
learning to turn glistening crown
of diamonds and pearls
to a crown of thorns
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dVerse quadrille prompt with the word crown
Devils Lake
Dakotas spoke it as mni wak’an
mni (water)
wak’an (pure source or sacred)
there was no concept of devil
til white man saw it as bad spirit
water that was undrinkable
created mirages like spirits
over the waters
marked it on the map
Devils Lake
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Traveling in North Dakota, I camped at this lake.
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