Promises Morning washes the lake and pier with light. Summer dwindles to sparks, smolders cold into crisp autumn days. But the sun, the sun burns no matter the season it stays, it stays… unless the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob breaks his promises to Israel.
Category: Poetry
When the Tanks Roll into Russia Again…
Fox News made this announcement about the Russian military invasion of Georgia on August 8, 2008. And here we are few days later, and the war is escalating. Read this story. In the American Thinker on August 5th, Putin has described the collapse of the Soviet Union as the “greatest geopolitical catastraphe in the 20th century.” Will the former Soviet…
haiku: the common
common moments stored a treasure chest prepared for leaner days ahead
haiku: hope
such sweet suffering to hope, as close as a kiss as far as a star
haiku: twilight
the weight of the world descends in late afternoon then lifts at twilight
haiku: broken heart
“Shade and Darkness” by JMW Turner deep blue eyes bleed tears silver drops of silent pain blood stains broken heart
haiku: inward bruises
inward bruises bleed bluer than red tearful eyes deep, raw suffering
Why I Love Billy, Part 2
Here’s another reason I love Billy Collins…
the feet of a roman god
I was just thinking about a poem I wrote last fall on the shores of Caesarea, while visiting Israel. It is a beautiful, sundrenched coastline, replete with layers of antiquity. And it is a wonderful place to sit and ponder as the wind stirs the memories of an ancient civiliztion that once ruled the world. the…
haiku: scarlet sky
scarlet painted sky every color in nature a sign from heaven
Bonnie Saul Wilks 