Poetry, Short Prose and Walking

2 Corinthians 5:17

Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday.

*Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com*

Six Sentence Story: Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

During the homily Father Thomas said that if you want to see God make sure you have a pure heart. William, a freshman in high school, didn’t like it when Aunt Cecelia poked him from the pew behind them when it looked like he wasn’t paying attention, which he often wasn’t, as she did just then.

After Mass as Father Thomas stood at the entrance of the church ready to shake hands and chat with anyone who was not trying to rush out unnoticed William stopped to ask, Father Thomas, can we see God if we look at someone whose heart is pure? Father Thomas thought and then answered, Those pure in heart may be the main way that God lets those with impure hearts get a peek at what they’re missing.

Outside William’s parents – surprised by their son’s sudden interest in such matters – and Aunt Cecelia – who realized her nephew was getting a little too old to poke – felt it best not to say anything further.

Years later recalling Father Thomas after admitting decades of mistakes, William got the peek at what he was missing that he had been promised when he finally opened his eyes.

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Denise offers the prompt word “rush” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

I am grateful to Greg Doles for posting this song along with many other songs by The Porter’s Gate on his blog, Chasing Light.

Trail: Lake Bluff

When living in Illinois I occasionally got a chance to visit the cliffs overlooking Lake Michigan at a small town called Lake Bluff. The ravines were beautiful, but the photos below were of the lake and autumn trees.

These photos, however, are from long ago.

Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time.

Cosmic Photo Challenge: The End of Summer

Dale offers the prompt “the end of summer” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Since I have been having trouble moving photos from my phone to the cloud and then back to my computer, these photos come from September of 2015, about the end of summer 11 years ago.

I think we were near Green Bay, Wisconsin at the time.

I think I liked the spiders on the rocks on the shores of Green Bay in Wisconscin

Ten Things of Thankful: September 5, 2026

I am thankful to the Lord for everything mentioned below and all of His other blessings. The photos this week are from long ago.

The photos tell their tales with the help of captions.

(1) stones, (2) dirt and (3) tiny plants

Proverbs 18:21

Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday.

Six Sentence Story: Jeremy’s Demon Infestation Problem

When Jeremy entered his home the demons scrambled. They looked like those fat cockroaches that ran about when he turned on the light. He stepped on some squishing them nicely, but the more he squished the more they kept coming.

He’d admit that when they first arrived they looked cute and he enjoyed playing with them, but he never thought they would overrun the place like a huge forest fire starting from a careless camp site.

What was poor Jeremy to do?

After fits of indecision because those critters still looked so cute, he finally realized that if he didn’t clean house from top to bottom inside and out they would completely take over.

Denise offers the prompt word “fire” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Trail: Techny Prairie Park

When we living north of Chicago in Northbrook, I used to go to this park often. There are about a mile of trails and some ponds.

Sometimes in the morning there was a nice fog on the pond.

Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time.

The same pond only in autumn from a different viewpoint

The same park, but during snow in the winter

August 2026 Limericks

All of these limericks were either originally posted to Esther Chilton’s Laughing Along With A Limerick or published to Poet’s Corner during the month of August 2026.

How to Write a Limerick Using the Word “Sheet”

If you must, make the limerick sweet
or at least make it jingle its feet
so the reader won’t cry,
make a fuss, wonder why
you forgot in the end to use “sheet”.

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Prompt word: “sheet” August 3, 2026 (modified)

Those find houses we now see as old were quite fancy back then we are told.

A Limerick To Brighten Up Your Heart

It’s as dark as the midnight of night
though it’s day and the sun’s shining bright.
It’s depressing to see
how dark darkness can be.
I will have to turn on my heart’s light.

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August 10, 2026 Poet’s Corner

They had heat. They stopped rain. There was love to ease pain.

Eyes Eying Eyes

While my eyes were out eying your eyes
with deep heartbeats and longings and sighs
in your eyes I did see
a reflection of me
eying me eying you with surprise.

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Prompt word: “eyes” August 17, 2026

There were gardens with crops, hundred-fold.

Jogging Limerick

In the bog there’s a frog who would jog.
In the fog there’s a dog who would hog
all the rhymes that I had
which at times made me sad
as I jog like a frog on my blog.

A Colorful Jogging Limerick

It is yellow. Now green. Now it’s gold!
You can even make everything BOLD!
And italics – that, too.
Oh, what else can it do?
Can it jog? – Well, no matter. I’m sold!

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Prompt word: “jog” August 24, 2026

Second, First, Then What?

And so first I will try not to care
if second comes next or somewhere
perhaps after that third
who’s out chasing some bird
while the word that I chase rhymes with “there”.

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Prompt word: “first” August 31, 2026