Gehenna is a garbage dump From where those there could see Heaven, new Jerusalem, Above, majestically. I saw it on the sidewalk, A rusting, one-edge blade. I picked it up and wrapped it up And threw the blade away.
Linked to dVerse Poetics. Mish is hosting with the theme “New World”.
Autumn echoes summer.
It echoes winter too.
May I echo only good
In what I choose to do.
Linked to dVerse Poetics. Merril hosts with the theme “echo”. I hope this echoes the prompt.
Fearless since what’s there to fear
Yet fearful of what might appear
But likely won’t. With death around
May Christmas cheer help hope abound.
Linked to dVerse Poetics. Laura Bloomsbury is hosting with a list of words ending in ‘less’ to include in a poem along with, hopefully, “a soupçon of hopefulness for Hope is the message in this first advent week!” I picked the word ‘fearless’.
Today what rhymes may seem surreal
With culture preaching, “People, Kneel.
Meter’s there to mess your mind.
You dared to look? Then dare to find."
Linked to dVerse Poetics where Linda Lee Lyberg is hosting with the theme ‘surreal’. I don’t know if this poem is surreal or not but it makes significantly less sense now than it did when I wrote it a few minutes ago so perhaps it is.
Knightly habits sharply scheming,
Fighting boldly, mercy beaming,
Virtue, villains, birthing meaning,
Serving while awake or dreaming
Guard us through the dark of night.
When the evil one has ended
Wars turn peaceful, we’re befriended.
Springtime comes and it is splendid.
Guide us still by shining light.
Linked to dVerse Poetics. Amaya is hosting with the theme of ‘birth’. Also linked to dVerse Open Link Night where Lillian is hosting. The poem is an attempt to imitate the meter and rhyme pattern of Tennyson’s The Lady of Shalott.
The black stands out because of blue
And yellow from the former green.
We did whatever we could do.
Some of it was never seen.
Linked to dVerse Poetics. Anmol is hosting with the theme “black”.
As Philip watched the evening shine
With tiny stars to pierce the dark,
He felt a cooling calm and peace
Then dread turned on his mind to mark
With fear that all about his head
Were coffin lids to seal the dead.
Then Philip saw how dawn was cast,
How darkness bowed and night flew past.
Linked to dVerse Poetics. Sarah is hosting with the theme of presenting a story through the experiences of a character.
The thought of being here at all must be
The source of unexpected majesty
That leads us, should we look, upon the way
And turns the night with brightness into day.
Linked to dVerse Poetics. Amaya is hosting with the theme of majestic.
The voyeur’s mind imagines lust.
He sees her sitting there.
His heart beats, but his life’s a bust.
The proof? He doesn’t care.
Much like some god imploding trust
He cages with his stare
And all those nymphs who thought he must
Be good are now nowhere.
Linked to dVerse Poetics. Anmol is hosting with the theme of profiles and portraits.
Feasts are simple: coffee, oil,
Vegetables that grow in soil,
Baked or fried or raw - delight -
Fasting follows starry night.
All to serve and not for self.
Herbs stand watch upon the shelf.
Eat and drink the mystery.
Blessings offered thankfully.
Linked to dVerse Poetics. Lisa (aka Jade) is hosting with the theme of “food”.
We are on a strict diet. It is mostly vegetarian except for eggs. No to foods like meat, sugar, grains, corn or alcohol. Yes to foods such as sweat potatoes, red onions, walnuts, coffee, millet and olive oil. The intermittent fast starts around 4 pm and ends around 10 am. The diet comes from mixing foods that seemed to work for us. We have tried recommendations from those promoting vegan, vegetarian, keto or diets avoiding lectins. We’re still looking. So if you have recommendations on what works for you, I’d love to hear about them in the comments.
So far this slowing changing diet has kept our weights under control, reduced brain fog and shown promising results on blood tests. The goal is not to live longer, but to serve well as long as we live.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 