his lips slipped upon mine; into dreaming
in the satellite of fall's chaste shadows
sphered by the last cast of summer streaming
onto our free skin, sunk in the shallows
our first kisses, our first mature outlet
for a latent love now bursts in our ears
from seeds sown in spring's bosom, mere trinket
our little love, hedging, a nest appears
underneath the wakeful sun, its pure heat
receding; displaced by the chatoyance
of autumnal leaves waltzing where we'll meet
singing, unfazed, at the cold's arrogance
Categories:
hedging, love, romance, seasons,
Form: Other
August 27 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Lamentations 1-3
Key Verse – Lamentations 1:9 …O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR BEHOLDING OUR AFFLICTIONS
Praise be to God for beholding our afflictions:
Hoisting us from hellish heat
Helping us with His heavenly host
Handling us against hardening howls
Holding us upon His hedging heartiness
Healing us along His health-hewing hands
Lamentations 2:9 Praise be to the Lord for
leading us with His vision so:
Vivid with His Biblical view
Victorious by His blessed valour
Vocal along His best against vanity
Virtuous building us through His verities
Valuable by His bestowments, vanquishing vileness
Lamentations 3:22 Praise be to the Saviour for
His mercies and compassions that fail not to:
Lead us to His light
Love us midst His liberty
Lose us with His leadership
Lift us despite our longings and losses
Link us toward His lasting lessons of life. Amen!
August 27, 2024
Categories:
hedging, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
When doubts rage, who to hail for help,
Lug own luggage, hail not for help.
Man has lost sage who might well help,
Saved savage, hail not now for help.
Self centred, man has if lost out
In this age, hard to hail for help.
Created a sorry image,
Own damage, now hail not for help.
Hedging, aloof on alien’s edge,
His own cage, who to hail for help?
If hopeless has turned his marriage,
A mirage, who to hail for help?
When life’s play is turning a page
Right on stage, who to hail for help?
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Ghazal |05.05.2024| life
Categories:
hedging, life,
Form: Ghazal
Her voice sounds like she’s speaking through a fan when she whispers. She always whispers when we stroll through the colossal Tate. She’s cautious and quiet in case the art may
be eavesdropping. It all seems silly to me, Van Gogh had a hard enough time hearing when he was alive.
Hedging my bets, I say “I bet I could have painted that sunflower” just in case Vincent’s good ear is listening in.
“I bet I could kick your ass,” he whispers back, with a voice so tired, like he’s heard this all before.
Categories:
hedging, art, love,
Form: Prose
I've never been much of a worrier,
Others do that far better than I,
Nor am I renowned as a scurrier,
Which is not to imply I don't try.
My small circle of close friends and loved ones
Is diminishing one at a time,
And one of these days
I'll wake up to discover
That it's my turn, and I'm next in line.
But if, indeed, that's the next big adventure,
I hope it's a pleasant surprise.
I'd love to prove, or disprove,
All the theories I've had
About life and love,
And good and bad,
And wisdom and learning,
And ethics and such,
That faith is a pillar
And not just a crutch.
But, of course, I’m not worried,
I don't do that, you see.
"Que será, será",
What will be, will be.
But on the off chance that there is a hereafter,
I'd like to reserve a small space there for me.
And should any of you get there before I do,
Try to grab us a nice window seat with a view.
Categories:
hedging, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Speaking Boldly Takes Courage
Miracle Man
6/2.2022
On occasion, I’ve been told Tom, use some tact,
because I say things bluntly, matter of fact.
No hedging, I’m a truthful shooter instead,
Never leaving one to question just what I said.
But intent, has never been to injure one’s pride,
but to get them to the place where we must abide.
I’ve said things boldly, that needed to be said,
oft times before speaking, I was filled with dread.
One of the best compliments I’ve heard about myself
was “you may not like what he says, But you
have to respect the fact that he tells you to your face,
and you don’t hear it from a third party.”
Categories:
hedging, how i feel, truth,
Form: Couplet
A school boy climbs up a berry tree
Unmindful of hurts from thorns prickly,
Picking choicest berries
He hurries, her to please,
A brief smile on her makes him happy.
But not this in his mind takes deep root,
In lap she takes when his hurting foot,
It’s her stern words, sweet pout,
She when pulls the thorn out,
His first lesson: act, forget the fruit!
Of his early school’s scenes this still stays,
Its imprint fresh despite passing days,
Two of them knew no love,
Spontaneous was their move,
It’s when heart over hedging head sways.
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Reminiscing |01.05.2022|
Poet’s note: Somehow I always feel that mind is a male gender, and heart female! This is a limerick only in form, not in mood.
Categories:
hedging, boy, girl, love,
Form: Limerick
He called your nation a 'fiction'
wishing you chaos and pain.
Like a savage grizzly intent on
your utter destruction.
He thought, so naively, that
you will buckle under his missiles' rain
triggering a new biblical exodus.
with a leader weak and tenuous
playing the NATO blame game,
harboring ambition of Soviet reclaim;
took his cues from Hitler's pincer attack,
backed by his convoy of artillery and tank;
hedging his bets on a Russian blitzkrieg
with little worries of his soldiers' fatigue.
Must watch Chaplin's Great Dictator
begging mercy from the creator.
You've now taught him a new word, Quagmire
familiar with his army's cold campfire.
his generals Know now the price of invading
a heroic nation praised the world over as outstanding;
your valor and sacrifice,
your blood and honor
turning history's dice.
Glory to Ukraine, to your
steadfastness and resolve,
to your triumph in this bloody brawl.
Categories:
hedging, history,
Form: Free verse
I am simply amazed at the changes in the weather
Unseasonably warm toward the end of December
We have yet to see a ground covering of snow
It hasn’t been this warm as long as I remember.
Record-breaking, the meteorologists are reporting
I’m thinking it can’t be good for the spreading virus,
When I was young at Christmas, we wanted a sled
Now, warm weather vehicles are more desirous.
I’ve heard rumors the earth is going to flip over
Do you think maybe the seasons are in reversal?
Could it be possible the impossible is coming true?
In July we’ll be having Christmas cantata rehearsal.
One thing’s for sure, we cannot control the weather
I suspect we’ve been trying to fool Mother Nature
By building in the wrong places, we ignore the facts,
Well, I’m not hedging bets on our far-distant future.
written December 24, 2021
Categories:
hedging, angst, change, seasons, weather,
Form: Light Verse
His light shines
Surrounding me with hope
Everlasting love
Peace that keeps me
Assured of the victory
His light glows bright
Encompassing me with joy
Amazing grace so sweet
Gentle flow of song
Whispered on the heart
His light sparkles
Radiating a tenderness
Kindness so vibrant
It feels like adoration
Breathing pleasure
His light glimmers
Enfolding me with stillness
Silence that believes
Enriches hearts with faith
Assuring with praise
His light glitters
Enclosing me with calm
Certainty that He is alive
Giving hope to every life
Answering prayers
His light twinkles
Enveloping me in compassion
Soothing away all sorrow
Brightening thoughts with surety
Singing silent relief
His light shimmers
Hedging me with protection
Securing my direction
With wonder that is accepting
Of every supplication
His light glistens
Girding me with armor
From the God who is always
There to guide me through the storm
Piercing the dark with His love
Categories:
hedging, god, inspirational, light,
Form: Free verse
Meet a man that fudges from the fence,
Little he says ever makes great sense.
His views, all but humdrum,
That he deems great wisdom,
And he’s been hedging O for long hence.
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Tongue-in-cheek |09.01.2021|
Topic: economist, humour
Categories:
hedging, humor,
Form: Limerick
Grammar school speculators
charlatan math
trading the currency
of borrowed youth
optioning the investment
in forsaken dreams
hedging their futures
with diminished returns
margining interest
—that will never compound
(Radnor School Board: February, 2021)
Categories:
hedging, corruption, teacher, youth,
Form: Free verse
a bench with ornate arms and scrolling
bathed in shards of early light
inside four walls of climbing roses
grown entwined and trained to height.
within the silence of mid morning
perfumed heat that melts the hours
attracts the bees that prey and worship
on life's purple passion flowers.
the symmetry of formal hedging
leads the eye in one straight line
to where a sundial in the heat haze
casts its shadow marking time.
the joy and beauty of hibiscus
flowering bright where no one goes
down secret paths in secret corners
where the scented jasmine grows.
Categories:
hedging, garden, life, metaphor, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Good Lord what have we done
Can we not see what we've become
Choosing sides in our back bites
In that where is the love
Do you remember where you were
The day the world learned to hurt
As sisters and brothers turned on each other
Could you be part of the cure
Are we all now in the dark
About our wicked hardened hearts
Much more gullible than ever pliable
Is that who we all now are
When did we decide to choose sides
In this game of do or die
When did hate become our playmate
And then proceed to destroy our lives
Is it too late to turn back
Could there even be a chance
Or is it too late to find a loving word in kind
With what little time we have left
As we're standing on the edge
Thinking we're hedging all our bets
We'll slip and slide right off the side
Being this close to the edge
Categories:
hedging, life, sad,
Form: Rhyme
there comes a time
between hellos and goodbyes
where we make the best of friends
at the start of hello
there's no way to know
when we will say hello again
still we play along
in the comings and goings
most of the time hedging our bets
because we never know
the direction the flow
or how swift the current might get
as we're swimming through life
in the low and high tides
above it all trying to keep our heads
sometimes we find
the time to say goodbye
with what little time there is left
hard to believe
they're about to leave
while hoping all words have been said
there comes a time
between hellos and goodbyes
where we also lose the best of friends
Categories:
hedging, death, life,
Form: Rhyme
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