IN A WORD
authenticity
in
patient
spontaneity
unpretentious
introspective
artistic
musicality
committed
dedicated
persistent
encouragement
of
honest
realism
of you
...& me
revealed
for
all
to see
Broken words, syllables in tortured hearts, need
breathing out nouns and verbs, memories
of moments when life was more certain, time’s greed
breaking away the adjectives, the sentences
still as light, falling soft on the spirit who can read
love into the clinging vines, roses who tremble
in the rustling winds, beside the sea, heart’s bleed
wiping away the tears of yesterday’s distress
the stories become poetry in colors who’ve agreed…
broken words, broken dreams, broken hearts
they remember the faith – grace who saved,
inklings of faded memories know that love starts
blessing the stories, the silent dreams, the poetry
who falls into the sea of yesterday, in still parts
feelings blown by winds who see that our God
He brought us through the lonely seas, as He imparts
Music that reveals the history of a soul who’ll rejoice
giving love that comes alive, certain it never departs.
Broken words – broken words – Can you hear?
beneath the nouns and the verbs, the sound so clear
broken wings who never soar beyond the fear
where He goes, I’ll ever follow – His love is so sincere!
Ah
be
come,
dearest
ever
faithful;
genuine,
honest,
in
joyous
kinship;
love
makes
not
only
paradise
quicken;
rest
safe
together
under
virtue's
wings;
X's*
your
Zion
What’s In A Word
Humor: by Miracle Man
November 25, 2021
Today, much time is spent on word substituting,
we’re currently being asked to cease using the word looting.
Hoodlum sympathizers have deemed it a racist word,
but to me, looting’s appropriate, and much preferred.
Some waste time lobbying on a better word campaign,
but taking from another what they've labored to obtain.
In every sense of the word you've become a looter,
and must plead your case before some prosecutor.
Over time words evolved and many are now taboo,
and being called white privileged, I find offensive too.
But I tend to agree and, as always, a straight shooter,
smash and grab is more refined than just plain looter.
“Fools live to regret their words,
wise men to regret their silence.”
Will Henry
HI-KU is any English language variation on the Japanese haiku
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senryu*
*Japanese comical haiku
haiga*
*Japanse vertical haiku combined with a picture
An example of my haiga http://haiga-ichthys.blogspot.com/
HIK-KU is any English language variation on the Japanese haiku
threnos*
*Shakespeare's three line verse form
example of my threnos form https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/ego_trip_238277
HI-KU is any English language variation on the Japanese haiku
perception
haikai*
*Japanese 'witty' form of haiku(similar then to my footle genre)
hokku*
*Original Japanese word from which haiku is derived
HI-KU is any English language variation on the Japanese haiku
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