Long Tristich Poems

ADDENDA
READING ALOUD Reading a poem silently ( as  compared to aloud)is the difference between staring at sheet music and playing the music on an instrument.Recitation  equates poetry to the experience of viewing a painting or...

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Stand awed with spirit, soul, and body--- pause.
Physical, chemical, and biological laws
obey God's commands, the trees with applause.

The Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost
bear record in heaven, first and foremost.
His created works speak also,...

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There resided in an Orphanage, called Blessedville
Lovely girls whose names are Charitybelle,
Faithgayle and Hopedelle.
 
They are best friends and in prayer they are aligned
Asking God to give them adoptive parents who are kind…
Yet they must...

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As I slept a spell fell over me                           ...

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Unlike the days of old when cities were built with walls. Unlike the streets        of my rearing, the place where my story began.  And unlike a lone...

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Your pain is my pain, because human suffering was never an individual matter
The wisdom of every culture, the founder of every faith, made that clear
We cannot separate suffering into cubes, accept baby deaths in Africa...

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Oh, where did you come from? The sad sight of you 
     breaks my heart in two. I see that you're lost, 
        ...

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This is a poetic testimony of a child from an orphanage ...
adopted by loving parents:

Though I look sober, still in the Lord do I indeed rejoice
Grateful am I to hear my father and mother’s voice
With...

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Let’s relax along mentorship pleasure
to bask in varied students’ excuses when facing pressure
as they abound for sure…

Learner A says, “There is a lion in the way”
so I’m late for the reporting schedule today
hope to fulfill...

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“Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him...

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On the first day of Christmas,
my eldest brother Reuben said to me:
“Let us all serve Jesus Christ only”

On the second day of Christmas,
my older sibling Simeon said to me:
“To the LORD, let us send our...

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2007
*
the country stile
hedged the wild flower meadow
where I sit awhile
*
shadows in the sky-
fluttering across my eye
a brown butterfly
*
on the wind,a bell-
muffled from across the square
raindrops fill the air
*
on the lawn
lily petals timeworn-
summer draws to its...

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HAIKU is a centuries old Japanese traditional phonetical & cultural poetic form 
whereas
 HIKU is a relatively recent reference to the 75year old established  haiku in English. Hiku being  an imagist tristich like...

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Midst Monday bouts in work arena
knocking body with fatigue angst…
God’s victory* strengthens my faith to keep pressing on.

Though Tuesday schedule seems to fail
frustrating mind against planning zest…
The Lord revives my spirit as a warrior marching...

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The gift of love is what makes our world
spin on its axis; the most paramount of treasures
The greatest gift to the human race

Give love freely; give it to yourself, and to life!
What a spectacular thing...

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In God’s  goodness*, always abounding.
He keeps us within His compassion’s  surrounding...
While in His Word we are abiding.

Within His goodness of tender mercy
The Lord attends to our prayer of faith’s fervency...
Exhorting us to have...

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My prayer for Mykhalylo Tyaglyy* in his tasks as researcher, writer, and editor:


Desirous to serve God, work toward His kingdom advancement-height

Be useful for His glory, with cooperative, humble, joyful disposition-light

Contribute your necessary part, being a...

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Oh, for the love of God... 
      Why must you always stay 
 Tethered to me? Sever your strings.

     You keep creeping behind me;
  ...

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I saw one day a city of trees
Walking down a path with me
Following hidden eyes to see

Saplings jungled up together
Like a stream of walkers too
Confused at all by windy weather

Deer pellets scattered walk-aways
Somebody's got to...

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As we traverse in happiness of euphoric thoughts
Exuberance of sunrise permeates our avid hearts
Holding hands of leisure on hushed idyllic grounds,

Where pink lotus-blooms lift-up in pristine pond
Floating stilled moments in beauty of white swans,
Embracing day’s...

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He trusted that writer’s block was just a lull and searched for his pen

Ink had dried for some time and his worn mind scratched for words

A lullaby or even a tristich would do if an...

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Poetry has helped me maximize 
enjoyment of my functionality as a person
so blessed by the Lord in my capacity as a writer, 
teacher, social worker, values coach and an orphanage mother.

I thank God for using...

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A cosmic gulf of enormity besets thee,
as intellectual relevancy re-entry
splash down in a vast sea of ignorance

The empirical wherewithal to muse observe, 
with keen, hydrogen-based acuity,
is nary an airy given oxygen insurance

Doth not the face...

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With God's promise of victory* for His glory
Sealed by His granted salvation through Christ's blood at Calvary…
My soul can win over self-pity’s misery.

With God's promise of victory in exalting His name
Prioritizing Him, denying worldly fame…
My...

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HAIKU is the ' phonetical&cultural original 'in Japanese'& in reality uses '17 'onji' (sound symbols)rather than syllables ,&traditionally written in Japanese as a single line

whereas

HIKU is the English language tristich (three line) version(including translations)with similar...

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