God’s love
Christmas cactus blooms
through Lent to Easter
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From Dover’s Greatest Clips.
Tag: Easter
A New Poem For Lent
once all this was new
and a challenge to learn
when not well
now I wind around
small country roads
reflecting on the gifts
of nature and poetry
so much undeserved Grace
“Thy statutes have been
my songs
in the house
of my
pilgrimage.”*
*Psalm 119: 54 (KJV)
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antiqueclipart.com.
PRAYER Acrostic
P urpose
R evealed
A nd
Y our
E fforts
R enewed
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Job 25 My Redeemer Liveth
For I know
that my redeemer
liveth…
Job 19: 25a (KJV)
“Brown, Blue, Yellow Butterfly”
courtesy of antiqueclipart.com.
Isaiah 53 – Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
Surely
he hath borne our griefs,
and carried our sorrows…
Isaiah 53: 4a (KJV)
FRIENDSHIP GARDEN by Margarita Engle and Ellen Olinger
Margarita Engle’s new book of verse is Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck (Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2011; copyright by author). She dedicates this book to the memory of her Cuban Indian ancestors. Her award-winning books include The Surrender Tree, a Newberry Honor Book. Margarita lives with her husband in California. Here is the link to her beautiful new website: http://www.margaritaengle.com.
Friendship Garden
Friendship Garden
tame peacocks stroll
through wild violets
Margarita
gentle
spring
rain
whispering
my
prayers
Ellen
Kettle Moraine
frogs singing
Easter Day
Ellen
spring morning without books
in the hammock
poetry
Margarita
marsh marigolds
beginning
sunrise
Ellen
Earth Day
winged maple seeds
ready to fly
Margarita
“Purple Violets” courtesy of antiqueclipart.com.
Spring-Winter Storm
spring-winter storm
ice glazes the windows
and driftwood lines the shore…
taking more time to pray
as Lent transforms to Easter
Photo by Karl, taken a day after the storm:
March 24, 2011
Poems From Psalms And Nature 