November 2018 – Leonas Lines

Elegy, November 2018

Goodbye Lily

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Leonas Lines

Lily, Oregon Zoo Baby elephant — Picture captured from https://goo.gl/images/SCyfuF

In the Autumn we mourn

One who left too soon

Lily, November born

Bid us ‘bye neath the moon

Full of joy was Lil’ Lily

Happy baby elephant

Playful and sweet was she

In spirit, confident

Though illness took her away

From us and her family

We honor her today

For her sweet memory

Elegy

I am saddened by this news as I remember when Lily was born and everyone in Portland got the opportunity to vote on a name for her. I voted for the name Lily and was so happy it was chosen for her. It fit her perfectly. She was so sweet, lively, joyful and happy. She would have been 6 years old today 😪

In loving memory of Lily.
Her confident, happy spirit will always be in our hearts 🌹 pic.twitter.com/imPze35rXy

— Oregon Zoo (@OregonZoo) November 30, 2018

https://www.oregonzoo.org/news/2018/11/zoo-heartbroken-6-year-old-lily-succumbs-virus

Haiku, November 2018

Fall Fruition

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Leonas Lines

Fall leaves with raindrops

November winds blow

And leaves huddle together

Raindrops falling fast

Haiku

Double Choka, November 2018

Revived

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Leonas Lines

Bright sky

I sat with Despair

She held my hand and led me

Into sinking sand

Where I met disappointment

Doubt and disbelief

I watched my dreams fading

Near Disappearing

And then I felt a presence

A Hand lifting and leading

Me out to a better place

A land of hope and purpose

Where the Light shines

Upon dreams making them new

A firm foundation

Where no Disses can dwell

An encouraging

Place full of life where

I’m building a good future

Double Choka

November 2018, Syllabic Verse

Uplifting Ambling

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Leonas Lines

Oil Slick on blacktop

Mundane walking

Upon blacktop worn

I saw you shining

Bright like the sun

Right beneath my feet

Oil and water mixed

My colorless path

Transformed into

A sunny rainbow

Syllabic Verse

November 2018, Shadorma

“Down With a Cold”

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Leonas Lines

Fever, cold, sickness

“Under the weather”

(Whatever that means.)

“Not myself”

“Feeling ill”

(Idioms for I’m not well)

“Abit out of sorts”

Shadorma

The Urban Dictionary says:

“To be under the weather is to be unwell. … Originally it meant to feel seasick or to be adversely affected by bad weather. The term is correctly ‘under the weather bow’ which is a gloomy prospect; the weather bow is the side upon which all the rotten weather is blowing.”

Nonet, November 2018, Scripture

Manifold

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Leonas Lines

Many kinds; numerous and varied:

Are God’s Grace and Wisdom shown

To beings in the heavenlies

And to those in the world

By us the church on earth

If we minister

To one another

With our

Gifts

Nonet

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

1 Peter 4:10

To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, Ephesians 3:10

(The photo is of one of my Tambourines that I use in praise and worship. I name all my Tambourines as I feel each instrument has a different purpose. This Tamborine I named “Manifold” because it reflects light in so many ways. I use it in worship to praise God for His Manifold Grace And Wisdom according to the scriptures 1 Peter 4:10 and Ephesians 3:10 )

Nonet, November 2018