Into the the world
He came one quiet night
As just small baby
Nondescript, invisible
Yet He changed things forever
Tanka
Divinity
Tag: birth
A Light in the Night
A world in darkness
Laid silently
Until Heaven arrived
Into the silence
Of the night
A Light came forth
Syllable Lunes
Guiding Light
His Star
In the Eastern sky
Was a sign
Of His birth
Pointing towards Bethlehem
Leading Wise Men
Shadorma
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
Matthew 2:1-2 KJV
Revelation
What calls for your attention
In the dark and dreary night,
Or in morning’s light of day?
What is it that reaches forth
To capture your attention
On an ordinary day?
Grasp it, and record its birth
Within your mind, hands and heart.
Detail it in an artform
To share with all the world.
Syllabic Verse
“Art is born in attention. Its midwife is detail.”
~Julia Cameron, American artist, author and teacher
I Create Daily Art Challenge Day 2:
Prompt: What does attention reveal
In a lowly manger He lay
The Prince of Peace in goodwill came
The Mighty God upon the hay
In a lowly manger He lay
God came upon earth that day
Everlasting Father His name
In a lowly manger He lay
The Prince of Peace in goodwill came
Triolet
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 KJV
A Savior is Born
Heaven touched earth
Away from the city noise
Mankind’s doubts now silenced
Haiku
Alone on A Noel
This poem was created from an Anagram challenge. I wrote it using words found in my name Leona. I have always liked the fact that my name spelled backwards was “a noel”, so this was a fun challenge for me!
A Birthday
Haiku Horizons Weekly Challenge Week #53 Prompt: birthday
Happy 1st Birthday Haiku Horizons! I so enjoy your weekly prompts and the people I have met through your site.
I hope you have many more birthdays!
His Design
Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Psalm 127:3 NKJV
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.
Psalm 139:14 NKJV
Fifteen
Original Poetry by Leona J. Atkinson ©2015
(graphics from clker.com)
This is kind of a fun little form. I decided to try this form (that I had never tried before) because upon learning that its name meant “fifteen”, I immediately thought of my grand-daughter who just turned 15 years old, and so, I wanted to write a poem for her 15th birthday card! 🙂
“The English word quinzaine come from the French word qunize, meaning fifteen. A quinzaine is an unrhymed verse of fifteen syllables. These syllables are distributed among three lines so that there are seven syllables in the first line, five in the second line and three in the third line (7/5/3). The first line makes a statement. The next two lines ask a question relating to that statement.”
( from Shadow Poetry—http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/quinzaine.html )
