heart – Leonas Lines

Haiku

Comfort and Joy

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Leonas Lines

HOPE brick, tiny yellow flower — HOPE brick at https://www.instagram.com/macinspcrnr

A bit of comfort

Springing up in time of need

Tiny flower of hope

Haiku

Hope springs eternal in the human breast;

Man never Is, but always To be blest.

The soul, uneasy, and confin’d from home,

Rests and expatiates in a life to come.

—Alexander Pope, “An Essay on Man”

Today as I went out to visit my “Inspiration Rock Corner” to place a few new rocks I had painted, I happened to notice a tiny yellow flower blooming right next to the HOPE brick I had painted.

It seemed to match the little yellow flowers I had painted on the brick and I thought it not to be a co-incidence that the tiny flower had chosen that exact spot of all others in the yard to appear in bloom.

“Plant seeds of hope in your heart. Give them plenty of love and attention. Then watch as your beautiful dreams bloom” – Amy Atherton …

Senryu

Home

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Leonas Lines

Birdhouse

Home is my happy place

Filled with special treasures

Only my heart knows

Senryu

Scripture, Syllable Lune

The Heart Healer

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Leonas Lines

Broken many times

Patchwork heart

Healed by His love

Syllable Lune

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 ESV

Nonet

Art in Many Forms

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Leonas Lines

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”. —Pablo Picasso quote — Image from: Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/pablo_picasso_162882

Writing releases thoughts of mind and heart

Poetry captures feeling

Journaling reminds, records

Painting lets feelings flow

Dance brings release

Music infuses

Art inspires

My heart

Daily

Nonet

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. —Pablo Picasso

Inspire Your Heart With Art Day – January 31, 2020

Scripture, Tanka

Swift To Listen

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Leonas Lines

“Listening Ear” Art by ©️LeonasDesigns 2020

Floating in the air

So many sounds surrounding

The Listening Ears

Swiftly capture each word

To bring them into the heart

Tanka

We have been created with two ears and one mouth, therefore,

“…be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:” James 1:19 KJV

Scripture, Syllable Lune

Thoughts

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Leonas Lines

Randomly in my head

Thoughts abounding

Think on these things

God’s word reminds me

I take thoughts

Captive in my head

Double Syllable Lune

Finally brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8

December 2019, Palindrome

Strong Standing Faith—Faith Standing Strong–Revised Poem

Posted on December 11, 2019December 14, 2019 by Leonas Lines

FAITH-VintageBoot-Rose-Scripture
Faith holds strongly
Belief based deeply
Un-battered, Un-broken
Heart un-swaying
Joyfully dances securely
Soul peaceful
Doubts fly away
Faith stands firm
Beliefs rooted deep

Unshaken

Deep rooted beliefs
Firm stands faith
Away fly doubts
Peaceful soul
Securely dances joyfully
Un-swaying heart
Un-broken, Un-battered
Deeply based belief
Strongly holds faith

Palindrome
(Revision of Original Poem published in September 2019)

August 2019, Scripture, Senryu

A Fool Says:

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Leonas Lines

Joker, altered playing card — Altered playing card ATC BY Leona J. Atkinson 2019

Speaking diddly from

A heart filled with jesting

Foolish abandon

Senryu

Only fools say in their hearts,

“There is no God.”

They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good!

Psalm 14:1 NLT

August 2019, Choka

Redoubtable Enemy

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Leonas Lines

Knights in battle

Quite fearful, yes,

A formidable opponent,

Sent to cause fear.

Yet God’s Armor protects me,

If I but wear it,

And stand firm resisting this

Foe, who hurls his darts

Of doubt, trying to wound my heart,

Until they meet the shield of faith.

Choka

Poem Inspired by Dictionary.com—Word Of The Day—Redoubtable

Origin

English redoubtable comes from Middle English redoutable “terrible, frightening, worthy of honor, venerable,” ultimately from Old French redotable, redoubtable, a derivative of the verb redouter “to fear, dread.” Redouter is formed from a French use of the prefix re- as an intensive (for instance, in refine), a use that Latin re- does not have, and from Latin dubitāre “to doubt, hesitate, waver” (but not “to fear”). Redoubtable entered English in the first half of the 15th century.

Double Nonet, June 2019