living – Leonas Lines

Tanka

Day Brightener

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Leonas Lines

Art collage by Leona J. Atkinson and Anna Murfin ©️2020

In art or in life,

I want to be a day brightener,

Make people smile.

Even if I don’t succeed,

I do have fun trying.

Tanka

Today I enjoyed myself as I created this art piece which I titled “Happy Mail”.

It is an art collaboration project that I and another artist did as part of the USPS Art Project, which is a project many artists across the USA are doing to help fund the struggling US Postal Service.

I think it turned out quite cheerful looking and is something I actually try to live out daily in my life as I interact with people I meet.

Syllabic Verse

Where Am I?

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Leonas Lines

Sometimes wonder

Where I do reside.

Living life daily

In different worlds,

Virtual and real.

Social Media,

News, Televison,

Websites,and books.

Asleep and awake,

I am a sojourner.

Syllabic Verse

Everyday Life

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Leonas Lines

Mixed Media art, flowers, by Leona J. Atkinson

While the world is falling apart

My neighbors and I are building

Relationships, gardens, and ideas

In our little corner of the world

We are making the most of each day

That we have to build friendships and

Create beauty while we can

No not burying our heads in the sand

But focusing on the positive

And ignoring negativity

We live sensibly in unity

Praying, trusting in theLord and doing good

Syllabic Verse

Cinquain

Carpe Diem

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Leonas Lines

Bruce Garrabrandt quote about creativity

Are you

Fashioning some

Ordinary moments

Into remarkable junctures

Today?

Cinquain

Choka

Nature’s Refuge

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Leonas Lines

My garden

In the early morn,

Rising with the summer sun,

Waking with the birds,

I sit among trees and flowers,

Sipping coffee as

Windchimes serenade me.

A squirrel scurries,

Butterflies flutter, bees buzz.

My garden shuts out the world.

Choka

Cinquain, Scripture

Sheltered

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Leonas Lines

My shadow

Living

In the shadow

Of good things yet to come

Sheltered by His shade on my

Right hand

Cinquain

The Lord is your keeper;

The Lord is your shade on your right hand.

Psalm 121:5

Choka

As Time Goes By

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Leonas Lines

Pen writing “Once upon a time” on paper

Life is passing by

Enjoy the living moments

While you have time

Savor every moment

Before it is gone

Grasping all those good times

While they’re in reach

Will give you good memories

A storehouse of treasures

Choka

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It’s called living. —Terry Pratchett

Scripture, Syllabic Verse

Times of Refreshment

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Leonas Lines

Refresh yourselves

Come all you who thirst

All are welcome

Refresh yourselves

With the living water

Only He provides

Syllabic Verse

“…Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”

John 7:37-38 KJV

Cinquain, Scripture

Sounds of the Wind

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Leonas Lines

Wind chimes

Windchimes

Without the wind

Are hanging around

And not fulfilling their creator’s

Purpose

Cinquain

My daughter bought me this beautiful wind chime today as a Mother’s Day gift. I love the look of it as it hangs on my patio, yet it’s real beauty is revealed in the wind as it moves and creates the tinkling sounds it was created to do.

So we, believers, will fulfill the purpose God created us for as we move in the wind of the Holy Spirit.

“The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

John 3:8

I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do. John 17:4

Abecedarian, September 2019