Seeking better days,
With some sunshine in life?
Looking for the light?
Are you standing in the sun
Or sitting in the shadows?
Tanka
“If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.” —Guy Finley
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” —Helen Keller
Nature’s paintbrush
Uses oil and water mix
Concrete canvas
Haiku
I captured this photo today as I was walking out of a store.
It was a very rainy day today but for just a short time the rain let up and the sun came out and that is the time I usually see oil slicks in parking lots.
Well this image stopped me in my tracks because it was not only a pretty oil slick but it was also reflecting a nearby tree in it which I thought made a beautiful scene.
Let us love one another as
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” -Jesus John 13:34
I am right here
I am in your now
I am very near
I am right here
My word is clear
I keep my vow
I am right here
I am in your now
Triolet

God says His name is I AM
He is God of the present, the now.
He says:
“When you live in the past with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard for you because I am not there.
My Name is not: I WAS.”
“When you live in the future with its unknowns and fears, it is hard for you because I am not there.
My Name is not: I WILL BE.”
“But when you live in this moment, it is not hard, because I am here. My Name is: I AM.”
–Author Unknown
( quote from A Reminder from God on SGLY Ministry website. )
The past,
And the future.
The two thieves of our thoughts,
That rob today of its potential
For good.
Cinquain
Watching the rain fall
Remembering days of old
Reflections in rain
Reminders of times past
All runoff like raindrops
Tanka
Standing for what’s right
Seeking opportunities
For the greater good
Senryu
Hearts all around us
Happy hearts and hurting hearts
Hearts looking for hope
Heavy hearts needing healing
All seek to meet helpful hearts
Tanka
Heartprints
Everywhere
Left by those who care
Mean more than fingerprints or
Footprints
Cinquain
( I was surprised to see another heart shape in my path today as I walked thru the parking lot at my local grocery store. This one was just a dry patch in the wet blacktop, not sure how it came to be there but it caught my eye. The last heart shape I saw a couple weeks ago in the parking lot was created from gum or candy I think. Just amazing that I keep seeing these heart shapes in my path. Looks like someone is leaving heartprints! 😊 )
Reminds me of the beautiful poem I posted below by an Unknown Author . It’s titled “Heartprints”
Heartprints
Whatever our hands touch – we leave fingerprints!
On walls, on furniture, doorknobs, dishes, books – there’s no escape!
As we touch we leave our identity.
Oh God, wherever I go today, help me leave heartprints!
Heartprints of compassion, of understanding and love,
Heartprints of kindness and genuine concern.
May my heart touch a lovely neighbor, or a runaway daughter
or an anxious mother, or perhaps even a friend.
Lord, send me out today to leave heartprints.
And if someone should say “I felt your touch”,
May that one sense YOUR LOVE
Touching them through ME!
Author: Unknown
When the morn’s nigh
On His strength rely
Seek Him on High
When day’s done
Oh weary one
Seek the Son
Syllabic Verse
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 