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Choka, October 2019

Mending the Broken Pieces

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Leonas Lines

Broken windchimb

Discouraged, tearfully

I picked up the broken pieces.

Another trial.

Reaching for the Light of hope

To show me the way

I prayed for healing and strength

To mend broken wings

So I might fly, to try again

‘Til I reach heaven’s reward

Choka

OctPoWriMo 2019

Word Prompts:

Discouraged, Broken Wings, Healing,

Strength, Calm, Acceptance

“Our heart mends as our inner self—the central or innermost part of our identity—is wrapped around the Light inside of us, rather than around the people who have harmed us. This one small step changes the way we see things”. Suzanne Eller

October 2019, Rhyme

At the Red Light

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Leonas Lines

Cardboard sign saying “Need 25 Cents”

Middle aged lady

Looking tense,

Holds cardboard sign,

“Need 25 Cents”

Curious, I roll my window down.

“Just a quarter? Why?”

“I’m saving money,

A bus ticket to buy”

“My husband just died,

Family don’t care,

Want me to leave too,

But I need bus fare”

“A friend in Arizona

Told me she’d give me a room

I just need to get there,

Need to go very soon”

“So I’m saving quarters,

or whatever I can,

To leave this place,

That’s my plan.”

Only cash I had was a few coins.

“It’s all I have to give” I say

“It adds up” she smiles,

“Thanks for helping me today”

The light turns green,

I wave a quick Good bye,

“God Bless” I say

Thankful I took time to ask why.

In two minutes at a red light

It’s amazing what you can learn,

Just roll your window down,

And show some concern.

Rhyme

Cinquain, October 2019, Scripture

Be Still

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Leonas Lines

Song bird, daily blessings card

Let go

Be still and know

Rest and trust Him to empower

Breathe in His wonder and sweet song

Surrender

Cinquain

OctPoWriMo 2019 Word prompts:

surrender, empower, rest, song/music

breath/breathe, trust, wonder

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 KJV

Loop, October 2019, Scripture

Embracing the Light

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Leonas Lines

Oil Slick photo showing light and darkness

Power of darkness is broken

Broken are the heavy chains

Chains that kept me accepting darkness

Darkness that now no longer remains

God in rich mercy sent His Son to deliver

Deliver me from the power of darkness

Darkness flees the embracing light

Light of the Kingdom I now possess

Loop Poem

He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed usinto the kingdom of the Son of His love, Colossians 1:13 NKJV

OctPoWriMo 2019 prompts: broken, darkness, embracing light,–suggested form: Loop

Loop Poetry is a poetry form created by Hellon. There are no restrictions on the number of stanzas nor on the syllable count for each line.

In each stanza, the last word of the first line becomes the first word of line two, last word of line 2 becomes the first word of line 3, last word of line 3 becomes the first word of line 4.

This is followed for each stanza. The rhyme scheme is abcb.

October 2019, Rhyme, Syllabic Verse

“Homeless—Single Mom”

Posted on October 20, 2019October 21, 2019 by Leonas Lines

Cardboard sign saying “Homeless—Single Mom”

Two little girls cry out in the night

“Mommy!” they say to no one in sight

A blanket of fear holds them tight

As strangers tell them “It’ll be alright”

Sitting on concrete at the light

Her youthful trembling hands of white

Hold up a sign stating her plight

Holding back tears with all her might

Twin girl’s Mom won’t give up the fight

To make their future bright

Rhyme

10 lines—each line 8 syllables—Rhyme

For the creative writing class I am currently taking I tried to rewrite my original Tanka written on September 4, 2019, into a 10 line poem using the line “sitting on concrete” while also using parts of the lines “thin white hands” and “two little girls” in some way.

This poem is what I came up with after quite some deliberation.

October 2019, Syllable Lune

Carpet of Colors

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Leonas Lines

Fall Maple leaves in varied colors and sizes

So many colors

Dot the green

From just one tree

Syllable Line

I was out walking about my yard today just admiring all the different colors of the fallen leaves. There are so many variations of colors it is amazing.

October 2019, Shadorma

Focal Point

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Leonas Lines

Oil Slick photo

What do you see?,

The sun shining bright

Glorious

Flecks of gold,

Streaks of light streaming downward,

Or darkness creeping?

Shadorma

Acrostic, October 2019

October’s Forecast

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Leonas Lines

October calendar with fall leaf

Occasionally

Cold

Temperatures

Often

Blustery winds

Excessive

Rainstorms

Acrostic

Christian, October 2019, Scripture, Syllable Lune

Abundance

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Leonas Lines

Apples on the ground

What does God do with

Unused fruit

Abundantly beared?

Syllable Lune

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. John 15:16

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; John 15:8

Have you ever wondered what God does with the fruit you bear daily?

Do you wonder if some of those Fruits of the Spirit you bear ever fall on good ground, get picked and used, or just fall by the wayside and go unused?

I don’t believe we who are true believers bear any unused or wasted fruit if we are truly walking in the Spirit and abiding in the Vine.

If we are bearing good fruit God can and will use it for His glory and it is not our job to wonder or worry about it.

Our job is to just be fruitful, bear good fruit, and leave the rest up to God.

Christian, Nonet, October 2019