Not sure I met the criteria for “opposing forces”…but I gave it a whirl😉
The still breeze blew both
East, west at once…odd, even
To foreigners, friends
©Leyde Ryan, 2022 ~ All rights reserved.
Not sure I met the criteria for “opposing forces”…but I gave it a whirl😉
The still breeze blew both
East, west at once…odd, even
To foreigners, friends
©Leyde Ryan, 2022 ~ All rights reserved.
https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/08/16/photo-challenge-427/
Photo by mouad bouallayel on Unsplash
Life can often feel
Blurry…wobbly, crossing bridge
One season to next
“Don’t look down” I tell my soul
“God holds you steady, Believe”
©Leyde Ryan, 2022 ~ All rights reserved.
“Do not let your heart be troubled (afraid, cowardly). Believe [confidently] in God and trust in Him, [have faith, hold on to it, rely on it, keep going and] believe also in Me.” John 14:1, Amplified Bible
“Peace I leave with you; My [perfect] peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid. [Let My perfect peace calm you in every circumstance and give you courage and strength for every challenge.]” John 14:27, AMP
“You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!” Isaiah 26:3, New Living Translation
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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/08/14/sunday-confessionals-favourites/
This prompt from Oloriel at MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie grabbed me. I knew immediately which of my poems, from 2011, I would share with readers who didn’t know me at my very first blog. Click the link above to join in!
Stutter-Stepping Heart
Sometimes, the wind chimes
Play memory-songs of your
Blue-steel eyes on me.
I’m without rhythm, lyrics–
Dancing mute, stutter-stepping.
©Leslie Rene, 2011 ~ All rights reserved.
https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/08/13/lucky-dip-saturday-mix-13-august-2022/
Prompt: write a Septolet—
The Septolet is a poem consisting of seven lines containing fourteen words with a break in between the two parts. Both parts deal with the same thought and create a picture.
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Used to
Be young
Stunning looks
~*~
Now people
Say I’m
Amusing, fun
That’s Beauty!
©Leyde Ryan, 2022 ~ All rights reserved.
I have often seen this challenge in the Reader, but never had courage to try it—so today’s the day! I hope our host, Sarah, will be gentle if I’ve made a mess of it 😉
The words we may not use, but must find synonyms for are: Spot, Rub, Round, Flat, Smooth. Here are my synonymous words/phrases: smudge/blemish (spot), pressing against (rub), circular (round), sheet of linen (flat), remove ridges (smooth).
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Circular smudge on heart…
Is it leprosy, or merely benign blemish?
I’m repeatedly pressing against it with prayer
Of fervent humbled surrender, repentance
Eager to remove ridges of resentment
Stubbornly lingering unforgiveness
For, surely that’s what it is…
With God’s help, soon it will be healed
Restored…a sheet of fine linen
©Leyde Ryan, 2022 ~ All rights reserved.
https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/07/24/sunday-confessionals-answers/
For all the questions in my life
Near-70-years of struggle, strife
Faith’s certain hope lies in one answer
His Name is JESUS
Through His death & resurrection
His grace meets every need
If, here, He makes no explanation
For each time heartache does bleed
I will still my soul, praises sing
To my great, glorious Lord and King
©Leyde Ryan, 2022 ~ All rights reserved.
Photo credit Darrell Whiley
If ever blue
Would stir, sway
Call heart away
It would be you…who
Within froth prismatic
Makes soul ecstatic…
Eyes blind to city
Though backdrop’s pretty
I breathe air, lose care
Embrace primal sound
Of water’s movement
Childlike amusement
In dizzying surround…
Let it take me
To far other place
And find your face
Young once more…where
Love’s dreams restore
Miraculously
©Leyde Ryan, 2022 ~ All rights reserved.
https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/07/19/photo-challenge-423/