Poem for April 11, 2020

With This Ring The void, consuming, ever with no form, spewed life at Your command.Grand in splendor, endless variations, comic, fierce, and timid,Giving life and color over all the earth and sky, beast and leaf.And he mirroring your image, over all, breathed you life to Man. By greed o’ertaken, devoured he the fruit forbidden!Grasping firmly …

Poem for April 10, 2020

The Tree that Shaded Me I did not plant the tree that shaded me.It was one of many that I sought.When another boy hit or berated me,It would shelter and would judge me not. I did not tend the tree that shaded me.It arrived with the house I bought.Alas, the shading ended suddenly,When storms within …

Poem for April 8, 2020

What Tomorrow May Bring When this day passes on into history,What will the new dawn usher in?Our worries and ominous forebodings?The wages we earn from our sin? When the sun sets on what is today,Will tomorrow bring wonders anew?Chances to shine or to prosperFrom effort? Rewards overdue? Today is but fleeting and gone.Tomorrow brings promise …

Poem for April 7, 2020

Fortune Smiles Fortune smiles upon the prepared, granting them opportunity.Fortune smiles upon the patient, rewarding perseverance.Fortune smiles upon the brave, exposing obstacles as illusions.Fortune always smiles, though not always in our direction.Fortune is fickle, not revealing who draws her eye.We must be prepared, patient, and brave.Fortune will smile upon us.Always.Eventually.

Poem for April 3, 2020

Follow the … We follow the crowd, so responsibility is not ours to bear.We follow the pundits, so our prejudices and biases are reinforced.We follow the fads, so our closets are full, and our accounts are empty.We follow our emotions, so our bad decisions can be explained away.We follow the one ahead of us, because …