Monday, January 29, 2018

Is my blog in a rut?

Yes, because all I'm doing is writing poetry without stating the forms or experimenting with new poetry forms. There are hundreds of forms that I could be using, but the only forms I have worked with, in this blog, are free verse and free style. I define those as different forms. 

Free verse contains no end rhyme, while free style contains end rhyme. Sometime free verse contains internal rhyme, but this is an accident. The rhyme in free style is not random, all though sometimes it appears that way. 

I need to get out of my rut, therefore, I have to take a different approach to my blog entries. My goal for this blog, is to post at least three times a week. I think the best way to do this, while getting out of my rut is to compose the entry a day or two before so that I can research a poetry form. I, also, need to write about other, poetry related subjects. 

Sunday, January 28, 2018

Sunday Speculations on the Last Sunday in January 2018

Sunday afternoon 
Sun is shining wind blowing 
 A new week begins 

A new week begins 
And I contemplate my goals 
I have established twelve goals 

Is that too many 
Or too few to accomplish 
Within seven days 

Friday, January 26, 2018

Rushed

I feel rushed! 
I have writing, 
And other stuff 
To catch up. 

I need to take a deep breath, 
Pause to say a prayer, 
Check the mailbox, 
And continue writing. 

Feeling rushed 
Just encourages writer's block. 

Monday, January 22, 2018

I Weep

I read the local, 
The national, 
The international news 
And I weep. 

I cry for the heartlessness 
Revealed in the treatment 
Of women, 
Children, 
And men 
Because they are 
From different countries, 
Profess a different religion, 
Or are considered 
One of Them 
Instead of one of Us. 

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Thankful Thursday: I Give Thanks

I give thanks for parsnips, 
Carrots, 
And beets. 

I give thanks for clouds, 
Blue skies, 
And snow on Mount Charleston. 

I give thanks for the revelation 
Of Baha'u'llah, 
Who proclaimed the unity 
Of the human race. 

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Womb World

Our consciousness, 
Like a child in the womb, 
Grows each hour, 
Each day. 

Humanity is moving 
Toward a new vision of unity, 
A vision of itself 
As a single species. 

Beyond the concepts 
Of differences 
And separation 
We are one race 
And the Earth is one country. 

Beneath the dogmas 
God is a single unknowable essence, 
Who shines through the prism 
Of His Manifestations, 
And gave us the religions 
We acknowledge 
And follow today. 

Saturday, January 13, 2018

On the Day of Glory

On the Day of Glory 
I contemplate the reed pen 
Used by Baha'u'llah. 

On the Day of Glory 
I am awestruck 
By the revelation that flowed 
Through this glorious instrument. 

On the Day of Glory 
I breath a prayer of gratitude 
For the Glory of God 
And a simple reed pen.