Palm Sunday Memories

Jamál (Beauty), 2 Jalál (Glory), 147 BE - Sunday, April 9, 2017 CE about 12:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time 

Grandma went to church that day 

And came home with a  small palm frond 

Shaped like a cross. 

It was a gift 

From a couple who had 

Visited the Holy Land 

And they brought back the gifts 

For all the families In the congregation. 

A Rainy Palm Sunday

Jamál (Beauty), 15 ‘Alá (Loftiness), 164 B.E. – Sunday, March 16, 2008 about 8:43 AM PST

It's a rainy Palm Sunday in Las Vegas,
The wind is blowing through the stone pine tree,
The sky is a patchwork quilt of charcoal, gray and white,
It's a wonderful day to stay home and pray.

It's a rainy Palm Sunday in Las Vegas,
The wind chill factor sends chills up your spine,
The blacktop covering the city streets glistens,
And there are puddles in the driveways of each house.

Saturday Again

It's Saturday again and I'm looking out my living room window at a partly cloudy sky. The wind is blowing through the boughs of the stone pine tree. It's a bit chilly in the house, but not so cold that the heat is coming on.

Palm Sunday is on March 16 and then on Monday St. Patrick's Day. Next Friday, March 21, is Good Friday, the first day of spring and Naw-Ruz, while next Sunday, March 23, is Easter; all good days for a poet and a writer. Each holiday has its own memories for me. Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday bring back memories of my childhood in Oklahoma and my grandparents. Naw-Ruz is a holy day and has its own special quality. This is indeed a week to look forward to and should be extremely productive.

This week I am working on a Monotetra poem

Jalál (Glory), 14 ‘Alá (Loftiness), 164 B.E. –Friday, March 14, 2008 about 10:42 PM PST

This week I'm working on a Monotetra poem. I haven't decided on a theme or subject yet. The form was posted on the Stretch Your Style page today, with a suggestion on a subject, but I'm not sure yet if I'm going to do the suggested subject or not. I'll think about it tonight and decided in the morning.

The only thing I am sure about tonight is that the poem will contain more then one stanza. It will be at least three stanzas perhaps more. The number of stanzas depend on the subject I write about. Palm Sunday is on March 16 and St. Patrick's day is coming up, both are good subjects for a poem. I haven't written a Palm Sunday poem in a while so perhaps I'll use that as a subject. I'll have to research Palm Sunday and see if there are any little know facts or small details I can focus on.