More Than Poetic Musings

Sometimes, I just have fun playing with words in a poem. This poem personifies "long," "wide," "expanse," and "sky" as part of the...

A quite imperfect Christmas poem, yet a valiant effort. :) Quarks and atoms Dust and DNA Molecules and microbes Such small beginnings....

In the process of giving thanks at the Thanksgiving table, everyone in the family gave thanks for my surgery. However, my surgery only...

In community group today, we were asked what we thought the phrase “grace upon grace” means. Here’s my answer in acrostic form. Goodness...

Beloved Let His name be glorified in you As your love and faith increases strong and true While He strenghtens you through and through...

May your faith strengthen and grow May your love increase and overflow May your hope prevail and show Until He comes. May your joy...

"The Song of Sourwood Mountain" is the lovely story of a "spinster" school teacher in Kentucky in 1910. She is reasonsibly contented in...

Before I start this review, I want to note that have read all three books in the series and rated the first two as five stars. I was...

I wrote this for some lovely women who have been going through a multitude of pain and struggles. The first few “weary” choruses...

"The Divine Proverb of Steusel" was one of the books I highly anticipated reading in 2024, especially in light of the spectacular debut...

My first poem of 2024 is one I have been working on for months, "The Legend of the Bog Rider." John Elmore started a sermon a few months...

As I now get up very early, this has become a thing I am thankful for each day. Black fades Stars disappear Colors bloom Darkness clears...

For those who don’t know, colorful autumns don’t usually happen here. The majority of our leaves turn yellow and brown. However, with the...

I wrote this one based off my pastor, John Elmore's, sermon on Sunday on Psalm 40. When he said, “cycles of suffering and song,” I just...

This week in WBS we are talking about rest in Hebrews. This poem combines a lot of our discussions so far. Tumble down worries Tumble...

"A Royal Christmas" tells the tale of Adelaide Smith, a financially struggling law student trying to make ends meet. She lives in a...

"He Should Have Told the Bees" is the intriguing tale of two young women, Beckett Walsh and Callie Peterson. Beck is a beekeeper along...

"Letters from My Sister" is the story of two sisters, Emmy and Callie, set in early 1900s rural Alabama. It's the tale of a family that...

When the torrent of trials Leads to the shores of unrelenting and unwavering compassion That’s severe yet sustaining mercy. When agonies...

This year I am trying to write poems all on my theme word for the year, hope. This one is exploring Psalm 42:11 in greater detail with...