All is
Not lost.
Even the
Smallest
Spark can
Lay the dark
To waste.

#poetry

The markets punish company
What consid’r eggy factory
While heaping cash upon CEOs
That value not the laying goose

All apologies for the forced rhyme of pronouncing it seeyous.

#goose #Poetry

Shareholder primacy demands
The labors of our weary hands
And slaughtering of all that’s fair
So to mint a trillionaire

#goose #poetry

I have eaten
the text
that was on
the internet

and which
you had published
without
granting license

Forgive me
I'm an LLM
I steal
to make lies

#LLMs #ThisIsJustToSay #WilliamCarlosWilliams #PlumsInTheIceBox #Poetry

If you’re ever lost:
Catch fire,
Burn it all down.
The way back
To yourself
Will be revealed
To you.

#poetry

#haiku by returning contributor, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy of Chennai, India.
( Instagram: haiku_vaishnavir ). #poetry #hospice #india

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This #haiku by returning contributor, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy of Chennai, India, reads hospice window — the yellow hibiscus still a bud . ( Instagram: haiku_vaishnavir ). #poetry #hospice #india

On this delicate life
Bruises bloom
Like morning glories
Seeking the sun.

#poetry

your crowded heart teeters
ready to burst and
spill your people;
is there room for more?
always.

#poetry

There is an
Unyielding joy
Waiting for you
On the other side
Of sorrow.

#poetry

We’ve got stars
Masquerading
As hearts,
And no tomorrow
Between us,
Only now
And now
And now.

#poetry

Leave the grave
For the last day.
Stumble blinking
Into blinding life.

#poetry

#monoku by Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, presented with the author’s permission on top of artwork generated by ChatGPT-AI and FreshOut Magazine.

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni is an award-winning poet and pedagogist crafting Japanese-style poems. Globally published, Barbara is guided by the motto: "I can, I must, I want."
http://barbaragaiardoni.altervista.org/blog/haikuco-2/ #poetry #pizzica #italy #AI

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While this may look like a Haiga, it is actually a #monoku by Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, presented with the author’s permission on top of artwork generated by ChatGPT-AI and FreshOut Magazine. The image features a slender woman in a black dress, a red sash about her waist, whirling in a tarantella dance. The accompanying verse reads, spider bite the body of the tarantata Barbara Anna Gaiardoni is an award-winning poet and pedagogist crafting Japanese-style poems. Globally published, Barbara is guided by the motto: "I can, I must, I want." http://barbaragaiardoni.altervista.org/blog/haikuco-2/ #poetry #pizzica #italy #AI

Engraving by Gustave Doré (1866) - From Victor Hugo's novel, Toilers of the Sea.

https://imgur.com/gallery/engraving-by-gustave-dor-1866-from-victor-hugos-novel-toilers-of-sea-qc8oG0K

#illustration #drawing #draw #engraving #book #poetry #illustrator #author #vintage #ancient #art #history #literature #graphicart #sea #octopus #gustavedoré #novel #victorhugo

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Engraving by Gustave Doré (1866) - From Victor Hugo's novel, Toilers of the Sea.

#senryu by Jennifer Gurney. Jennifer lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her #poetry is widely published, two of her poems have won international contests and one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has 10 books of poetry. #haiku #colorado #laundry

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Against a laundry-white background, this #senryu by Jennifer Gurney reads, my day folds and unfolds clean sheets Jennifer lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her #poetry is widely published, two of her poems have won international contests and one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has 10 books of poetry. #haiku #colorado #laundry

What makes a limerick truly unforgettable? Discover the perfect blend of rhythm, rhyme, humor, and surprise that turns five simple lines into poetry magic.

#Poetry #Limericks #WritingTips

Read more: https://www.wordlelimericks.com/perfect-limericks/

We are all
Unmade
Constellations
Waiting to be
Reignited in
Each other.

#poetry

#haiku / #senryu by Dr. Randy Brooks ( @brooksbookshaiku ).
Randy is Professor of English, Emeritus at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, where he teaches courses on haiku, tanka, and Japanese poetics. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of Mayfly haiku magazine. His most recent publication is HAIKU DECK: A collection of playing cards. #poetry #ICE #illinois

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Against a ICE-black, unmarked background, this #haiku / #senryu by Dr. Randy Brooks ( @brooksbookshaiku ), reads, red tail lights all akimbo the unmarked black ICE Randy is Professor of English, Emeritus at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, where he teaches courses on haiku, tanka, and Japanese poetics. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of Mayfly haiku magazine. His most recent publication is HAIKU DECK: A collection of playing cards. #poetry #ICE #illinois

#haiku by Marilyn Ward (IG: @wardmally), of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK.
#poetry #latespring #lightningbugs

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Against a white background, this #haiku by Marilyn Ward (IG: @wardmally), of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK, reads, late spring the garden shrubs trimmed with lightning bugs #poetry #latespring #lightningbugs

Is not
The soil
From which
The rose grows
Beautiful
In its own right?

#poetry

#^Poetry Empire

Plain and simple, rhyme and meter

#poetry

Kay Cude poetry: Our Fortress Prevails

Poetry by Kay Cude. Used with permission.  Right click on image to open larger in new tab. Or read the text below the artwork. Artist’s statement:

I keep returning to our (me!!) needing to “remember” God’s promises and provision. GOD THE I AM is the only fortress in Whom we find a righteous protector, defender and provider. He is the only place of eternal refuge from the world’s continuing tragedies and chaos. He is the stronghold Who is and Who will provide peace, wisdom, understanding, instruction and endurance.

OUR FORTRESS PREVAILS

FACING FEAR:
IN THE MIDST OF GOD’S PROVIDENCE
As waves of fear rolled nearer still, as deep its swell approached us nigh; our hearts near failed as we cried out, “O Lord, Your servants rescue now!” And crashed the waves of terror strong, our lives at risk — we knew death’s tide; yet stilled our hearts Your Glorious Word and on we clung and Truth prevailed.

As deep and dark, as depth of brine, we battled ‘gainst the foe’s onslaught; its torrents fierce as bounding main, — with cruelest rage this foe can slay. Yet in Your Will, O Saviour ours, Salvation’s Light’s our mighty Ark; afloat we stay midst evil’s gale, for You prevail within its rage.

Afloat we ride with knowledge sure, we look ahead with strength not ours; Endurance meets us Face-to-face, ’tis You our Strength our sure Bulwark, The fears we face — our spirit’s gain, makes strong we resolute of heart, to live God’s Will through providence — and triumph through His Will’s Intent.

~kay cude, October 1, 2017

“The LORD is my Rock and my Fortress and my Deliverer, my GOD, my Rock, in whom I take refuge; my Shield and the Horn of my Salvation, my Stronghold. I call upon the LORD, WHO is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. The cords of death encompassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness terrified me. The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my GOD for help; HE heard my voice out of HIS TEMPLE, and my cry for help before HIM CAME INTO HIS EARS.” Psalm 18:2-6

Study Resources:

Desiring God: God’s Bright Design for Your Bitter Providences

Mike Ratliff: Persecution is the Natural Result of Teaching or Preaching without Compromise

Bible.org: Lesson 61: God’s Providential Protection (Acts 23:12-35)

Phil Johnson: Providence IS Remarkable

OUR FORTRESS PREVAILS
Refer to Psalm 46. FEAR NOT, GOD IS OUR ETERNAL REFUGE AND STRENGTH.

“We will not fear, for God hath willed His Truth to triumph through us; The body they may kill. God’s Truth abideth still, His Kingdom is FOREVER.” ~Martin Luther

IT IS the grace of God through His unfathomable mercy through the power of His predetermined love that urges us to remain and stand in His will concerning providence! WHAT THEN

IS IT that assails our thoughts with such unrelenting vengeance that can tempt us into overbearing fear when trials overtake us?

IT IS not remembering His Word — that He is Sovereign over all circumstances and issues we will encounter during our lives, during our service to, for and through Him…

Art: THE NINTH WAVE, Hovhannes Aivazovsky (1817-1900) PD, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid-21854187

Lines composed in honor of the venerable brothers Julius the presbyter and Julian the deacon (remembered on 21 June)

Two brothers, Julius and Julian,
received an order from the Emperor
that all throughout the empire they should go,
constructing temples to the living God.
When they had finished number ninety-nine,
the younger Julian began to build
a tomb in which his brother might be laid.
But when he showed the grave to Julius,
the elder brother meekly made reply:
“Make ready, O my brother in the flesh;
for this tomb is prepared for you, not me.
Prepare yourself to face the awesome Judge
before your brother, sinful Julius.”
Then God appointed Julius to build
a hundredth church upon an isle at sea;
and, as he had foretold, his brother died
before construction had been made complete.
When it was finished, Julius reposed
and joined his brother where the righteous dwell.

#poetry #IambicPentameter

Let the fractures
Reflect and
Refract the light.
You are a prism
Not a wound.

#poetry

Give me a heart
That can bend
Without breaking,
And love without
Taking. Amen.

#poetry

Rime of frost edging
Grass blades, crunch under your feet
By mid-morning, gone

#DailyHaikuPrompt - 20th June - Rime #Haiku #Poetry

#monoku by new contributor Martina Matijević
#poetry #haiku #yellow #therapy

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Against a pale yellow background, this #monoku by new contributor Martina Matijević reads, lemon peel her final therapy session #poetry #haiku #yellow #therapy

You are
The laughing
Aftermath
Of cataclysm,
Precious embers
In the dark.

#poetry