To Let the Flowers Grow (JM)

 

(Joseph Macrae, May 27, 2024, Memorial Day, and feast day of Our Lady of Naples (above), Our Lady of the Sick and Saint Melangell Image from here.)

To Let the Flowers Grow

When the gutter flows

from falling rain

on the ground it goes

to let the flowers grow.

I sense the freshness of 

a cool morning rain

that Heaven bestows

to let the flowers grow. 

So in admiration we watch

the beauty unfold

in shades of red and blue

purple and gold.

Lift up your heads from

the sands and open

your eyes–-See the

seed that was hidden

bloom, sweet and bold!

*From combined prompt: Freewrite as inspired by a series of three words, given one at a time, letting the next word naturally continue the piece, without overthinking it. The three words were: gutter, sense and admiration; and freewrite as inspired by this quote from "Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall: "The world hid its head in the sands of convention so that by seeing nothing it might avoid truth." From Daisy Barrett Nash's Writers at Play, Legacy Lines series, May 27, 2024.

Back to the Way (JM)

(Joseph MacRae, May 21, 2024, feast day of the “Tenderness” Icon of the Mother of God from the Pskov Caves, whose image is above, from here.)

Back to the Way

Loneliness can be your friend or your foe. When you long for your loved ones, lonliness is your foe. In the deep dark forest the lonliness is your friend. In the deep dark forest the lonliness is your friend.

Technology has gone way too far. 

It's now taken control of our minds and our lives. 

Lets go on back to the way it once was. 

I long to go back to the way I was raised.

Without technology--I was raised 

without technology.

I look forward to the celebration when Christ will return.

The earth will tremble in fear, the trumpets will sound.

We’ll fall to the ground in prostration 

to worship the Lord–-

This will be our best and our last celebration!

*From prompt: Freewrite as inspired by a series of three words, given one at a time, letting the next word naturally redirect you without overthinking it. The three words were: lonliness, technology, and celebration. From Daisy Barrett Nash's Writers at Play, Legacy Lines series, May 20, 2024.

Walking In the May (JM)

 From today's hike at Clemens Park, Benton County

last trillium of the season

                                  the deep forest

                          dogwoods along the Alsea River

 dogwoods on the trail too 

                          time to journey on, 

                                  the North Loop...