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Waiting

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I have prayed

“Even so come.” And yet

I sit here

Silent son

Untranslated, mortal still.

First Born where are you?

Undeterred

I hold faith, refuse

sight, logic

Even sense.

I know this. He will come soon

And find me waiting.

“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. 38It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. 39But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” Luke 12:35-40

Three Days: Weekly Writing Prompt #29

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Time limitations have kept me from joining in on the SECRET KEEPER’S WEEKLY WRITING PROMPTS THESE LAST WEEKS.

I have intentionally put aside time this week to join in. You can see all of this week’s contributions by clicking the underlined link above.

This week’s five prompt words are: | WEB | LOST | BLACK | SCRATCH | LOCK |

What follows is a Shadorma in honor of the Passion Week

Shadorma (3 – 5 – 3 – 3 – 7 – 5)
six lines – no rhymes – multiple stanzas [your choice] – just follow meter

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Three Days

by JE Lillie

Day One: Death.

Scratch rejoiced as Christ

Succumbed on

Man’s black cross

Had love lost the day? Night reigned.

Captivity wept.

Day Two: Chained.

Scratch locked Christ in Hell.

His web wound

Bound Christ tight.

Jesus smiled and love woke life

In Hell. Demons shook.

Then He Rose.

Scratch’s keys were lost

Captive hearts

Shouted loud.

As Christ led through the black night

To third day freedom.

The Secret Keeper Prompt #27

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I haven’t been able to participate in the SECRET KEEPER’S WRITING PROMPT  for a couple of weeks. I simply couldn’t miss another week.  So this week I am determined to make time, plain and simple.

Our prompt words for the week are:| WORTH | SPARK | PLOT | QUAKE | SPY |

Here is my Tanka prayer called Love On Me

Love On Me

by JE Lillie

Divine spark plot your

Course. Anticipate my fear.

Spy out my quaking

Heart. Undo my sabotage.

Let me know at last my own worth.

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February Doings At C.cada Pt. 2

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Sandy Freeman and one of her carvings.

C.cada is the artist’s ministry of Cornerstone Church our goal is to help people discover, develop and deploy their God given gifts for the church and for the community.

One Saturday a month our artists take over the church for a day. In the afternoon we host a class to help people discover their latent talents. This month I taught a class on the Shadorma form of poetry. We had four artists in attendance. Here are their works built from two prompts:

Buzz word prompt:Holy/Fire/Cry/Witness/Shine

Photo Prompt:

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Lost

by Deb Maciorowski

Silently

Crying. Holy God

Witness to

My spirit,

Fierce fire to cry out loud,

For my lost loved ones.

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Deb Maciorowski preaching the Word of God.

Open

by Lisa Johnson

Seek healing.

Cry out to the Lord.

Breathe air in.

Prayer cries out,

With brothers and sisters who

Cry out with me here.

Fire

by Lisa Johnson

Consume me

Father with your love.

I cry out.

Fill me Lord

With your holy fire to shine,

To be a witness.

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Lisa Johnson beside one of her works at the pediatric playroom Heywood Hospital.

Cleansing

by Charlotte Dorais

Cry loud and

Strong washing free the

Stains. Witness

To the heart

Freedom. Holy

Fire shine forth beauty

From ashes inside.

 

Sound Forth

by Charlotte Dorais

Here I am.

Have you seen me?Lost

Now found. Force

The sound to

Ring far and wide over dark

Wasteland. Cry out loud.

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Charlotte Dorais by one of her works at the pediatric playroom at Heywood Hospital.

Righteous Rage

by Brenda J. Lillie

I cry out.

Loudly I roar on.

My face red.

My eyes closed.

Righteous rage falls on me.

We need you Lord, now.

The Lord’s Witness

by Brenda J. Lillie

Show! Shine! Share!

Holy Lord be here.

Fall like Fire!

Hear my cry.

Let me be Your witness.

Shine through me today.

Brenda’s postcard from a few months ago. She needs 740$ in monthlky commitments now. That works out to 15 more partners at 50$ a month.

Here is a Shadorma Brenda wrote just for me after I finished off the Valentines cake.

No Cake for You!

by Brenda J. Lillie

I had none!

My cake they ate it!

Left none for 

Me ’tis true!

My cake they ate it all up.

I shall have no more!

😦

A Lover’s Heart: SKWWP#24

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It’ s time for SKWWP#24 (The Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #24). You can find all the submissions to this challenge by clicking the underlined link. My bit is below and it is entitled:

A Lover’s Heart

By Je Lillie

Walk another mile

With me old friend. Your promise

To take the long view

Still stands. Let’s beat the odds by

loving each other like God.

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Our buzz words this week are | WALK | OLD | PROMISE | VIEW | BEAT |

This week’s offering is a tanka.

Tanka poetry rhythm is  5 – 7 – 5 – 7 – 7 in one stanza. Many times tanka poetry focuses around the theme of love and relationships.

Let me ask, who do you think is the narrator in this poem and who is he/she speaking to? Who else could it be?

Summer River: Weekly Writing Prompt #23

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THE SECRET KEEPER  has released his weekly writing prompt and I am ready to frame my newest shadorma.  Click the link above to discover what other secrets are being kept by our host.

Our prompt words this week are: | STARE | RIVER | HOLD | TRUE | WEAR |

Summer River

by JE Lillie

Hold me fast

With your languid stare.

Bind my gaze

Reflection.

Summer River tie me there

By the bank of lies.

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Heated days

Wear that smile. Call truth

Deception.

Vernal days

Tell me falsehoods if only

To restore my peace.

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Current flow

Wash away the days

Of facing

Perception.

Let warm waters reassure

Ignorance is bliss.

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Shadorma (3 – 5 – 3 – 3 – 7 – 5)
six lines – no rhymes – multiple stanzas [your choice] – just follow meter

The Secret Keeper’s Prompt 21: Soul Warning

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THE SECRET KEEPER has launched prompt #21. Click the underlined link to find all the poetry and stories associated with this week’s prompt.

The Challenge Words are:

| SILENCE | EYES| HEART | DRUM | LIFE |

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Soul Warning

by JE Lillie

Hidden drumbeats

In silence speak.

The heart sees that

Which eyes cannot.

My soul warns me,

“Save your life man!”

I never learn.

’28’ Form poetry

The Secret Keeper: Prompt #20: Free Fall

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The Secret Keeper has released prompt # 20. You can click the underlined link to find all the poetry and stories associated with it.

Our Prompt Words this week are: | WIND | SPEAK | FREE | START | FIGHT |

This week I am writing a Cinquain:(2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 2) five line poem on any theme with the earlier mentioned syllable pattern.

Free Fall:

by JE Lillie

I speak.

My words fight free.

Start their upward journey.

Facing wind, flight falters.

Free Fall.

Iccahrus falling from the sun

 

The Secret Keeper’s Prompt #19: Give Reason

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It’s time once again to respond to the SECRET KEEPER’S LATEST WRITING PROMPT.

Click on the underlined link to see what others have added to the prompt.

Our prompt words this week are:

5) Words: | REASON | BREAK | STAY | GIVE | RAIN |

Shadorma (3 – 5 – 3 – 3 – 7 – 5)
six lines – no rhymes – multiple stanzas [your choice] – just follow meter

Give Reason

by JE Lillie

Give Reason

To the rain. Season

Of breaking

Stay silent

No more. Speak now your purpose

And return my joy.

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Weekly Writing Prompt 17: Prophetic Song For the New Year

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It is time to write my last poem of 2015. Using the Secret Keeper’s list of words I am choosing to use the Shadorma form  to sing my way into the 2016.

My necessary words this week are:  | PART | STONE | FLAW | STRICT | NOTE |

Prophetic Song For the New Year

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by JE Lillie

Still as stone

The old year sounds dead.

Flawed strict notes

Cannot be

Played again. Their parts undone,

I sing a New Year.

Flaws begin

With new notes unheard.

Unrehearsed

Parts falter.

Strict rhythms fall apart like

Water crumbling stones .

A cycle

Then more than a song

Symphony.

Flawed strict notes

My new theme a stone in place

 Part  of larger work.