Tag Archives: palming psalms

Two, too Quickly

Posted on November 8, 2022 by whimsygizmo

‘ku (dos) for the sky in praise of stars sharp shards of sea glass in a broken open sky,scattered deep as sighs :: palming psalms O, the awe of trees waving limbs to sacred blue aching to know the sun’s fire ::Quickly day 8.

Posted in Miz Q Prompts, November Chapbook 2022 | Tagged haiku, ku, limbs, palming psalms, Quickly, sea glass, sky poems, sky songs, trees | 4 Comments

open palms

Posted on November 6, 2019 by whimsygizmo

.. we raise our eyes to sky and beg the dawn to …….(warn) warm us, swarm us in a buzz of long-bewildered song: more hope, less sting. see, here’s the thing: either way, i’ll stand here ………arms akimbo, palming psalms. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Asides Chapbook Challenge 2019, scribbling storms, storms | Tagged November Chapbook Challenge 2019, palming psalms, scribbling storms | Leave a comment

gratitude

Posted on February 1, 2018 by whimsygizmo

i palm psalms with an open heart. read “grace me!” and know you know me, bloom my hands for today’s gifts. that crackled blue moon’s got a mind of her own, melting soft into mountain flesh. she’ll return tonight, … Continue reading →

Posted in moon poems | Tagged 28 Days of Self-Love, 3-line poems, blue moon, fairy lights, gratitude, moon, on gratitude, palming psalms, pencil on paper, Psalm 4, twinkle | 6 Comments

all ye, lands

Posted on March 21, 2017 by whimsygizmo

(a palmed psalm) .. make ….(take, fake) a joyful noise (snicker, scream, sing) …………..unto the Lord (the morning, the mourning, ………..this crazy rising sun.) ..

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged joyful noises, palming psalms, Psalm 100, risen Son, rising sun, tiny poems | 1 Comment

Breathing Room

Posted on February 1, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. Make a ceiling of this sky, indigo in all its glory. Embrace the bound -aries of this room, this infinite space, this place we’ve been given to inhale and exhale and grow to know our -selves, each other. Gather … Continue reading →

Posted in poetic asides poems | Tagged bees, build bridges not walls, gathering stones, hiccups, hum, palming psalms, peace, poetic asides poems, seize the day, sky songs, stones unthrown, the gossip of stars, too much world | 4 Comments

Breathing Blue & Palming Psalms

Posted on May 23, 2016 by whimsygizmo

Give her a Lake, some aching shade of blue. A place to glue her eyes to the horizon, and wait for the sun to meet her equilibrium gaze. Bare feet. A quiet sheet of white, waiting for song. A long … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bare feet, breathing in blue, haibun, haibun monday, Lake ache, Lake of the sky, Lake poems, Lake Tahoe, moonstones, palming psalms, seaglass, Selah | 29 Comments

Sea Song

Posted on April 26, 2016 by whimsygizmo

(for Justin) .. Come, grow old with me in a salty shanty by the broken sea. I’ll braid my hair, silver as moon sliver. You’ll hold my papered hands between your own. We’ll watch our children, grown (and children … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged April PAD 2016, for Justin, palming psalms, Poetic Asides prompts, sea poems, sea shanty | 6 Comments

High Ate Us

Posted on April 14, 2016 by whimsygizmo

He’s solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul. – Psalm 62:2 .. Sometimes we are consumed by gleeful contentment of our own making. Forsaking reality, we opt for places we can breathe, adopt a new philosophy, … Continue reading →