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Meeting Autumn

03 Sunday Nov 2019

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autumn, beauty, believe, cleanse, doubt, dream, fall, forward, hope, leaves, light, love, poem, poetry, rain, seasons, sun

autumn dream

 

The rain falls before

the trees set aflame

a fresh cleansing

for love’s claim

 

For sunlight’s ease

shortens like the days

but remains steady

through this phase

 

The light awoke up

made us believe dreams

fears retreated, doubts cleared

and reality ripped seams

 

As we shift seasons

taking a step forward

we shed a dead layer

knowing what we move toward

 

Lively green sets aflame

beauty before death crunches

a shedding, a preparing

for fruit’s new bunches

 

 

 

 

September 23/24, 2019

American Dream

14 Monday Oct 2019

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American, American dream, choice, choices, connection, doubt, dream, honesty, hope, love, lover, poem, poetry, reality, romance, truth

Every day becomes

second chance at happiness

I choose you always

 

become what you make

the reality of your

American dream

 

Accepting the truth

honesty defeats the doubt

steadfast connection

Book Review: Becoming Mrs. Lewis

08 Saturday Dec 2018

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Becoming Mrs. Lewis, book review, BookLook, books, C.S. Lewis, Christian fiction, Christian living, dream, England, hope, joy, lost, Patti Callahan, writer

I received a copy of Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan through BookLook Bloggers.

 

After hearing some ladies in Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club discussing Becoming Mrs. Lewis, I knew I would enjoy it. A new friend of mine and I decided to read it, so I eagerly selected it as my first choice after joining BookLook. This historical fiction novel broadened my knowledge of C.S. Lewis, introduced me to his wife Joy and did not disappoint.

As Joy points out everything starts with words and acknowledges even the bible shares this truth, and her deep friendship with C.S. Lewis, who goes by Jack, begins no differently. She seeks his advice as a new Christian convert, and their letter writing turns into a regular correspondence and later a personal friendship. As a Christian unsure of how to trust God amidst difficult circumstances at home, Joy captures a feeling many have experienced to some extent. She feels lost and unsure how to move forward while still honoring God’s expectations for her. Of course she also desires to feel loved and understood. Both Joy and Jack find a depth to their friendship than broadens their understanding of theology, themselves and life. This grounds their work together as well as the family they ultimately bond.

This story delivers all I anticipated for a good novel about a historical figure who I wanted to know more. The inclusions of letters throughout the narrative gives it a personal feel, and that matches the closeness Jack and Joy feel to each other as they become best friends and work partners on books. Joy’s backstory gives a good understanding of her life and allows me to empathize with her plights. She makes a relatable character, and I find myself dreaming of going to England for some healing and writing inspiration myself. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to live in England during that time, as Lewis regularly meets with Tolkien (Tollers to his friends) and other notable writers and periodically meets with Sayers, not to mention share his literature knowledge at Oxford and Cambridge. I would love to spend a day amongst such great minds! This book gives me a glimpse into two very neat lives and makes me appreciate their writing contributions.

 

I recommend this book to anyone interested in C.S. Lewis. The writing might not hold the same level as Lewis’s, but the story does have depth that can add to your knowledge bank on such a neat figure. This isn’t my first read revolving around Lewis’s work, and it certainly won’t be the last.

Glimpses Of Possibility

15 Thursday Jan 2015

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beauty, dark, darkness, depression, dream, dreams, faith, Haiku, home, hope, love, mask, poem, poetry, possibility, potential, smile

This smile’s no mask

when I can’t possibly hide

you’ve changed my dark tide

You see beyond me

a beauty brightly deeper

what I feared steeper

Confidently soft

you’ve welcomed me home again

so I say Amen

Rosy cheeks flushing

after sharp witted comebacks

I see what I lack

Finding myself near

what I lost, I feared, I dreamed

Love’s more than I deemed

Dreams Live

07 Tuesday Oct 2014

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conversation, dream, dreams, Haiku, memory, poem, poetry

Woke up feeling sad
Conversations lingering
Dream world trickling

Wake Up

12 Friday Sep 2014

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dream, dreams, heart, loss, love, poem, poetry

All these dreams seem

To precede our waking world

Bringing us together and tearing us apart

We’re never gone when it comes to the heart

Home Sweet Home

25 Wednesday Jun 2014

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breakup, dream, forever, goodbye, home, long distance, love, love poem, poem, poetry, relationship, relationships, romance, weakness

I wake from a dream,

A place where you’re with me,

With an empty seat now beside

I must wait to see

If our waking hours

Open our eyes to

Our story forever realizing

All our life will be

Though it may come

At a greater upfront fee

The choices honors the miraculous

 

I confessed missing you

As big as the sky

When you first asked nervously

Riding that discovered high

Now we coast the clouds

In vessels we don’t fly

Can you feel it too

That ache too thorough to deny

The hesitancy a sting that relieves

In love we can still purify

When you come back home

photo courtesy of the man who flew away on this plane

photo courtesy of the man who flew away on this plane

The Living Dream

05 Thursday Jun 2014

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dream, life, love poem, poem, poetry, relationship, romance, sleep, snuggles, together

You wake up at night
Knowing in the stillness
You can’t let me go
So you pull me tight

You wrap me up
Laying in constant warmth
Together in your arms
Safe before the buildup

I awaken too
When you kiss me softly
Letting the memory linger
A touch kept after you do

I rise with the sun
Welcomed back to our dream
This life we share together
In a home we live as one

You open your eyes to me
You smile at the sight
And I’m ready for the day
Knowing I’ll come back to see

We live a dream
Better than the sleeping

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