Poetry and Writing
Prayers
When you ask God to act You must be prepared To be His vehicle.
Thoughts and Prayers
Thoughts and Prayers Are useless Without hands and feet.
Words
For words to do what they do best They cannot state the unexpressed If language gives the deepest thought Its greatest part remains untaught If dreams are spoken, not implied You can be sure the speaker lied Or he has been some gift denied For every human heart is...
I heard the Robins Wake the Dawn – The Villanelle
As day was coming, dousing dark with grays And sun rose, nagging night to move along I heard the robins wake the dawn with praise The new beginning swept the yesterdays Into the black abyss where nights belong As day was coming, dousing dark with grays The falcons...
The Lady Dances To the Violin
"O wad some powr the giftie gie us" ... Robert Burns The lady dances to the violin She strives to win her gallant paramour While lightly, lightly bobs her double chin. Her slippers tripping, marking each refrain Gently placed, in order, on the floor: The lady dances...
I Heard the Robins Wake the Dawn – The Sonnet
I heard the robins wake the dawn with praise As beak to beak the mothers feed their young In joy they sing to greet the rising sun Erasing memories of cold yesterdays Bright colors paint the shadows and the grays A warm response to the joyous song Taking pleasure in...
New Beatitude
Blessed are the rebellious spirits For they shall be agents of change
Invocation
To my kinsman the mallard Because it is our lot to choose Between being the game and the prey © Julia Varnell-Sarjeant 2011
Dilemma
I do not tell you our love is gone Not because I'm afraid it will hurt you But because I'm afraid it will not. © Julia Varnell-Sarjeant 2011
Not about the babies
It’s not about the babies Although they are compelling With their tiny fingers And curling toes And soft cooing voices If it was about the babies They would care what happened Once they took that first breath Or at least past The doctor’s slap and that first cry If it...