Rich's Poetry Blog

This is just a little haiku I wrote in just a couple of minutes at work. I missed seeing my wife this morning (I didn't want to wake her), but want her to know I love her. I know I feel more complete when she feels like we are unified or 'one' as a couple. And I pray she may have peace through Christ, which pretty much always helps us when we aren't feeling exactly unified. So I tried to wrap that into a haiku for her. Morning Haiku for Angie My life is complete When my Love feels united His peace make you whole

It's been quite a while since I have written anything in this blog - my apologies. However, I was visiting a family in my church ('home teaching' for those who know what that is) a couple of months ago and their younger son mentioned writing poetry. I let him know I sometimes wrote poetry and he asked if I would write him a poem. I asked what he would like me to write a poem about and he quickly replied, "prayer." So, this is the poem I wrote for Cameron on prayer. I wanted it to be something that was simple enough to be a child's prayer, yet represent important elements of prayer within it.  Thank you, Cameron, for asking me to write about prayer in this way. Cameron's Poem on Prayer I close my eyes, my hands held tight And pray to God with all my might. I thank Thee, God, for all You give For family, friends, for all that lives, For prophets, teachers, leaders too Who help me learn the truth from You. Help me be good when it ...