Another Porch ...A Poetry Blog

Last night, due to fog etc. the older half of our small group was unable to be present and I was the only oldie, (because the host home was ...

  "Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Phil.4:4-6 (read the whole glorious chapter HERE ) Re...

The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want. Ps.23:1 Joy, in its finest form Pales in the light of Want Contentment takes the heart by storm An...

  If I should dare to wander where the feet of angels fear to tread And yield to worlds that want unfurls with abandon inside my head Then, ...

This excerpt from the message below moved me to tears... Oh! that this would be my true ambition. Christian contentment is the direct fruit ...

PAD Challenge day 11- Write a form poem, and/or... Write an anti-form poem. Anyone who knows me well knows I love the traditional style of f...

I sat in the garden for a little while this afternoon soaking in the sights, sounds and smells of fading August... No longer restless with a...

Day 20 PAD Challenge : For today's prompt, write a six words-challenge poem. 6 words are: Content, Double, Guide, Meet, Pump, Suit Red-b...

Life is beautiful (even in the broken) Is it not the broken that enhances the beauty?! (see end of post for update on my niece) Life is not ...

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,  as working for the Lord, not for human masters,   since you know that you will receive an ...

Oh Lord, our Father, how uncertain we would ever be Without the confidence we have by simply trusting Thee We do not need the a...