Summer savories. Stop at a farmer’s road stand. Let peach and strawberry juice drip across your lips. Sit by a campfire and read a book. I hope you’ll slow yourself long enough to fully embrace this summer season!
Poetry Pod: Water with a Taste of Sublime completes my 5-book series in the FROG Blog. I was out of my league when I ventured into poetry, and I wrote that in the book’s disclaimer. Fortunately, some well-seasoned poets offered their literary gifts to Poetry Pod and generously guided me through new waters.
Poetry Pod: Water with a Taste of Sublime features three special surprises (hint: see pages 45-49). You may get your copies at POETRY POD: Water with a Twist of Sublime by Christina M. Eder, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com) and other online bookstores.
Tender Bidding
Flow or Fixate
Weightless or Burdensome
Invite or Demand
Offer or Sacrifice
Remember or Don’t Forget
Unexpected or Bad
Divine or Coincidence
Reflect or Scrutinize
Different or Wrong
Wished or Expected
Blooms or Thorns
Butterfly or Hornet
Mutually taking flight
Which will land gently?
Pinstripes
Bright candy striper
Volunteer cheerleader smiles
Dispensing sunshine
Marching Orders
Living a standard of excellence
Without a sense of permanence
On this earthly mission field
Temporarily deployed
For 50? 70? Perhaps 100 years.
I serve on this planet’s task force
Under a General Commander’s orders.
One day I will return
To my Permanent Post
To live a higher standard of excellence
In my Eternal Home.
A wounded warrior
Waiting for complete healing
Becoming what I believe.
Readers! Your turn!
This summer, what is something new you’ve tried?
What summer activities have you, or will you, do that you haven’t done in a long time?
Sending sunbeams to all,
Christina