Just some thoughts...

Every day, as I write Poetiquejustis, I pray it will be a blessing to someone.
Today, I hope it is you.






Friday, June 27, 2025

A Touch of the Poet


I  look in vain for the poet that  I describe .

R W Emerson
I want every verse in life to rhyme
I want every flower to be eulogized
 for what they gave
I want every sunset committed to memory
and I want every life to be recognized for the meaning it has had
I want the Poet
to be as revered as the warrior
and the warrior to immortalized by the poet
 
That would would be the anthem we could all sing 
That is poetic justice
 
and that, in fact,
is poetiquejustis
Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord and the power of His might
Ephesians 6:10

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Don't Climb Every Mountain

 

One way to get high blood pressure
 is to go mountain climbing over molehills. 
                                                                    Earl Wilson

                     There are people who can turn a bowl of cold cereal
                                                   in to a three act play
everything is a crisis
a struggle
 They are always heading in to the wind




In 55 AD, the Roman historian Tacitus said:
We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, 
and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.


 Knowing the difference makes all the difference

and that's poetiquejustis 
“For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
 2 Timothy 1:7

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

You-Niquely You

 

I like imperfections
Queen Latifah


A perfect road the holds no turns
 holds no surprises
 and what is life without a few surprises


A perfect face that has no lines
 perhaps has hosted too few smiles
and what is life without a thousand smiles?

Not everything that is beautiful would the world call"perfect"

Cookies from the store are perfect...all the same...all uniform...

and homemade cookies may not be

But they sure make the house smell perfectly homey while they are baking

 We have learned to love some things that are not quite perfect
 let's add to the list-
so that today does not look just like yesterday.....
I wish you a perfectly imperfect day
full of the little oddities that make each day
and you
Perfectly you-nique!
and that's poetiquejustis

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

What Tells the Tale

 

Success is the sum of the details
Harry Firestone
The little things you remember
To say
To do
To be
To love
Those are the details
That tell the tale
Of you
That's quite a story!
and that's poetiquejustis
He who is faithful in the least, is also faithful in much
Luke 16:10

Monday, June 23, 2025

Naturally

 

Human Nature is what we were put on this earth
to rise above
Katherine Hepburn in The African Queen
the journey
That which we understand
 and that which we never will
It is always best to rise above that which would
hold you back
and that's poetiquejustis
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
Colossians 3:2

Sunday, June 22, 2025

A Good Laugh

 

"Laughter is the sun

 that drives winter from the human face."

Victor Hugo

Laughing takes courage


It tells the world you are brave enough 

not to be worried about being taken seriously



Laughter takes caring

It is spreading a little sunshine where it might just be needed



Laughter is a song that everyone can sing


It is a poem that everyone can write


It is a gift that everyone can give

Mark Twain said: The world has one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
 Today, arm yourself with laughter- 

and don't carry it concealed!
and that's poetiquejustis
You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound. 
Psalm 4:7

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Knowing Your Lines

 

My life has a superb cast but I can't figure out the plot
 ~Ashleigh Brilliant


My life has been blessed with


some of the most brilliant



talented


people in the world


But I still spend half my time


Trying to figure it all out


Anyone have a script?
 for this three act play called life?
That's my question
and that's poetiquejustis 

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Psalm 23:6