Poetiquejustis

Monday, March 9, 2026

Wonderfully Childish

If you carry your childhood with you

you never grow older

Abraham Sutzkever

A poem

A story

A smell

A taste

Take one and call to mind memory-

that will wipe away the years

and that's poetiquejustis

I remember the days of long ago;

I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.

Psalm 143:5

Sunday, March 8, 2026

Skyward

The bluebird carries the sky on his back

Henry David Thoreau

Take wing

Take flight

Seek morning

Seek light

Seek truth

Take wing

Take flight

and that's poetiquejustis

If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.

Psalm 139

Saturday, March 7, 2026

“All of us have schnozzles . . . if not in our faces, then in our character, minds or habits. When we admit our schnozzles, instead of defending them, we begin to laugh, and the world laughs with us."

Jimmy Durante

When I was a kid, my nose was much too large for my face

OK..not quite that bad...but you get the idea.

I did not know it, however-

Until kids started pointing it out

"the nose knows" was one of the more creative lines I heard

Eventually, I had it "fixed" and I am kind of sorry now that I did

I feel that I betrayed myself and who I was

But....it made my dad from whom I inherited that nose- feel better

Now, my teeth seem to have gone a bit crooked on me

Hooray! A second chance to be who I am

and that's poetiquejustis

Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.

Psalm 119:73

Friday, March 6, 2026

Making the Daily Delightful

The reinvention of daily life means marching off the end of the map.

Bob Black

Take the detour

Swim the moat

Choose the narrow path

Fight through the fog

Earl Nightingale said:

All you need is the plan, the road map and
the courage to press on to your destination.

                                                        That's what makes the daily delightful
                                                                   and that's poetiquejustis

   For I know the plans I have for you,"
                                                         declares the LORD,
                                                     "plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
                                                    plans to give you hope and a future."

Jeremiah 29:11

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Enter

Trust in dreams for in them is the gate to eternity.

Kahlil Gibran

Forgotten dreams

Hidden by worry

Obscured by doubt

Beyond reach

Or are they simply waiting for you

to unlock your heart

To all of your possibilities?

You hold the key.

And that's poetiquejustis

Swing wide the city gates—the righteous gates!
I’ll walk right through and thank God!
This Temple Gate belongs to God,
so the victors can enter and praise.

Psalm 118