by Jody Lee Collins | May 10, 2023 | My Poems
“They came out of the tombs and after Jesus’ resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.” Matthew 27:52,53 There it was buried, just a short paragraph News so astounding I...
by Jody Lee Collins | Jan 10, 2023 | My Poems
Tabby in the sunlight stares while I fix my eyes, watching him watch, alert to any stirring that would ensure life is present– a whisker, a whisper, anything to reveal even one breath of sure thing in spite of what he sees. I wait, too, for that subtle...
by Jody Lee Collins | Oct 8, 2021 | My Poems
God with us in the broken place. E manu el, Yahweh whose hand steadies and steers us while we lift our face. Prayers rise. We cannot transform a heart but we can tend and feed the bodies housing hope, care for roses, prune and weed, wash and fold, clothe the people...
by Jody Lee Collins | Jul 8, 2021 | Life & Faith, My Poems
I swerved around a swallowtail today, its goldblackblue mosaic translated across the glass and gone. Street’s curbed outline caught the corner of my eye as the colorburst startled me to noticing, awakened me to a sight just past the neighbors. A sudden glimpse of...
by Jody Lee Collins | May 30, 2020 | My Poems
Blue Door Sapphire welcome says hello at the start of day I walk and wonder. Wisteria Dropping amethyst Translucent emerald trailing Reflected treasures Haiku for Spring Drops of see through gems moisture gift drips slowly down Silvered honesty. Accompaniment Devoted...
by Jody Lee Collins | May 19, 2020 | My Poems
Birds, their tones both winged and bright Harmonize from branches out of sight Know their parts, score memorized Flash and zoom before my eyes. Soprano, alto, second, bass Throaty praises from branchy place Echo, float, reverberate A pause, then celebrate Mornings’...
