Tag Archives: Art & Poetry by Paul & Kathy Boecher
SOLITUDE
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Where is that simple, quiet place, that you’ve been longing for, Is it within your own backyard or at your own front door, It can be the peaceful beauty, we hold within our hand, … Continue reading
INTERIOR TURMOIL
Depression and suicide seem to go hand in hand. Sometimes getting to the bottom of a problem requires letting go of it. Sometimes we need to share our thoughts with others. Sometimes we have to look for the signs and … Continue reading
BUILT ON SOLID GROUND
ART & POETRY FROM PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© An edifice of solid rock, kissed by the waves below, A fortress carved by God’s own hand, His power He does show, Yet within that stone embankment, a quiet peace does live, A … Continue reading
CRUSHED
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© It begins as cold, hardened, ice, Glistening in the crevices of mountain glaciers, Slowly the heat of the sun brings relief, It melts under the warmth of it, Becoming free from the … Continue reading
EVEN ON THE DARKEST DAY
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© A life once filled with loneliness, a heart that seemed like stone, Has turned to Christ and all at once, that life is not alone, To walk without the Son of God … Continue reading
TWO TREES
Revelation 22:14 – Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© In the … Continue reading
REFRESHMENT
ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Though fears assail and haunt me, my Jesus will be there, He knows my every weakness, He feels my every care, Through valleys dark He leads me, He’s always at my … Continue reading
THIS OLD HOUSE
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© A solid base with bones still strong. A place where love and peace belong, A fortress from the outside noise. A buttress which retains our joys, The inner walls are cracked and dry. Like … Continue reading
A NATION, UNDER GOD
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© As the heat of the day pours down, and the children laugh and play, As grills sizzle with barbecue, cars fill up the interstate, We are drawn to the lakes and streams to be … Continue reading
REMINDERS OF THE COST
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© They called it Decoration Day so many years ago, We’d dress our bikes with crepe paper to let our neighbors know, Our pride was in the best place yet for anyone to … Continue reading
IF MY PEOPLE …
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I … Continue reading
WHAT DO YOU SEE? PART 5
– ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© When we judge by the things we see, our opinions may be wrong, With just the outward appearance, we’re merely tagging along, Our vision is blurred by our thoughts, our judgment … Continue reading
WHAT DO YOU SEE – PART 4
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” Henry David Thoreau We always strive to tell the truth, but it can be so hard, When asked for our true opinion, … Continue reading
MISS YOU, MOM
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© The vision of your loveliness is etched within my heart, My memories imprinted there, I don’t know where to start, I know that I was loved by you, with an unending love, … Continue reading
HE’S GOT OUR BACK
e ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Through darkest times and deepest fears, He watches from above, His wide spread wings encompass us, with His protective love, He fights off every enemy, with might and power strong, He … Continue reading
IT’S GOING TO BE OK …
cons ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Ice melts and trickles down mountain streams, Into the waiting arms of valleys below, Swiftly it carries needed nourishment, To anxious, dormant life, Filling it with animation and growth, Soon once … Continue reading
EXPRESSION
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© ORIGINAL ART BY PAUL T. BOECHER & POETRY BY KATHY BOECHER© When fears and worries are so real, We sometimes wonder why we feel, The pangs of deep depression. The weight’s extreme – … Continue reading
STILL WE STAND
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© The old flour mill stands beside the rolling Mississippi River, An icon, once thriving, once useful – A place where industry grew a small town into a great city, A testament to … Continue reading
GROUNDED
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© A tangled mass of long spindly fingers, reach out desperately,, Longing for the life giving, thirst quenching desire to survive, Roots, once deeply entrenched, now surface and meander through the muck, Facing obstacles unknown, yet … Continue reading
COMFORT
ART & POETRY FROM PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Encased with brush and branches, a refuge holds you tight, The world is far away, you’re hidden from its sight, The fear you hold inside, adrenaline excites, But comfort still you harbor there, it holds you … Continue reading
