Tag Archives: Poetry
BARREN WASTELAND
Barreness means without life or unproductive. In this Advent Season, let’s focus NOT on the things that fill time, take our energy, destroy our joy, but rather on the fulfillment of God’s promises to us. Don’t let the busyness of … Continue reading
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER
POETRY BY KATHY BOECHER A sister is a person you can love with all your might, She’ll do most anything for you. You trust her with your life. The best true friend you’ll ever have, she’ll never let you down … Continue reading
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX
ART & POETRY BY PAUL T. & KATHY BOECHER© Bathed in a buttery softness of golden light, Touched ever so lightly with God’s own breath, A powerful creature pads across the horizon, Burnished antlers glistening, Exhalation visible in the early … Continue reading
IN A FOG
ART & INSPIRATION FROM PAUL & KATHY BOECHER The opaque murkiness of an impenetrable sky surrounds you. Your mind swirls with empty thoughts. You feel alone, lost, unapproachable, frightened. There is nothing but an enclosing darkness that makes your mind … Continue reading
BATHED IN NEW LIFE
Oppressive, steamy, heavy air, filling the atmosphere with mugginess. Your body perspires, your clothes stick to your body, you seek relief. As rain falls and is absorbed back into the sky, the circle continues, Until the clouds are emptied and … Continue reading
DAY OF REST
POETRY BY KATHY BOECHER©, Weary of the noise of media attention, Exhausted by virtuous and often untrue claims, Troubled hearts cling to greater intervention, Longing for refreshment from the flames, Looking up is what we need for our salvation, God alone brings peace … Continue reading
GROW OLD WITH ME
We join our hands together, Hands that have grown wrinkled and leathered with time, Still the touch of your skin against mine delights and excites, The broken, withered digits, which over time have grown weary, The tightness of your grip, … Continue reading
HALLOWEEN HIGH JINX
Two years ago, my costume wardrobe was huge. I still have a few boxes up in the attic of the garage, but for some reason, when I’m called upon to locate a costume or find one for myself, I come … Continue reading
YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD …
Shriveled skin with no elasticity, Still sparkling eyes embedded in a sea of flab, Bags and creases uncommonly placed between, Hair coming from places it has never before been, Lack of hair in other areas, Creaking bones, fragile joints, Sagging, thin, easily … Continue reading
MOTHER, DID YOU KNOW?
I’ve spent the last couple weeks getting well. I’m on the road to recovery, but each time I get sick in these later years of life, I can’t help but think about my mother. She was a remarkable woman, with … Continue reading
AN UNEXPECTED PREGNANCY
POETRY BY KATHY BOECHER© You came to a world filled with darkness and sin, You loved us devoutly without and within, His love conquered all through a child meek and small, Dear, God, Your Son came and He died for … Continue reading
RIGHTEOUS BLOOD
Faces and heads shrouded in black, Too cowardly to show themselves, Thoughts of waging a righteous war, Against those who don’t believe as they do, Brainwashed into thinking they are doing this for their god, Misdirected, searching, groping … Continue reading
MISTY WATERCOLORED MEMORIES
ART & INSPIRATION FROM KATHY BOECHER© There’s something magic about painting with watercolors. You begin by moistening a piece of paper, dipping your paintbrush into color, dropping the color onto the page and watching the magic begin. Like a Rorschach … Continue reading
LOVING SHEPHERD
Yesterday was Good Shepherd Sunday. When I started blogging three years ago, someone posted this beautiful poem so if it was you, come forward and take credit. It defines our Savior, Jesus to perfection. He laid down His life for … Continue reading
NEW LIFE
ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY KATHY BOECHER© The dark days of winter have finally passed, a new day awakes with the sun, The earth now gives way to the greening of grass, the squirrels are all on the run, A robin is perched on a … Continue reading
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICK!
“I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin’s; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.” Michelangelo On … Continue reading
WORTH THE WAIT
ART & INSPIRATION FROM KATHY BOECHER© This painting is now living in the home of a good friend Waiting patiently to see what nature has in store for us in our new “old” house. Since we moved in October, we only … Continue reading
LEAD ON
Originally posted on atimetoshare.me 1/22/15 by Kathy Boecher My life is filled with twists and turns, with bumps along the path. A crooked road that’s filled with holes – reminders of God’s wrath. The way becomes corrupted with thorns and … Continue reading
DEATH HAS NO DOMINION
ORIGINAL POETRY BY KATHY BOECHER© When death approaches our front door, it seems a dreadful thought, But just imagine what’s in store. With Angels we’ll be brought. The gates of heaven opened wide, the throne of God we’ll see. … Continue reading
YOU ARE A MASTERPIECE
ORIGINAL ART & INSPIRATION BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER “While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die – whether it is our spirit, our creativity or … Continue reading
