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It is pouring rain.
Here I sit in hope not felt
Yet I still believe.
I have not placed my fingers
In the holes . . . yet He filled mine.
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By Martha L Shaw – © 2013
His Fix-It Shop For the Heart – A Tanka
March 30, 2019
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AGAPE
October 9, 2018Here I am awake;
alone on a moonlit night.
I hunger for love
and then unseen arms hold me.
Ah, your ever present love!
By Martha L Shaw – ©2018
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IMAGE OF GOD
July 7, 2018
I stand on the shore.
Low tide twinkles like diamonds!
When the time is right,
The tide comes in – high, mighty . . .
Yet beautiful just the same!
By Martha L Shaw – © 2018
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I FAIL AS A GARDENER, BUT WITH HELP …
June 27, 2016
De Colores – A Tanka Poem
Life in black and white.
Weeds grow in Eden’s Garden.
Original sin.
God’s compassion . . . Jesus Christ.
Garden blooms, living color!
by Martha L Shaw Copyright July 27, 2012
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TWINKLING OF HOPE
March 21, 2016The darkness of night
stares at me through my window
but it holds no fear.
for, though the moon is hidden
hope – that tiny star – remains!
By Martha L Shaw – © 2016
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SING ON!
March 12, 2016Bird on a tree branch,
do you think you sing off key?
One who knows your heart
could never believe it so,
hearing only joyful noise.
By Martha L Shaw – © 2016
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Soul Food
January 8, 2015Winter’s chill outside
Cannot change the warmth inside,
placed there by your love.
As I think of Living Bread
I will bake, then break and share.
By Martha L Shaw – © 1-8-2015
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My Longing Heart – A Tanka
January 5, 2015Hope, like a candle,
Warms the one blessed to hold it . . .
Casting away fear.
Darkness of heart has gone now . . .
replaced with heavenly light!
By Martha L Shaw – © 1-5-2015
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Grace – A Tanka
January 4, 2015Ah, wilted leaves
Drop from the poinsettia
Resolve so fleeting
Still, we know the dove descends
King . . . crown . . . hill . . . tree . . . VICTORY!
By Martha L Shaw – © 1-4-2015
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At The Crossroads
April 30, 2013
With my heart pounding
I face the dark passageway
And must make a choice . . .
Shall I retreat filled with dread
Or seek opportunity?
By Martha L Shaw – © 4-30-2013
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