Roadside Flowers

A philosopher once asked, "Where is God?" 
The Christian answered, 
Let me first ask you, where is he not?"

John Arrowsmith

Along the roadside 

A stream of flowers flutter and fly in the wind 

Looking as if a flower shop's delivery truck 

Has sprung a leak,

As if an artist dribbled every color

On the wayside grass

Too intent on painting to notice,

Spring showers splashed and the colors ran

Sun streamed down and the dropped blossoms

Multiplied;  

So without any cooking at all

I feast on soul food.

Sentinels

We may ignore but never evade

 the presence of God. 

The world is crowded with Him. He walks 

everywhere incognito.

C.S. Lewis

Sentinels

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Like sentinels guarding over the garden

Bearded watchmen stand tall and silent,

Vigilant in the early afternoon sunlight, 

Green swords ready at their sides.

Lily-Pops

The earth laughs in flowers.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Like a fistful of orange lollipops,

A gift from the earth,

Satin lilies pop out of fat buds.

Wave in the spring breeze

So sweet you can smell sugar about them

Fanciful and fun enough

To make us all feel like kids

Seeing them open, fresh-made

By the hands of God.

Silent Beauty

All God's greatest works are silent...Nature rose 
under the Almighty hand without clang or clamor, 

or noises that distract and disturb.

 Andrew Martin Fairbairn

Silent as growing grass

Silent as the noonday sun

As moonlight falling over the meadow

Silent as the sky after the storm

Silent as an earnest prayer 

Silent as color, as shadows, as dawn

Silent as a whisper hushed

Whites dance on air 

Purse yellow lips in my direction

And smile—silent still.

Pink Laughing

Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.

Leon Henri Marie Bloy

Like cherry syrup poured into fluted glasses

Ruffled-lipped joy-filled tulips invite me to laugh with them

Glow pink like a early summer sunrise

Pink to mix with gold and green, swirl and splash

With blue sky for a perfectly happy day.