by Deb Farris | Mar 25, 2023 | Devotions
A song through the wind to my ears. Robin withdraws from spatting sparrows to tiptoe through white air. Wordless, sparks in mist, crystal airwaves of the morning sky land on my hood. I sense your presence, unseen and formless. Or is it here I see you? Low branches,...
by Deb Farris | Feb 4, 2023 | Devotions
A breath, a breeze, a wave frozen in time. A seagull sketched above the horizon then erased. A thought, a word. A memory lingers and fades. Morning walk, the eye— the lamp of the body as Nature speaks, distilling Deity. A trunk, a twig. A nest rests precariously. In...
by Deb Farris | Jan 22, 2023 | Devotions, Poetry
Drenched in water too weighty to rise, teetering on a precipice above the currents of the deep, Elements floating, stirring, are swirled into perfect harmony– Out of reach, a prayer remains Unanswered. One move too soon, it could sink. So we wait. Buoyant in...
by Deb Farris | Jan 12, 2023 | Devotions, Haiku, Poetry
Why Jeremiah? I woke up thinking about Jeremiah, the Weeping Prophet. He Was all ready to quit when God asked him something Like this: do you want To race with the crowd or run With Horses? What does That mean? I doubt it Was about fame or fortune. He was weary. Yet,...
by Deb Farris | Dec 22, 2022 | Advent, Devotions, Nature, Uncategorized
Joy, how do we meet with you? How are you made manifest In the fury? Where do you begin and, tell me, Will you ever end? Are you like the broken iceberg Weighted by the storm, loosened From the shore, now set afloat and free? Or are you like the waves that make...