A Postcard Wave

A Postcard Wave

from Sue to Dave

©2017 Susan Noyes Anderson

Just jotting down a word or two

to let you know that I love you

and miss you, too, if truth were told.

(The bathroom grout is sprouting mold.)

Just blowing kisses o'er the sea,

hoping you'll blow some back at me.

I've also blown a bit of cash.

(Got super bored and drained our stash.)

No need to fret. I'm A-OK.

Don't hurry home and save the day.

I'm muddling along just fine.

(Wait! When's that income tax deadline?)

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What Will We Give?

What Will We Give?

©2017 Susan Noyes Anderson

The Savior in Gethsemane

consumed our sins on bended knee,

took every sorrow, every loss

and broke them on the rough-hewn cross.

Christ sealed His gift in grief and pain,

renewed each heart in sacred rain

of Living Water, lifeblood spilled.

The ransom, paid. The law, fulfilled.

His temples pierced by thorny crown,

He laid His tortured body down.

The sacred flesh, abused and torn,

roused heaven and earth to weep, to mourn.

The tomb received Him as her own;

disciples wavered, left alone,

forgetting promises profound:

The ties of death would be unbound.

For Christ the Lord atoned for all;

no grave could hold Him, nor forestall

the blessings of eternity.

He lived! He lives! to set men free.

A Brother gave Himself in love.

The risen Lord now waits above.

What will we give? May our lives be

reflections of His charity.

Happy Easter!

He is risen!! 

=)

The Path of Peace

The Path of Peace

©2017 Susan Noyes Anderson

I love those peaceful moments of the heart

when mind and spirit finally run free,

the fleeting moments, seldom set apart,

when every soul is stilled to breathe, to be.

The quiet morning, jeweled in drops of dew,

the dusk as sunset colors fade to gray,

the mountaintop with wildflower view,

the friendly clouds to float each fear away.

A white dove calls; an eagle takes the sky.

A raindrop freshens bits of budding spring.

The redwood tree sends branches reaching high.

Soft sweetgrass waves its welcome, beckoning.

Across the earth, the beauty is profound:

serenity and nature, hand in hand.

The senses rise in sight and scent and sound,

collecting peace from grove to sea to sand.

And yet, absent the grace and power of God,

no wave would crest, no blossom bless the air.

It is His path of peace that all must trod,

and He waits patiently to lead us there.

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Touchstones

Touchstones

©2017 Susan Noyes Anderson

A rock is sure, reliable,

predictable and sane.

Its nature, set in solid stone,

shows little wax or wane.

Whatever changes must evolve

spread out across the years.

No shock and awe, no sudden swoon

when something new appears.

 Its smooth and soothing sturdiness

feels pleasing to the hand,

so cool against a fevered palm,

so warm in summer sand.

The properties are plain to see;

the texture sleek or rough.

This friend-that-can-be-counted-on

is tested, tried, and tough.

A rock seems an unlikely ally.

Keep one at the ready.

When all the world is shifting shapes,

a touchstone holds you steady.

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