Posts by Joshua

Dank and dark and absent moonlit glow Crept through cavern stone walls. Warrior bent on escape driven by terror Robbed of sleep by a tyrannical foe. At last succumbed to the farthest…

When my siblings and I were still very young, our mother nurtured a robust collection of large tropical house plants. It was still the early eighties, and this common decor trend remained…

Call it inspiration from some ancient muse The spell was broken on that corner pew As the words of the prophet spoke to you A last sigh was taken Unseen and forgotten…

“Mind your own business!” So goes the common retort. Typically spoken in moments of heated discussion, childish quarrels, or hot political debates, it’s a very common way of expressing disgust when someone…

Thoughts fail akin to words as drops add to oceans wide. Dust motes supplant the dirt as grains of sand hold the tide. Reason of care provides no cure consider more to…

“What does pliable mean, Daddy?” My youngest daughter asked. “It means to easily bend or be persuaded to do something” I replied. Her inquiry was sparked by having heard the name of…

Stop and listen to the stanza of time chiming on the distant plain. Echoes of mercy mingle with terror remembered yet now forgotten. The lantern pierces through the grime that sordid utterance…

In the fifty-first chapter of the book of Psalms, we discover a poem expressing a profound statement of timeless wisdom. The psalmist declared, “Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,…”…

Sunrise calls to our slumbered minds what more said a thousand poems writ. An ode to the dawn countless mystics sung will a new phrase grant light to the morn? Orb of…

Few passages of scripture conjure more passion and vivid depictions of true love between two people than those found in Song of Songs. Though scholars debate it's origin, most attribute this eloquently…