His Glory

 

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The snow crunches beneath my feet,

As I walk down the street.

My apology I must give,

I only hope He can forgive.

This was all my fault,

With my words I launched an assault.

On this snowy day,

For His forgiveness I pray.

He gave me this beautiful scene,

Yet I was so mean.

I drop to my knees in the snow,

As my apology begins to flow.

For His mercy I ask,

So that in His glory I may bask.

© C.J. Delessio 2014

*** I used the NaPoWriMo prompt for today. For this prompt, we were to write an ekphrastic poem. For this day, it was to be a poem about a picture. I somewhat managed to do this using the above photo. This was also my first ever poem with a religious theme. It was not meant to go in that direction; it just ended up in that direction. ***

Spring Sunrise

 

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The trees sway in the breeze.

The grass glistens with dew.

The flowers are in full bloom.

The beauty brings me to my knees.

The sunrise colors the sky with a beautiful hue.

I suddenly feel no gloom.

The beauty of spring.

I am glad to share this with you.

On this day, nothing is as I assume.

A happiness is all I bring.

Spring abloom…

© C.J. Delessio 2014

*** I used today's NaPoWriMo prompt. The prompt involved writing a curtal sonnet. The curtal sonnet is shorter than the normal, fourteen line sonnet. Instead it has a first stanza of six lines, followed by a second stanza of four, and then closes with a half-line. I used the rhyming pattern of abcabc dbcd c. ***

I Dreamed A Dream

 

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I dreamed a dream,

That one day you would be mine.

I dreamed a dream,

That one day you would say you love me.

I dreamed a dream,

That one day you would wrap your arms around me.

I dreamed a dream,

That one day I would kiss your sweet face.

I dreamed a dream,

That one day you would never leave me.

I dreamed a dream,

That one day we would be happy.

I dreamed a dream,

That one day every dream would be mine.

© C.J. Delessio 2014

*** I used today's prompt from NaPoWriMo. Today's prompt involved using an anaphora. An anaphora is a literary term for the practice of repeating certain words or phrases at the beginning of multiple clauses or, in the case of a poem, multiple lines. In this poem, I repeated the line "I dreamed a dream" as well as the clause "that one day". ***