Poetry on the Sly

Timer photo by r.nial.bradshaw, from Flickr

Poetry on the Sly

I am late for poetry;

beyond time for words,

rhythm and rhyme.

This verse is beyond me.

I am late for poetry.

Take the point as it is,

without the symmetry.


© March 22, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

Warehouses of Steel

Hays Galleria / roof, photo by George Rex

Warehouses of Steel

Warehouses of steel

Flash by windows

Light flickers

Protruding through pine

Working tough through time

© December 30, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

Fields of Gold

Golden Field, photo by Axel Schwenke

Fields of Gold

Coronas in mid-morning-cold

Speeding past fields blowing bold

Spinning straw into gold


© December 30, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

Anticipation

Anticipation, photo by Rebecca L. Daily from Flickr

Anticipation

Holding

Hands

Open

Need

Desire

Empty

Craving

Hungry

Anticipating

© February 19, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

Noticed

Coffee Shop, photo by edenpictures from Flickr

Noticed

We locked eyes

Momentarily

As you scanned

The room

Full of people

Awaiting a moment

Lingering and expecting

Anticipating

The door jingled

And he walked through

Your expression said it all

As you passed by

Noticed

For the first time

© February 12, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

Hope

Hope, photo by mrsdkrebs from Flickr

“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” –Hebrews 11:1

Hope

Hope

She hangs on

Until tomorrow

Hope is assured

Of time borrowed

Hope

Is exacted in faith

That tomorrow

Will relinquish

Its sorrow

© February 11, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”  –Hebrews 11:6 

Words of Gray

Cracked Earth Seamless Texture, 
photo by Patrick Hoesly from Flickr

Words of Gray

The words you uttered

Caused my heart to bleed

And you to leave

Echoes swarm the mind

Of words not spoken

Only what was assumed

As you walked away

And dispersed into gray

© February 8, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

Sidestep

EVADE, photo by Big Ed Mustapha, from Flickr

Sidestep

If I’m shifty

Eyed

Would you

Let it slide

If I’d elude

Would it be

Misconstrued

If you’d reflect

And I’m

Circumspect

Don’t reject

If you’d persuade

And I’d evade

Would you’ve stayed

If things were eschew

Would you

Know what to do

If we circumvent

We’ll never know

What it meant

© January 21, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

Blue

Weird Blue Dot, photo by awshots, Richard from Flickr

Blue

Melancholy

Uttering regret

Despondency

In response to you

Enveloped by blue

© March 5, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

All is Yours

Give Up, photo by bk2204, brian carlson, from Flickr

All is Yours

Since all is yours

Who are we—we are nothing

Nothing to look at—nothing to see

Since all is yours

We give generously

Pour out abundantly

Since all is yours

We give nothing

From our own hand

Since all is yours

We are beholden to you and

Are at your command

© March 16, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

"But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.”
–1 Chronicles 29:14

What Love Does

Rose Man, photo by Peachy Weasel from Flickr

What Love Does

Her timid laugh

Only perpetuated

My insecurities.

Like a shy little puppy dog

I stood there, rose in hand,

Seeking forgiveness,

Because that’s what love does.

© April 4, 2013, Robbie Pruitt