Out on the Horizon

Horizon, photo by Angie Chung, from Flickr, Creative Commons, April 15, 2014

Out on the Horizon

Out on the horizon
beyond light’s bend
and the water’s end
all will transcend

© February 3, 2017, Robbie Pruitt

Determination

Take Courage, photo by S Khan, from Flickr, Creative Commons

This National Poetry Month I will be posting a sequence of poems, written last year and this year, for others in a series called Giving Poetry. In this series, people request a poem using a title, specific words, concepts, or ideas. After writing the poem, I send it to them, posting it on Facebook and on my blog. This is Giving Poetry.

Determination

Determination: for Darlene

Determined,
she faces the night,
with grit and grace,
to face the fright.


© February 5, 2015, Robbie Pruitt

Mullions

Window Through the View Finder, 
photo from Flickr, by BotheredByBees

Mullions

Darkness falls nightly.

At dawn, as morning breaks,

The sunrise is framed

Light shines brightly

Through the window

Eliminating darkness’ shadow

Casting crosses in silhouette

Allowing hope’s expression to show

In shifting patterns of morning’s glow


© August 15, 2014, Robbie Pruitt

Illumined

Ruby Light Bleed I, photo by liquid night

“When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’” –John 8:12

Illumined

The Light bled the darkness

And took it for all it was worth.

Illuminating shadows—

Igniting new birth.


© February 25, 2014, 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

Hierophany

Photo of florescent light bulb 

Courtesy of Joseph Bataille, © 2013

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“The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.” –John 1:5

Hierophany

Facing into a new night

Darkness

Did not comprehend

The Light

Facing into a new Light

Facing into a new Light

Light

Did not comprehend

The Darkness

Facing into a new night

© March 1, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

This poem was submitted to Open Link Night at dVerse Poets on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. To see more poems submitted, please visit the site. The links will be live at 2 p.m. Central time on Tuesday. Check “Mr. Linky” for this week’s poems.