Tenuous
Tread lightly
Upon my heart
Burden slightly
Insecurity
Comes nightly
© January 17, 2013,
Robbie Pruitt
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Pour
Pouring Liquid Gold,
photo by The Puzzler
Pour
Soaked in
Love
Filled within
Then poured
Out again
“But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,
he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his
mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy
Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so
that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope
of eternal life.” –Titus 3:4-7
This poem, Pour, was submitted to Open Link Night at dVerse Poets on Tuesday, August 20, 2013. To
see more poems submitted to Open Link Night, please visit the site
here. The links will be live at 2 p.m. Central time on Tuesday. Check “Mr.
Linky” for this
week’s poems.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Nativity
Nativity
The Church
Has left
The building
Birthed from
Demolition
To Immanuel
No building
To contain
The Almighty
Omnipresent
To dwell
The building
Has left
The Church
Free from
Enclosure
God is with us
Spirit
In the hearts
Of humanity
Like Dove
Will perch
© August 1, 2013, Robbie Pruitt
This poem, Nativity, was submitted to Open Link Night at dVerse Poets on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. To
see more poems submitted to Open Link Night, please visit the
site here. The links will be live at 2 p.m. Central time on Tuesday. Check
“Mr.
Linky” for this
week’s poems.
My friend Michael Bixler is an excellent photographer, artist, writer, videographer and “adventurer” who took the
photo above, Church of the Nativity Demo at 11th & Mt Vernon. Like much of
his work, it captivated me and inspired the poem Nativity. Bixler has provoked
me to poetry with Motel
and Ghost Lake back in
October of 2012, with his photo Late
Autumn Epiphany in November, and with Homage back in
December of 2012. I am a huge fan of his work and am grateful he allows me to
use his art as my muse. To see more of Michael Bixler’s work, click here, here,
or here.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Simply
Time and Space, photo
by Brisbane
Falling, from Flickr
Simply
I embrace
Time
With you
© March 1, 2013, Robbie Pruitt
This poem, Simply, was submitted to Open Link Night at dVerse Poets on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. To
see more poems submitted to Open Link Night, please visit the site
here. The links will be live at 2 p.m. Central time on Tuesday. Check “Mr.
Linky” for this
week’s poems.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Starting Out
Starting Out
Just begin
Start out
From where
You are
And go
To where
You will end
Just begin
© March 14, 2013, Robbie Pruitt
This poem was submitted to Open Link Night at dVerse Poets on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. To
see more poems submitted to Open Link Night, please visit the site
here. The links will be live at 2 p.m. Central time on Tuesday. Check “Mr.
Linky” for this week’s
poems.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Coffee Bean
Coffee Bean
From bean to brew
The roast, the grind,
The water—
It filters through
From cherries on trees
To peaceful aroma and steam
The nectar that puts us at ease
© June 25, 2013, RobbiePruitt
This poem was submitted to Open Link Night at dVerse Poets on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. To
see more poems submitted to Open Link Night, please visit the site
here. The links will be live at 2 p.m. Central time on Tuesday. Check “Mr.
Linky” for this
week’s poems.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Born Again
From the Born Inside Us Prompt from Tweetspeak’s Every Day
Poems: “What is waiting to be born inside you today? Perhaps give it birth
in a poem.”
“For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but
of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.” –1 Peter 1:23
Born Again
Healing emerged
From within
Born from inside
Letting new life begin
© March 15, 2013, Robbie Pruitt
This poem was submitted to Open Link Night at dVerse Poets on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. To
see more poems submitted to Open Link Night, please visit the
site here. The links will be live at 2 p.m. Central time on Tuesday. Check
“Mr.
Linky” for this week’s
poems.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Mountain Laurel
Tomorrow, May 29th, my wife Irene and I will
celebrate nine years of marriage. One afternoon, about ten years ago, we hiked
to this beautiful mountain cove with a stunning view of a waterfall. Irene
painted and I wrote several poems. This is one of those poems about our love
that the Mountain Laurel witnessed that day, before we knew.
Mountain Laurel
The Mountain Laurel sees little in their mountain cove
In their little huddle they call a grove
Hugging tightly the weathered steeps
Rooting down to watery deeps
Love roots down like the love the Laurel observed
On that fresh and new spring day,
As love hugged tightly the weathered steeps,
Reaching deeply to love’s refreshing waters deep.
The Mountain Laurel saw love that spring day
in their mountain cove,
in their mountain cove,
From their little huddle they call a grove,
They hugged tightly to love’s steeps and to how love shows,
Rooting down to love’s deeps,
and now the Mountain Laurel knows.
and now the Mountain Laurel knows.
© Robbie Pruitt, 2003
This poem was submitted to Open Link Night at dVerse Poets on Tuesday, May 28, 2013. To see
more poems submitted to Open Link Night, please visit the site here. The links
will be live at 2 p.m. Central time on Tuesday. Check “Mr. Linky” for thisweek’s poems.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Park Swing
Would You like to
swing on a Star, photo by mandolin
davis
Park Swing
My city she sleeps
As she dreams and thinks of you
How she once held you
And cradled you in her arms
Watching your beauty
As you swung under the full moon’s light
And she misses you
And I miss you
© 2000, Robbie Pruitt
A poem from Finlay Park, Downtown
Columbia, SC
This was one of the poems rejected for Sense of the Midlands, a poetry compilation coming out later this
year from Muddy Ford Press. It is
exciting that they picked up my poem ‘What the Moon Say’ for the book. I am thrilled
about this project and honored to be a part of it. More to come.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Love Carries
Love Carries
Love carries like an ocean’s tide
Carries along two lovers
By the shoreline
The cold wind against them
Under overcast skies
As they bask in the sunlight
Of love filled eyes
© 2001, Robbie Pruitt
Inspired by a long walk on the beach--
in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
This poem was submitted to Open Link Night at dVerse Poets on Tuesday, May 7, 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.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Anticipation
Anticipation
Holding
Hands
Open
Need
Desire
Empty
Craving
Hungry
Anticipating
© February 19, 2013, Robbie Pruitt
Monday, April 29, 2013
Noticed
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
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Hope
“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
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Words of Gray
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
Friday, April 26, 2013
Sidestep
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
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Buttons
For a soundtrack to
this poem, listen to Buttons
by SIA here
Buttons
You push my buttons
And I push your buttons
These buttons
Look like labyrinths
In the way they swirl
And look—In pattern
These buttons
Have rings like Saturn
These buttons
Conceal and hook
These buttons reveal
All that we mistook
Did we miss a button
. . .or was it overlooked?
© February 2, 2013, Robbie Pruitt
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Poems Like Bread
"It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but
by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God" –Jesus, Matt. 4:4
Poems Like Bread
Poems Like Bread
Poetry is like bread.
The Word sustains
We get life from what is said
Poetry is like bread.
Expressions we feast on
The Word we ponder in our head
Poetry is like bread.
The Word brings life
And resurrects the dead
Poetry is like Bread.
© February 5, 2013, RobbiePruitt
"It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but
by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God" –Jesus, Matthew 4:4
“They are not just idle words for you--they are your life.
By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to
possess." –Deuteronomy 32:47
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Blue
Blue
Melancholy
Uttering regret
Despondency
In response to you
Enveloped by blue
© March 5, 2013, Robbie Pruitt
Monday, April 22, 2013
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
–1 Chronicles 29:14
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Our Coffees Have Become Famous
Our Coffees Have Become Famous
It’s not our friendship
Nor has coffee gone awry
It’s your paparazzi
They have gotten me shy
© March 4, 2013, RobbiePruitt
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