Mourning Dove – a cinquain

bird
peaceful, quiet
nesting, resting, cooing
protective mother has a watchful eye
dove

These little mourning doves built their nest in the palm tree right outside my front door. They used that nest for about three years but then the tree started leaning more and more and they stopped nesting there. This is a photo I took a few years back that I will share with Wild Bird Wednesday

The poem above is my first attempt at a word cinquain – a five-line poem consisting of one word on the first line, two words on the second, three words on the third, and a whole short sentence on the fourth and one word on the fifth line, which should be a synonym for the noun on the first line. And the second line should be two adjectives describing the noun on the first line. The third line contains three verb words ending in -ing which describes the noun in line one. The fourth line one short, complete sentence about the noun in line 1. And fifth line is one word (noun), synonymous with the first line noun. Here is a link to a good explanation of a cinquain and several examples.

Courage – Haiku

one step at a time
will show you the way back home
and a job well done

Sometimes when we become overwhelmed with the scope of our problem, be it financial, health-related, marital, or a  myriad of other problems we feel like a little child, not knowing which way to turn.   And it takes courage to take just one step at a time…….

Deuteronomy 31: 6  –  Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.