by Prasanta | Aug 8, 2018 | Seasons, Summer, Wordless Wednesday
#Wordless Wednesday
by Prasanta | Aug 1, 2018 | Beauty, Quotes, Seasons, Summer, Wordless Wednesday
“Everyday I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.” ― Claude Monet “Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we...
by Prasanta | May 26, 2018 | Beauty, flowers, Poetry, Quotes, Seasons, Spring, Uncategorized
This spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green, Wild puffing of emerald trees, and flame-filled bushes, Thorn-blossom lifting in wreaths of smoke between Where the wood fumes up and the watery, flickering rushes. I am amazed at this spring, this conflagration Of...
by Prasanta | May 17, 2018 | Beauty, Poetry, Quotes, Seasons, Spring, Uncategorized
In the deepening spring of May, I had no choice but to recognize the trembling of my heart. It usually happened as the sun was going down. In the pale evening gloom, when the soft fragrance of magnolias hung in the air, my heart would swell without warning,...
by Prasanta | May 23, 2017 | flowers, Gospel, Growth, Journey, Pain, Path, Poetry, Purpose, Seasons, Spring
As blades shoot upward Break through the dirt It can hurt, you know Perhaps they are Oblivious to pain Or perhaps they endure This birth This purpose This emergence This existence For simply A few sunrises A few sunsets And some rain and sun In the in-between When...
by Prasanta | May 20, 2017 | Change, Journey, Life, Seasons, Thankfulness
Should it be ice-cold and windy in May? I heard a lone, sustained shriek ripping through the dark late one evening. That certainly didn’t feel quiet and unobtrusive, like this: My busiest week in May is still going on. Her sophomore year of college has...
by Prasanta | May 14, 2017 | Beauty, Creation, flowers, God's Faithfulness, scripture, Seasons, Spring
Beautiful and soft breezes abounded yesterday, and there was no other choice but to be outdoors wrapped in those very warm wafts of mild air. I pulled out dozens of alien beasts (invasive weeds) from the flower garden in the front yard. Some strange sort of plant that...
by Prasanta | Oct 14, 2016 | Poetry, Seasons
October Elegy October enters surreptitiously Calmly separates leaf from scion Trees relinquish clasp— and foliage Obeys the call— scatters asunder Browned, crunchy, dispersed— Elegy upon the grass Rest in peace. 10/16 ©Prasanta (Acrostic poem) *...
by Prasanta | Sep 17, 2012 | Holy Spirit, Seasons
The wind whispers in the leaves, “change is coming, can you hear it?” Autumn breezes softly blow and colors subtly change. The wind scatters the few fallen leaves like my thoughts. That is when I remember the Holy Spirit moves like the wind, a gentle...
by Prasanta | May 25, 2011 | Beauty, Faithfulness, God's love, Life, Promises, Seasons
Are there signs of life, signs of the resurrection, and is there hope for newness, new life in this world? Where? How do I know? If I am honest I can say that there are days or seasons in life when I cannot see so clearly. But then, there are also days and seasons in...
