by Prasanta | May 11, 2019 | Poetry
I wrote this poem a few years ago. The poem is in a form called the Shadorma, with the following syllabic structure in each stanza: 3-5-3-3-7-5. ***
by Prasanta | Mar 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
On this day, the first day of Spring, I remember God’s faithfulness. After a cold winter, signs of spring are bursting forth. Spring reminds me that in a troubled world, God’s word is trustworthy. Amidst uncertainties in the future, whether it be...
by Prasanta | Apr 27, 2015 | Poetry
Spring – Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti Frost-locked all the winter, Seeds, and roots, and stones of fruits, What shall make their sap ascend That they may put forth shoots? Tips of tender green, Leaf, or blade, or sheath; Telling of the hidden life...
by Prasanta | Apr 26, 2015 | Poetry
The First Spring Day – Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti I wonder if the sap is stirring yet, If wintry birds are dreaming of a mate, If frozen snowdrops feel as yet the sun And crocus fires are kindling one by one: Sing, robin, sing; I still am sore in doubt...
by Prasanta | Apr 24, 2015 | Poetry
Because it is Spring, and April is National Poetry Month… Sonnet 98: From you have I been absent in the spring William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616 From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim, Hath put a...
by Prasanta | May 9, 2009 | Christianity, Freedom, God's love, Path, Promises, Purpose, Rest, Shelter, Treasures
In The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis writes that, in heaven, the grass itself seems to be alive. The “ghosts” (those just up from hell) can’t step on the grass without hurting their feet, while the “solid people” who’ve been in heaven...
