Backward Mutters

  • Unexpected

    Unexpected

    The Writer’s Digest is hosting its annual Poem a Day (PAD) Chapbook Challenge. Day Two’s prompt is “unexpected” which I did not expect to complete. This is harder than I thought. You may listen to me read the poem via the player below. I plan and make lists to protect my timeFrom unexpected…

  • Enter

    Enter

    The Writer’s Digest is hosting its annual Poem a Day (PAD) Chapbook Challenge. This challenge coincides with NaNoWriMo. Well, since this is 2020 and this the 13th Annual Challenge, I think I’m gonna try. The first prompt is “an enter poem.” You may listen to me read the poem via…

  • Just So

    Just So

    This month is Pastor Appreciation Month. This was written a couple of years ago after I heard someone talk about leaders and how they liked them ‘just so’. The line caught my attention and rolled around in my head for a few days. Oftentimes there is an attempt to position…

  • The Whole Earth

    The Whole Earth

    This is a spoken-word piece meditating on the cry of the seraphim in Isaiah 6 who cry, “Holy, Holy, Holy! The whole earth is full of his glory.” The whole earth is full of his glory; Every person, every place, was Made for the story of the fullness of His…

  • The Gold of Evening

    The Gold of Evening

    There is a kind of poetry for fall which are often referred to as as autumnals. Here is one such. You may listen to me read the poem via the link below. As the sun sets behind her further shore, The Gold of Evening ricochets Off the rippled surface of…