Sheila's Dribs 'n Drabs

Okay, it's cheating, but I've got a whole series of drips for December so I'm posting them all in one as a special Christmas post. 25 words per drip. Hope you enjoy them. And Merry Christmas ! 1.        Light, a flash, a star, a planet; water splashed from rain to sea. Green things grew, skies turned blue, birds flew, presaging animals and man. 2.        Light, creative flash of glory; man and woman tell the story; all of science balanced perfectly. Don’t eat that fruit, or else the balance breaks. 3.        Smoky meat burned on the fire. Smoky bread, lesser desire. Grain-grower spurned the shepherd, killed, and spilled blood fed the earth, but God will save. [i] 4.        Villages grow by river’s flow, caring, sharing, learning seed and hoe, till rivers go. Just when sunshine burned them dry, Noah’s flood raised waters high. 5.     ...

In space, the word made light. The light made stars and galaxies And night made earth And heaven shone so bright When child was born. With thanks for creation, big and small

Say please and thank you, say the word Where child is seen and never heard For silent child can hear and knows Deception’s fatal blow. With thanks for good teachers

Gray skies were crying A memory of tears Pitter-pattering Rain on the ground All around me And gray. Came the sunshine’s bright dawning Of day. With thanks for sunshine

Red is the last leaf of fall Orange sunset and gold But green feathers in pine tree Paint blue in the sky Indigo Violet night. With thanks for rainbows and promises

Puppy-dog flies through towering grass-blades High to the hillock and up to the sky. Puppy-dog flies after kitten and kite - Sweet puppy happiness, puppy-dog flight. With thanks for children and puppies in parks