Chats With God

October 10, 2025
“If you look for Me wholeheartedly,
you will find Me.”
Jeremiah 29:13 NLT
†††
Lord, it is comfort
to know You are not so far
if we merely look.
©B Leslie Canter, 2025

Flutter of Memories

October 9, 2025

A flutter of fidgeting memories

emerge like my sparrows that migrate

then return to branches, their home

next to ship’s bell outside west window

~

At dusk, remembered scenes crash

against each other, stretch peace

of mind beyond bearing…the bell

sounds dull ring, is it autumn’s chill

wind or still the captain’s slinking ghost?

I pray, and the sparrows come

my soul rests ~

©BL Canter, 2025

Prompt words: sparrows bell migrate emerge flutter still stretch slinking memories branches fidgeting crash

https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/wordle-726/

Remembered Whispers

October 8, 2025

Always, I remember

whispers behind walls

house had history, life

of its own, but I would

have little chance 

to learn the mystery

though each night I

pushed my ear tighter

against cool paint

yearning for clear 

word or two

I had to depend 

on the whispers

a distraction

rhythmic comfort

for I feared the tall

man who sometimes

visited my room

how strange he was

and too, his name

I remember whispers

the rough husky

sound of his voice:

“it is only I, little one

‘Legacy'”

Did I merely dream

or imagine him?

I don’t believe so

fragrance of pipe

lingered in mornings

and bits of tobacco

scattered by my bed ~

©BL Canter, 2025

Prompt words: walls, history, life, tall, legacy, remember, whispers, always, pushed, depend, each, chance

https://mindlovemisery.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/mlmm-monday-wordle-445/

https://weeklyprompts.com/2025/09/20/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-imagine/

Welcome Visitor

October 8, 2025

Another messenger angel

I heard the cry before I

saw him, seagull on roof

outside my window

since Covid, many birds

are not seen as often, close

grateful, I know he is a

‘sent one’ by the Lord Who

favors us on ordinary days

with His extraordinary

Presence, constant love

and grace indescribable

seagull’s cry is not always

mournful, today a joyful

greeting, reassurance ~

©BL Canter, 2025

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/greeting/

Happy Tiger, Kitchen Dance

October 7, 2025

A blue-sky perfect day

cooking apples at the stove

listening to sound of Hispanic

workmen’s hammers next door

and their salsa music playing

like the score of a movie I

don’t have to watch to enjoy

hips and feet moving

(a kitchen dance), I stir

cinnamon sugar in fragrant pot

I’ve forgotten what little Spanish

I learned at school…no matter

heart can keep lively beat, it

feels like a happy tiger inside

me, who chased away shadows

the men have no idea they’re

a blessing sent by God to lift

spirit of heaviness within

today I will not fear sunset, I’ll

welcome twilight, relish midnight ~

©BL Canter, 2025

This poem is response to prompt #2 at the site linked below, and the prompt words are:  apple, sunset, tiger, hammer

https://murisopsis.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/looking-to-slide-into-seasonal-change/

Where Strength Is Found

October 6, 2025

“Those who trust in the LORD will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not become weary, they will walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 Christian Standard Bible

“In quietness and trust is your strength.” Isaiah 30:15 NASB

“Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.” Selah. Psalm 62:8 Webster’s Bible Translation