joyful!
"Make A joyful! Noise..."
AUGUST
Greenhouse
by
Laura Dennis
dreary day
misty rain
inside the warm scent
of black dirt
and brightly coloured
hothouse flowers
perfume the air
with hope and promise
soon spring
planting can begin
I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I have been published at blueskiespoetry.ca, and in the anthology Home and Away from House of Blue Skies. I will have a poem appearing this month in http://4and20poetry.com/. I also have a self-published chapbook entitled Wheels on the Bus. http://www.publishyourself.ca/ldennis.html
PATIENT FAITH
by
Joanna M. Weston
This patience must,
in strength to trust,
be learned and lived
when hope is dust.
Faith is to wait,
not desolate,
beyond the point
where hangs debate,
past queries said
or answers dead
to vacant tomb
and Light ahead.
Joanna M, Weston has had poetry, reviews, and short stories published in anthologies and journals for twenty five years. Her middle-reader, ‘Those Blue Shoes' was published by Clarity House Press; and poetry and ‘A Summer Father’, was published by Frontenac House of Calgary.
What If?
by
Debra Ferrie
What if today you choose to smile the minute you woke up?
What if you choose to count to 5 before you speak?
What if you choose to be grateful for every little thing in your life?
What if........?
What if you choose to walk around the block 20 minutes every day?
What if you choose to drink a water instead of a coke?
What if you ate a fruit instead of a pretzel or cookie?
What if........?
What if you booked an impulsive vacation to somewhere exotic?
What if you bought a bike and rode it to the store?
What if you picked up a pen and wrote a letter to an old friend?
What if........?
What if you hung up old pictures that make you smile rather than keeping them in a box?
What if you painted your bedroom bright blue or yellow?
What if you got rid of anything you haven't worn in a year?
What if.......?
What if you get a pedicure instead of cleaning house?
What if you ASK for a massage from your spouse?
What if you set out the fancy plates for dinner and light candles?
What if........?
What if you EXPECT only good things to come your way?
What if you EXPECT things to run smoothly?
What if you choose to feel peace and love instead of fear and frustration?
What if.........?
What if you choose to ACCEPT your family for who they are?
What if you choose to HUG your children more?
What if you choose to give your kids more freedom?
What if.......?
What if you choose with your heart not your head?
What if you LOVE not lecture?
What if you choose to feel only pure JOY and Appreciation of your life?
What if?
Writer and work at home Mom living an inspired life of teaching, learning, sharing and loving
E mail Editor Pamela Tyree Griffin
About joyful!
Since 2008, joyful!has been a place where all types of high quality work with a spiritual, motivational and/or religious point of view are respected. No one religious or spiritual belief is favored over another. joyful! seeks to be a place where all who have wonderful creative gifts to share are welcomed to submit. While not every submission can be accepted, every submission is read/reviewed by me. When possible, I try to send a personal response.
joyful! welcomes brand new writers as well as established creatives. Many have gotten their start here--why not you? Please use the submission page to send your work and please pay attention to the guidelines.
Pamela Tyree Griffin, Editor
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Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving. - Kahlil Gibran 
