Laurel Turner #fibropoet with pencils for legs

“My God, my God,  why have you forsaken me?” The cry/ from the cross/ sobbed mother sobs,/ broke/ in father breaths;/ it stuck/ in his mouth, like/ a dry/ nursery rhyme,/ in the death/ before our death/ and life. “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. ...”                                           1 Timothy 2:5-6 NIV c. 2019 , 5/29/2020 Laurel Turner

Black salmon backwards dragged, mouth open, by the tail feeds the brooding creek. c. 3/18/2019 by Laurel Turner from Crumbs  an upcoming  collection

He killed death (who's still dying), bled our sore weeping, plead against nails and keeps pleading our good death. c. 3/12/2019 by Laurel Turner Through a Cracked Garden Amazon.com

Here use mine./They were made for you anyway./ They were made to sing you to sleep,/to read away your fears,/ to pray your soul to keep./They were made/ for the tender lost lips/raised in an unrequited kiss. "Open your mouth, judge righteously,  And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy."  Proverbs 31:9 NASB New American Standard Bible  (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by  The Lockman Foundation c. 3/10/2019 by Laurel Turner from the upcoming collection Crumbs

My months are tumbling around the house while the painted cow grazes in the kitchen. Things are in that should be out like poets and birds and chickens. “You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.” Psalm 139:3 (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by  Biblica, Inc.®  Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.  c. 3/9/2019 Laurel Turner In a Cracked Garden Amazon.com

Snow sizzled, smoked when it felt the burnt sand; the snow rose to cast his white coat over the land. "To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes." Isaiah 61:3 NKJV New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. "'Come now, let us settle the matter,' says the LORD. 'Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; ...'" Isaiah 1:18 NIV c. 4/10/2019 by Laurel Turner In a Cracked Garden Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by  Biblica, I

Under scaffolding, over oncoming-- tilt, bob, weave-- a torrent of umbrellas splashes down the street. “This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike ‘What’s next, Papa?’                                                                                                      God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are.  We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children.”                                  Paul’s message to the church                               Romans 8:15-16 (The Message)  c. 2019  Laurel Turner Through a Cracked Garden Amazon.com

Pushing his stand up the street in front of Macy's, the vendor sells his knock-offs. Checking your bills for counterfeit, he smiles. “We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one. …We are in the true one— that is, in his Son Jesus Christ.   He is the true God and eternal life.”                            John to those born anew in Jesus                                    1 John 5:19-20 CSB   c. 2019 Laurel Turner Through a Cracked Garden Amazon.com