Invisible Prayers

 

I know that prayers

are obviously invisible,

but I thought I saw some

rising and riding the wind;

to their anticipated location,

their appointed destination;

on the delicate wings

of a  Swallowtail Butterfly,

on the powerful wings

of a Bald Eagle,

on the net-veined wings

of a dragonfly,

on the fine, silky fibers

transporting milkweed seeds,

on the white, billowed cumulus

towering into the atmosphere.

© 2023 Richard Havenga

You may also enjoy: "Prayer Beads" from June 15, 2023

There are 44 references to Prayer in the TOPICS section of WWFN. 

Photo Locations:

1. Home Garden - Cannonsburg, Michigan

2. Eagle Lakes Park - Naples, Florida

3. & 4. Home Garden - Cannonsburg, Michigan

5. North Fort Myers, Florida 

Released

This poem is no longer mine.
I have released it into the world,
hoping it will find a place
in someone else's mind and heart.

It now belongs
to anyone who wants it.
It's a gift.
It's for you.

© 2020 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. 2. & 3. Fallasburg Park - Kent County - Michigan

Waiting

Waiting for opportunities
for the wind to carry you;

You being the outstretched 
wings of a hawk. Its feathered resistance
riding the updrafts higher and higher.
Inscribing invisible ovals into the air,
traceless in a transparent sky.

You being the silken, feathery fibers
of the milkweed seed, 
parachuting horizontally
toward a new horizon, 

to wait over winter 
for promised germination,
hoping for conditions that will allow
growth.



You being the patient person
waiting for your life to become
what it is meant to be;
richer than it is, 
soaring to new a vision,
growing with inspiration
from the Spirit within.

©2015 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. Lincoln Lake - Kent County, Michigan

2. Lafayette, Colorado

3. Grand River Nature Area - Ada, Michigan

Before and After II

American Lotus





Swamp Milkweed



Common Mullein

You may also enjoy: Before and After January 30, 2014


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Photo Locations:

1. American Lotus - Spring Lake, (Spring Lake)  Michigan

2. Swamp Milkweed - Pickerel Lake Park,  (Pickerel Lake)  Kent County,  Michigan

3. Common Mullein - Rock River,  Dixon,  (Dixon)  Illinois  & Townsend Park,  Kent County,  Michigan

Before and After

I am beginning a new series titled "Before and After". I will display a variety of wildflowers, trees, and plants in various stages of their lives, through the seasons. Look for more Before and After throughout the year.

Burreed

  

 Queen Anne's Lace 

Common Milkweed