I had a presentation to give this morning for the children's Sunday school classes, & spent many hours working on a powerpoint (with many pictures) to share with them, so I am just now having the opportunity to write poems to share on my blog - for yesterday's & today's challenges.

Yesterday's prompt was "Tiny Miracles," and I decided to to use the haiku (3 stanzas: 5-7-5 syllables) to express my thoughts this time.

Challenge #5: Prompt:

"Tiny Miracles"

Egg and sperm unite;

Together cause life to form.

Tiny Miracles!

Today's prompt is "Celestial Jerusalem," and for this poem I decided  to use the cinquain.  There are various ways to write a cinquain, but for my purposes, I'm using this one:

Line 1:  Title - one word or two syllables;  Line 2: Description or example of the title - 2 words or four syllables;  Line 3: Action about the title - a 3 word phrase or six syllables;  Line 4: a 4 word phrase describing a feeling about the title or 8 syllables;  Line 5: Synonym for the title - one word - 2 syllables

Challenge #6: Prompt:  "Celestial Jerusalem"

Heaven

God’s Home

Living, Loving, Worshiping

Celestial Jerusalem

Paradise

Today during our worship service a new children's choir called  "Family Ensemble"performed.  The eleven children in the choir all come from five families, and four of the men in the band are dads of the children. Here's  a picture of the little musicians, and a picture of one of the stanzas of the song that they taught the rest of us.  The  final picture is spotlighting one of the youngest members of the  group who amused me throughout the song by exploring the plant, going back and forth between her "spot" in the ensemble and the   front row, etc. (& saying, "Hi Mommy")!

Closing with a great quote, & a wish for my friends to have a great week.