Saturday Good Reads

A poem found in the Berlin Metro. Talking with a little boy about God, and writing a letter to a little girl turning 10. Watching a painting be created. And a favorite Dylan Thomas poem read aloud. It was a good week.

Prose

“Taking Out the Trash and Other Kitchen Traumas” and “Scott ‘Boots’ Harper” by Harriett Gillham at The Other Side of the Mountain.

“Chuck Leonard R.I.P.” by Ira Wagler at Ira’s Writings.

“Writing the Come-Again” by L.L. Barkat at Seedlings in Stone.

“A Letter for the Church Today” by Chaplain Mike at Internet Monk.

“If you are kind only to your friends” and “Cade and I discuss the merits of an invisible God who often doesn’t seem to be listening” by Shawn Smucker.

“4 Ways to Keep Writing Under Pressure” by Cassandra Frear at Moonboat Café.

“Inspiration” by Chris Galford at The Waking Den.

“The Other Side” by Charity Singleton at Wide Open Spaces.

“The Time Machine (Midnight Ramblings)” by Travis Thrasher at The Journey is Everything.

“The white flag of surrender” by Kathy Richards at Katdish.

“A letter to my daughter” by Billy Coffey at What I Learned Today.

“Scrapes & Bruises” by Michael Perkins at The Handwritten.

“Surprised by Light” by Sandra Heska King.

“Tearing apart” by Jason Vana.

Poetry

“Echoing Light” by U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin via Maggie’s Farm.

“Now This is How We Roll” by Robert Lee Brewer at My Name Is Not Bob.

“Distillation” by Andrew Peterson at The Rabbit Room.

“For the Doors” by Megan Willome.

“T.S. Eliot” by D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.

“Enough” by Karen Eck at Karenee Art.

“The Host of Water” and “Experiencing Change” by Maureen Doallas at Writing Without Paper.

“January Bleau” by Kathleen Overby at Almost Paradisical.

“At Knife’s Edge” by Chris Galford at The Waking Den.

“Psalmic Poetry – a Retelling” by Timothy Good at The Naked Alien Ministry.

“Inputs, Outputs & Permission slips for the living” by Brian Miller at WayStationOne.

“Poetry found in strange places” by Steven Marty Grant at Urbanality.

Paintings and Photographs

“Susan’s Butterfly Eye” and “Lost Along the Way” by Timothy Good at Photography by Tiwago.

“Six Photos – Untitled” by Lambert at Le Blog.

“Badlands Winter,” mixed watermedia on Yupo by Randall David Tipton at a Painter’s Process.

“Looking East” and “Beach Dune” by Steve Gravano at Take a Look Around.

“Pruning” and “Feel” by Nancy Rosback at A Little Somethin’.

“Attitude.” “Bag of Dreams” and “Reflection” by Susan Etole at Just…A Moment.

“Support Systems” by J of India at Neither Use Nor Ornament.

“Building Layers” by Jack Baumgartner at The School of the Transfer of Energy.

“God has GOT to have a sense of humor” by Diana Trautwein at Just Wondering.

Videos and Podcasts

“Do Not Go Gentle in That Good Night by Dylan Thomas,” read by Tom O’Bedlam at Spoken Verse.

Photograph: Winter Stream by Jiri Hodan via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.