the laughter of the Lord
there is healthy humor
and there is
and so
God laughs
in creating wonders and the smaller things
to love
in having host-companionship
in making us and our capacity and willingness
for joy
and we may ask
if nature laughs
leaves
you know
in trees
brook water we have met
that chortles lightly
and
in welcome
the clouds an embodiment
a pleasing blue
the fact of the rainbow
the reaction as a promise
and relief
the animals
then
the eyes of cats
the purr
the longing lines
through shapes of dogs
and when we satisfy
the chuckling in the hiss
the roars
of those sometimes
who
knew the joy in making
and now pleasure
when impulses
are
fulfilled
so much that bends the other way
so much awry
from
primal joy
and yet
to come to us it’s clear
we have capacity
we can get the joke
we smile when it’s good
we celebrate
we laugh
and if do it right or from the first
then God shall and
regardless
laugh
with us
and when isolate
for us
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Terry Lindvall writes effectively about God and humor
photo by Cemrecan Yurtman on Unsplash
the way of all (smart, laughing, faithful) flesh
consequentially
anger
worry
fear
fear
worry
anger
they amass
and through which
we fight
each other
wisdom is not on
that list
or smarts
or joy
strategy might be applied
in fighting
but there might be something wild
like laughter
first
to apply
maybe
laughing
the kind you know
that's
with each other
laughing
we might have a chance
to diffuse
remember what we like
and for which
we hope
maybe we’ll come back
to a phantom table
(I doubt with
most folk
there’s a real table
though maybe in
more formal occasions
or ‘round
the kitchen table
or card table
of the home
and maybe we were talking
there)
maybe we’ll talk some
more
having risked some humor that
turns out
to be shared
then anger
or fear
the starting points
might mean the end
as well
with
wildest of all
the faith we might have in each other
restored
maybe the end
yet
without doubt
the new beginning
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(x = space)
x
x
Wednesday Invitationing
x
Will you join me for
An hour or so?
We’ll sip something
Look at nature
Listen
Listen to each other
I want to know how
You’re doing
x
Good, clean fun
We’ll laugh
We’ll tell stories
Maybe laugh some more
Maybe we’ll share words
From each other’s
Secret language while
Magic
Words proven beyond us
Are written
In the sky
x
Then afterward sun
And cloud move
Toward
The end of day
As if they have
A syncopated plan
x
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x
x
Electric Spiral Energy System
x
(x = space)
x
x
Easy Therapy
x
Laughter’s good
Not the grim kind
But the kind that takes you
By surprise
The lungs get some exercise
Brain cells some extra
Charge
The mouth, it smiles
As if it had
Needed some dusting off
Some oil
Before cracking
x
There’s mischief in the world,
We know
Sometimes devastation
Human or mineral
But don’t we need the laughter
For our health?
The kind that honestly
Erupts and might be shared
All around
x
x
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x
x
Photo by Sithamshu Manoj on Unsplash
Catching Smiles
x
Halakhak
Onomatopoeia
In Filipino
If I can manage
To pronounce
Quickly and many
Times
Then I think I
Might accomplish
Halakhak
Boisterous and
Outgoing laughter
Rhythmic in
Exhalation
Say it with me
Laugh with me
Word-High July: Welcome!
Maria of Doodles and Scribbles and I [that’s Rosema at rosemawrites] are more than excited to read your takes on the 30 Beautiful Filipino Words.
- Write or create a post inspired or about the Filipino word prompts.
- A post can be anything. A poem, a fiction, a six-word tale, or even a photo. It’s all up to you.
- Linkback/create a pingback to this post: Word-High July 30 Beautiful Filipino Words. Here is a quick tutorial on how to do a pingback.
- Tag your post with WordHighJuly, so your co-bloggers will be able to read/see your take on the prompt. Here’s how you create tags.
- Most important of all, read and comment to your blogger friends (old and new found, we’ll never know).
HOP ON and let’s all GET WORD-HIGH this JULY!
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