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Do you enjoy writing or reading poetry?  Most of the posts on Big Sky Buckeye are filled with poetry, but I also share short stories, photography, and a few surprises along the way.  You are invited to sit a spell and find something you like.  I enjoy sharing my curiosity through my writing.  You are welcome to like, comment, follow, share, or reblog a post.

The tabs at the top of this page offer quick access to my most recent posts and quotes. Additional tabs allow you to check out older posts dealing with the themes of Christian and general poetry, short stories, and other posts.

Big Sky Buckeye has been in motion since October, 2018. After retiring from teaching after 40 years, I was looking for a place to land. It has been a welcome blessing to meet other writers and readers.

My wife is also a gifted writer in her own right. She published her first book in July, 2025. With a theme of Christian family, BITS ‘N’ PIECES OF MY HEART, offers an outlet for her love of Jesus. The book is filled with short stories, poetry, and devotions for more mature readers. For younger children she shares energizing activities and fun songs. Her book is available on most online bookstore sites.

Rewritten

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Darkness
Arriving again
Tides of despair
Surrounding

Stalemate
Lifetime’s frozen breath
Sunrise postponed
Forsaken

Conscience
Chilling thoughts collide
Gentle whisper
Outpouring

Answers
Hidden in shadows
Seemingly lost
Forgotten

Nightbird
Emptiness cries out
Steps incomplete
Exhausting

Morning
Every verse aligned
Light’s blaze harnessed
Rewritten

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From My Journal (10/15)

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Sustained bitterness works like a thorn, which sinks deeper and deeper into our fragile soul, until the emptiness consumes our heart.

Do you write a daily journal?  This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts.  Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.

(Updated October 15)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher.  He was a leading voice in America’s transcendentalist movement in the 19th century.

Child of God

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From Proverbs 2:1-2: “My child, if you accept My words and treasure up My commandments within you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding.”

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Child of God
Heeding His Word
Treasuring each thought
Witness everything heard

Faithful saint
Embracing light
Nourishing thy heart
Righteousness carries weight

Wisdom’s peace
Storing up truth
Walking with Father
Faith matures beyond youth

Knowledge grows
Watching over
Forsaking darkness
Mercy’s fresh makeover

Child of God
Keeping ways straight
Fulfilling hope’s voice
Redemption’s open gate

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From Proverbs 2:20-21: “Therefore walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just. For the upright will abide in the land, and the innocent will remain in it.”

From My Journal (10/14)

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God intends for faithfulness to be firmly planted alongside His living waters.

Do you write a daily journal?  This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts.  Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.

(Updated October 14)

David Jeremiah Quote

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The lost are in need of spiritual surgery. They need to meet the Great Physician and allow Him to restore them to spiritual health and vitality.

From Matthew 9:11-12: “When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?’ But when he heard this, he said, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.'”

David Jeremiah (born 1941) is an American pastor and Christian author.

Always Expected (Haiku Series #387)

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Patience Delivers

Creator’s spirit

Coloring breathless landscape—

One more falling leaf

Postcard Sent

October’s colors

Timeless, never forgotten—

Fall’s welcome parade

Top of World

Autumn sinking in

Kaleidoscope of color—

Taking breath away

From My Journal (10/13)

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One of nature’s most treasured expectations is wrapped up in autumn’s annual arrival.

Do you write a daily journal?  This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts.  Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.

(Updated October 13)

Richard Mayhew Quotes

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What value does ethnicity have to do with one’s universal creative consciousness. Nature is constantly reinventing itself, and that is how I relate to ethnicity.

What I do with landscapes is internalize my emotional interpretation of desire, hope, fear, and love. So, instead of a landscape, it’s a mindscape.

Richard Mayhew (1924-2024) was an American artist. His abstract landscapes convey inner states and feelings.

Monday Memories: No Longer Alone

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From Psalm 31:1-2: “In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me. Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me.”

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Life struggles with loneliness

Days without human contact

Isolation grows, lights go dim

Time without purpose, sidetracked

 

Scorned, rejected, forgotten

Christ also feels all alone

Where have His disciples gone?

Taunted, tortured, overthrown

 

Holy God always at work

Cries of loneliness, He heeds

Our needs, never glossed over

Spirit moves others to lead

 

Alone, never life’s last word

Visits from others arrive

Blessed comfort sealed with love

Sustaining light will survive

 

Darkest loneliness leaving

Empty hearts fill with courage

Father’s love touching each soul

His blessings shall encourage

 

God’s love remaining steadfast

At death’s cross, Christ not alone

Darkened, empty tomb proclaims

God’s triumph, faith’s cornerstone

 

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From Psalm 31:14-16: “But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, ‘You are my God.’ My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors. Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your steadfast love.”

Originally published March, 2021.