Harmony drops in
Lifting spirits high
Waking from slumber
Morning’s bluest sky
Valley’s faithful river
Unending with peace
Flowing with wisdom
Comforts never cease
Sun brightens flashbacks
Counting former days
Energizing with joy
Ready now to play
Time injects stillness
Billowing with clouds
Yielding blessed shade
Whispers never loud
Heaven’s love singing
Blessing life below
Extending day’s light
Nature now aglow
Early morning moon
Leaving at sunrise
Life awakens above
Welcoming brightest blue skies
Heavens’ newest page
Sharing rested smile
Vision captures each scene
Unlocking Creator’s file
Light follows skyward
Landing at treetop
Canopy’s leafy look
Holding up every dewdrop
Clouds shift overhead
Fluffing each pillow
Onboard timeless sunset
Rising with every billow
Gentle breeze humming
Composing fresh tunes
Harmony’s precision
Sailing toward fullest moon
Grace
Unconditionally planted
Rising with purpose
Faith’s emptiness now fed
Fulfilled
Faith’s
Seeds scattered
Night and day
Growing fully, then ripening
Harvest
Sowing
Tiniest seed
Maturing into fullness
Faith nurtured by Spirit
Righteousness
The German hymn, “We Plow the Field and Scatter,” was written by Matthias Claudius in 1782. The lyrics were set to music in 1800 by Johann A. P. Schulz. The hymn was translated into English in 1861 by Montgomery Campbell.
As you listen to this song, focus on the lyrics as they appear on the screen. They add a meaningful visual image to this series of poems. The hymn’s piano melody is played by Mary Munson.
Morning now surrounding
Feeling never alone
Confidence shining through
Harboring writer’s backbone
Questions’ answers stirring
Knowing mind remains full
Sometimes sweetness arrives
Savoring every spoonful
Reality writing
Filling story’s plotline
Harmony’s cautious breath
Sailing to distance shoreline
Silent voices hiding
Reaching out to each one
Script drawing from choices
Hanging out with wordsmith’s fun
Interactions blooming
Finding forgotten time
Pages empty of gaps
Coaxing distant thoughts to climb
Quiet brook bubbling
Thicket hides every gurgle—
Single deer’s safe path
One more tree in sight
Scampering along tall fence—
Squirrel’s morning trail
Freshly seeded fields
Geometry’s straightest lines—
Farmer’s precision
Morning’s freshness rises
Crooning familiar tune
Harmonizing each voice
Daylight now covers moon
Sunrise wakens landscape
Energizing life’s lease
Stirring every creature
Dawn’s breath sharing her peace
Robin redbreast flies in
Sharing first taste of spring
Closing winter’s last page
Transition’s chorus sings
Timid flora bravely stirs
Pushing up, not by chance
Adding fresh touch of green
Innocent day shall dance
Nature’s steady heartbeat
Craving season’s flavor
Looking toward summer
More blessings to savor
Wilderness visits
Color fills each rendezvous—
Whispers of changes
Every gentle breeze
Landscape’s choreography—
Spirit’s harmony
Day of cloud watching
Imagination’s sketches—
One more masterpiece
Clouds migrate away
Sunrise circulates her warmth—
Morning’s chill escapes
Dancing tree branches
Harmony’s rhythmic movements—
Breath of turbulence
Overcast all day
Gray canvas waits with patience—
Sunset paints with light
Dawn now arriving
Stars fading above
Gentle morning breeze
First light’s breath of love
Moonlight vanishing
Shadows fade away
Landscape awakens
Sunrise finds its way
New day beginning
Ready to engage
Consistent rhythm
Nature turning page
Daylight now stirring
Tree leaves splashed with dew
Lofty choir warms up
Songbirds out of view
Harmony singing
Each familiar tune
Daybreak’s dance ending
Soon comes afternoon
From Genesis 1:1-2: “When God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.”
Before mountains ever brought forth
Emptiness waits for its time
Then, Creator formed life at last
Dynamics endlessly rhyme
Nightly dance follows daily song
Morning’s sunrise shall renew
Creator’s everlasting time
Earth’s serenity in view
Delight in counting each minute
Time’s destiny in His hands
Creator’s faithful perfection
Ceaseless, unyielding commands
Dwelling place for generations
Harmony’s heavenly home
Creator’s time never stands still
Perpetual peace shall roam
Compassion breathes from time’s oneness
Love filling each endeavor
Our Creator’s Infinity
Forever joins forever
From Psalm 90:2: “Before the mountains were brought forth or ever You had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.”
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