These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Seven Years: Still "Hello, Out There!"

Hello, Out There! I'm glad you came,
to read the words I write,
I hope they are not yet the same,
as others in your sight.

I often write in verse, that's true,
to spark the mind to thought,
But sometimes prose is right to do,
when something must be taught.

That poetry is oft a maze,
I stand amazed at view,
But prose in words that are ablaze,
will quickly share with you.

by Jay O'Toole
on July 14, 2016

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Hello, Out There! These seven years
have brought me joy to write.
I hope my poems fall on ears,
that learn of God's blest Light.

I'm not averse to writing verse,
since that Friday, the fourteenth,
we've come around, again, no worse
to Friday, the fourteenth.

My poems are a daily thing.
My prose two months a year
to help your eyes begin to sing,
and minds to think so clear.

Now, when I write a shoehorned thought,
it sounds a little odd.
My honesty, right now, I hope
may help you to applaud.

My friendships here on WDC
are better than the best
of social websites, that I see,
which put me to the test.

I write to honor Christ, the Lord,
but truly I do know,
that He has blest me by His Word.
He's making me to grow.

Hello, Out There! I'm glad you came,
to read the words I write,
If they are better, yet the same,
then I am writing right.

by Jay O’Toole
on July 14th, 2023