Amanda N Skaggs: Poems

Jan 2022 · 1.1k

Space and Light

Amanda N Skaggs Jan 2022

Space and Light

Stars bright as diamonds.
Reflect the Creator's piece.
Back into His gaze.

#stars #reflect #gaze

Aug 2021 · 605

Master of the Garden

Amanda N Skaggs Aug 2021

Master of the Garden

Be fruitful dear branch.
A seed spread to fertilize.
Futures for the Tree.

Been gone a bit

#fruitful #fertilize #futures

Feb 2021 · 1.2k

The Tea

Amanda N Skaggs Feb 2021

The Tea

Symbology cup.
Water spilled over meaning.
Seeping out my prayers.

#tea #cup #prayers

Jan 2021 · 160

Cohorts

Amanda N Skaggs Jan 2021

Cohorts

Flying feathered groups.
Flocks of fowl make patterns.
The same direction.

#flyingflocksoffowl #groupsmakepatterns #thesamedirection

Jan 2021 · 257

Wings, Flames, and Freedom

Amanda N Skaggs Jan 2021

Wings, Flames, and Freedom

A great brave eagle.
Bringing fire on his back.
To burn away fear.

#wings #flames #freedom

Dec 2020 · 174

Wants and Needs

Amanda N Skaggs Dec 2020

Wants and Needs

Full cups, bowls, and plates.
A strong roof and foundation.
Blessings for the soul.

#wantsfull #needsfoundation #thesoul

Dec 2020 · 307

Intuit understanding

Amanda N Skaggs Dec 2020

Intuit understanding

A place void of shape.
Exists within my mind's eye.
Past words; only faith.

#intuit #only #faith

Oct 2020 · 144

Out with the Old

Amanda N Skaggs Oct 2020

Out with the Old

Sanctified from sin.
Looking like a molting bird.
New feathers await.

#sanctifyingsin #newfeathers #thebestisyettobe

Oct 2020 · 111

Serendipitous Nimbus

Amanda N Skaggs Oct 2020

Serendipitous Nimbus

See I'm a maker.
Opportunity taker.
Good fortune raker.

#prayerinthename #answersandopportunity #joyfulcloud

Sep 2020 · 123

Figs and Thistles

Amanda N Skaggs Sep 2020

Figs and Thistles

We vines and branches.
Learn to love and lose our thorns.
Producing new fruits.

#vinesandbranches #loveofchrist #producesnewfruits

Sep 2020 · 101

Meaning

Amanda N Skaggs Sep 2020

Meaning

In the beginning.
God gave a Word, to call things
We repeat the names.

#thebeggining #godcalledthings #werepeathenames

Sep 2020 · 169

Soul Strings

Amanda N Skaggs Sep 2020

Soul Strings

Expanse underneath.
Great precipice awaiting.
Who will stop my fall?

#expanse #awaiting #stopmyfall

Sep 2020 · 78

Clawed Lessons

Amanda N Skaggs Sep 2020

Clawed Lessons

Beaked friends love wet grains.
Empty bowls hold no flavor.
Regardless they sing.

#beakedfriends #emptybowls #regardlesstheysing

Sep 2020 · 92

Flesh to Fleece

Amanda N Skaggs Sep 2020

Flesh to Fleece

Surrounded by wolves.
Safe and sound under the Rod.
Found, counted, and saved.

#fleshtofleece #wolvessurround #alambsaves

Aug 2020 · 90

Catharsis

Amanda N Skaggs Aug 2020

Catharsis

Brace me against it.
Fountains of momentum break.
Clashing out the flood.

#braceme #fountainsbreak #clashingflood

Aug 2020 · 254

Alpha

Amanda N Skaggs Aug 2020

Alpha

In this modern world.
An Ancient Soul crying out.
For rememberence.

#alpha #soul #crying

Aug 2020 · 151

Rise Above

Amanda N Skaggs Aug 2020

Rise Above

Fluffy clouds take me.
An agony below me.
A car sent for me.

#riseabove #fluffyclouds #sentandtake

Aug 2020 · 170

Stones

Amanda N Skaggs Aug 2020

Stones

A secret placing.
Finding, seeking, an ending.
Pathways in our minds.

#stones #placing #minds

Aug 2020 · 72

Thankful and a Bundle of Roots

Amanda N Skaggs Aug 2020

Thankful and a Bundle of Roots

She dug down in earth.
This hard brown ground we call home.
Spinning out in space.

#thankfulforroots #groundedhome #spinninginspace

Aug 2020 · 344

Glances

Amanda N Skaggs Aug 2020

Glances

No glory to find.
In the riches of the earth.
Look up and see some.

#glance #up #seesome

Aug 2020 · 131

Risk and Nervousness

Amanda N Skaggs Aug 2020

Risk and Nervousness

Instantanious.
Like the rabbit in the hat.
Get in; pull it out.

#instantpeace #rabbitinthehat #pullitout

Aug 2020 · 107

Balls and Brains

Amanda N Skaggs Aug 2020

***** and Brains

You pay attention.
Juggling in small spaces.
Arms reach out for more.

#ballsandbrains #juggler #reachingformore

Aug 2020 · 197

The Movement

Amanda N Skaggs Aug 2020

The Movement

Temple skeleton.
Holy Fire; dance of bones.
Symbols rattling.

#moving #fire #rattles

Jul 2020 · 156

Together Tools

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

Together Tools

It was the best day!
Now, this euphoric moment.
A day spent with You.

#together #tools #adayspentwithyou

Jul 2020 · 2.3k

Gracious Geometry

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

Gracious Geometry

Changing directions.
Shapes speak with points of bending.
A journey of lines.

#gracious #geometry #journey

Jul 2020 · 234

Language

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

Language

Segmented letters.
Sounds, pauses, communicate.
Leaning on the Word.

#letters #sounds #pauses

Jul 2020 · 92

Insatiable

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

Insatiable

Wandering worldlings.
Expansive minds and gold hearts.
Lacking room for you.

#insatiableworldings #expansivemindsandhearts #lackingroom

Jul 2020 · 95

Stressed and the Breath

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

Stressed and the Breath

Reviving planet.
Earth bodies bend with great force.
Restart, pulse, and breath.

#revivingstresses #bendingwithforce #restartbreathing

Jul 2020 · 80

Mirrors and the Great Advocate

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

Mirrors and the Great Advocate

Oscillating prayers.
Reverberating distance.
Relfects back the same.

#aroundthecenterpoint #reflectingmirrors #thegreatadvocate

Jul 2020 · 72

Dinner Bell

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

Dinner Bell

Two round dinner plates.
Feast on the great possession.
Expecting more days.

#dinnerplateseyes #greatfeast #expectingmore

Jul 2020 · 70

Missing, Reminiscing, and Past Things

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

Missing, Reminiscing, and Past Things

Painter of bird plates.
My mother's, father's, mother.
Remember gold shoes.

#feelingsentimental #memories #goldsolesoulshoes

Jul 2020 · 78

The Gift and the Giver

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

The Gift and the Giver

Tough skinned and thin skinned.
Many are lonely; some weep.
Gain from joining in.

#toughandthin #lonelyweep #joininggains

Jul 2020 · 89

Glitter and Gold

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

Glitter and Gold

Crafty artisan.
Feeds upon the stones of birth.
Gleaming in the eyes.

#craftygleaming #beastfeastsstones #intheeyes

Jul 2020 · 518

Cost

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

Cost

Colored paper fool.
Crowing coward face the waif.
Gaze of hungry eyes.

#foolish #paper #gaze

Jul 2020 · 76

Cornucopia

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

Cornucopia

A promising sight.
The horn shaped basket of fruits.
Plentiful and good.

#apromisingsight #basketofgood #hornshapedplentiful

Jul 2020 · 93

A Clear Path

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

A Clear Path

Two walls of the sea.
Walk of Earth through the abyss.
Watery road home.

#wallsofsea #earthwalk #roadtohome

Jul 2020 · 113

Eternity's

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

Eternity's

Hidden in safety.
Mystery lives, rests, and waits.
Lifting shrouds with time.

#safety #mysterylives #eternitystime

Jul 2020 · 171

Touch

Amanda N Skaggs Jul 2020

Touch

Predestined meeting.
A meet cute for the ages.
Tender as a doe.

#predestined #meeting #touchofages

Jun 2020 · 208

Pens and Pencils

Amanda N Skaggs Jun 2020

Pens and Pencils

Just making a point.
On the tip of forever.
Representative.

#tips #points #pensandpencils

Jun 2020 · 96

Thirst

Amanda N Skaggs Jun 2020

Thirst

Dripping of gorgeous.
Your tender call, a tall task.
Palms cupped to receive.

#talltask #bigcalling #palmsupcupped

Jun 2020 · 145

Communing and the Eager Wait

Amanda N Skaggs Jun 2020

Communing and the Eager Wait

A prelight; relight.
Reviving glow breaks the line!
Overflow of Light.

#overflowing #everflowing #lightinginthetrees

Jun 2020 · 307

Capacity

Amanda N Skaggs Jun 2020

Capacity

Valiant vessel.
Holding much to carry far.
Useful everywhere.

#vessels #holding #everywhere

Jun 2020 · 73

Minding

Amanda N Skaggs Jun 2020

Minding

Conundrum ensues.
Is it right or is it wrong?
Thoughts formed mold ideas.

#mind #thoughtsandideas #decidingwhattodo

Jun 2020 · 84

Pass the Place

Amanda N Skaggs Jun 2020

Pass the Place

Forehead inscriptions.
A door post decision made.
Sign of life inside.

#doorposts #foreheads #inscribedlife

Jun 2020 · 115

Greatness

Amanda N Skaggs Jun 2020

Greatness

Great big empty space.
Great loss leads a teary muse.
Grateful at the end.

#great #full #end

Jun 2020 · 165

Uncorked

Amanda N Skaggs Jun 2020

Uncorked

I want to undo.
Find my space inside of you.
Filling the empty.

#undoing #findmyspace #filledemptiness

Jun 2020 · 155

Big Picture

Amanda N Skaggs Jun 2020

Big Picture

Bird's eye view; vision.
Like the T.V but better.
Message unhindered.

#birdseye #vision #unhindered

Jun 2020 · 137

There's a (W)Hole in the bucket:

Amanda N Skaggs Jun 2020

There's a (W)Hole in the bucket:

Tentical tricksters.
Tethered to buckets; draining.
Find my Well runs full.

#tricksupthesleeve #tethered #thewell

Jun 2020 · 136

Source

Amanda N Skaggs Jun 2020

Source

Unending Water.
Above the many waters.
Quenches the earth's thirst.

#unendingwater #quenched #sourceabove

Jun 2020 · 346

Halo

Amanda N Skaggs Jun 2020

Halo

I see You in leaves.
A light side contrasts the dark.
Bringing joy with Hue.

#hues #sides #joyfulmemories