CDPunt(igam) Writes

  • Plague of Death

    Plague of Death

    The food consumed by mouth and fire; we seek the manna that God provides. The house emptied of yeast; we seek the bread of heaven. Our travel clothes, staff, and sandal ready; we seek the promised land. The plague of death is done; we seek the living God. This poem…

  • Plagues

    Plagues

    Eighty years have passedThe sons are killed once againLet my people go The haiku is based on Exodus 8-10, which is too long for me to include this week.

  • Bomb’s Away

    Bomb’s Away

    “Oh, yeah?!? Well, can you do this?” he asked, taking off his shoes and climbing up the tree, shimmying out onto a branch. “Of course I can!” she answered in reply. Kicking off her flip flops, she made her way up the tree and stood on a nearby branch. His…

  • This Can’t Be Right

    This Can’t Be Right

    “I need more flour,” she huffed with her hands covered in sticky dough.“The recipe says no. We’ve put in the exact right amount.”“Seriously?” scraping her fingers on the side of the bowl. “How can that be? This is terrible. I’m covered in sticky goo.”“I’m certain that we measured correctly. The…

  • Into the Darkness

    Into the Darkness

    The inky darkness spilled over her. Hope ticking away with each stilted beat of her heart. Despair had settled in with the early hours of the day. No one should be here in this place, breathing in the night air, filling their lungs with the cold desperation that comes alive…

  • Dumb, Deaf, Blind

    Dumb, Deaf, Blind

    Mouth to speak, ears to hear, eyes to see, dumb, deaf, and blind that I am. No worries, they work just fine. My mouth, when it’s my own, is quiet at giving praise. Almost as if kindness were some type of poison to my lips. My ears refuse to hear…

  • Shoe Time

    Shoe Time

    Mary Beth had not been asked to dinner since she moved West. She knocked on the door. “Come in! Come in! I’m so glad you could make it!,” her host exclaimed. She handed them a bouquet from her backyard. “Make yourself at home. I’ll go put these in some water…

  • You’re Fired

    You’re Fired

    There was a foreman that kept watch over a factory. One day, he saw a supervisor yelling at one of the workers. The foreman fired the supervisor on the spot and escorted him out of the building. He never even took the matter to human resources. The very next day,…

  • Obedience

    Obedience

    a haiku Mother does obeyBut not how you think she mightBabe safe all along This haiku is based on Exodus 2: 1-10 Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was…

  • The State

    The State

    There are tons of ways to get things done. Sometimes it’s through failure, other times it’s success, sometimes it’s by sheer luck. But on the very special occasions, things happen because of faith in the God of grace. You see, I always wanted to sing on the stage at The…