These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Writing Actions

Sometimes when I would rhyme a rhyme
the rhyme won't come apace.
I other things would do betimes
to look for writing grace.

And then the rhyme would flow it best,
while focused on the deed.
'Tis writing actions through the test,
that make a verse to read.

The poem's gift through daily days
stands lumberjack at words.
To chop, to hone, to carve displays.
to make a nest for birds.

Sometimes I need a knotted craft
to spark the words I need.
Embroidery threads and cherished laugh,
creative things now freed.

The "hope of every contrite heart,"
the Saving Lord all blest
may cause my words to slowly start,
while leading to His Rest.

by Jay O’Toole
on August 28th, 2025