♥The Bluegrass Harlot♥

..out came a woman dressed as a prostitute...with persuasive
words she led him astray...he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter.
Proverbs 7:10;21-22
{Gallery Post}



“Come over here”

  She said to him

  As the banjo music rang 

 

Three part harmony

Was heard

As old Ralph Stanley sang 
 

The room it smelled

Of cheap perfume

Unfiltered Camel smoke 
 

She grabbed him

By his striped neck tie

He thought that he would choke 
 

She pulled him down

Upon her breasts

He felt his urges rage 
 

Her red lipstick

Her coal black hair

Her face, its weathered age 
 

She said

“It’s now or never

 Come take me I am yours” 

 

 

But when

The bluegrass music stopped

He bolted out the door 
 

“This isn’t right and I must go”

  She heard him holler

 “HECK” 
 

“It’s time for me

  to take the stage..

  I bet you give rain checks!”


by theresa arnold

♥Train House♥

She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Proverbs 31: 27
{January's Heart 2013}
Postcard

 

Dad died

Mom went crazy

Sold all we had

And bought a train

“Time to live

Let’s not be lazy

We’ll fix it up

I’m not insane”

The plumber came

He shook his head

Electrician laughed

It was funny

But dad left us

10 Million bucks

And mom

Had lots of money

People came

From far and near

They heard about

Our homestead

Mom even hired

A landscape guy

So we could have

A fine spread

A water garden in the back

And flowers in a row

She had them build a music stage

So we could have some shows

When our home was finished

The county turned out that day

We had a celebration

Around our house…….The Train.

And dad was looking at us

I’m sure he shook his head

“This woman I married was crazy

I’m glad that I am dead!”

by theresa arnold

 

 

♥The Road♥

...small is the gate and narrow the road
that leads to life...
Matthew 7:14
Gallery Post



I’ve walked the road

Walked many a mile

I’ve seen lots of things

Since I was a child

I’ve got caught up in this old life

It’s a wonder I’m not doin’ time. 

{Chorus}

Walked the walk

Done my best

Now I’m tired it’s time to rest

I’m not sayin’

That I am old

I’m just too tired to walk down that road.

In this life

There’s lots of paths

The ones we choose

They tend to last

Make mistakes when we are young

But being young means havin’ fun.

Morning comes

And another day

What will I do?

What will I say?

I’m at the point that I don’t care

It doesn’t matter if life is fair.

by theresa Arnold

 

♥Rock Star Duck♥

Dear friends, let us love one another
because love comes from God.
1 John 4:7
{December's Heart 2012}
Postcard
 

Oh, Rock Star Duck
I know you are
Short
Fat
and
Yellow
But

I Love You

Your music
Makes me
Hoola Dance
All night long

Oh, Rock Star Duck
Be Mine Forever.

Love,
Hoola Hanna Honna

by theresa arnold

Yonder Hearts Homepage:http://yonderhearts.blogspot.com/

♥If Your Walls Could Talk♥

Whatever is, has already been
and what will be has been before; and
God will call the past to account.
Ecclesiastes 3:15
Gallery Post

                                                                               How many times

Did you hear laughter

From deep inside your walls? 

What kind of food

Did people eat

In your kitchen? 

Were tears shed

Upon hearing of bad news

From neighbors

Or after the funeral of

A loved one? 

Did anyone play

A fiddle or banjo

On your front steps

As someone danced

A jig? 

Did anyone drink

Moonshine or dip snuff

Around a wood stove

In the winter time? 

Did anyone learn of

Pearl Harbor or

Kennedy’s assassination

Or some other historical

Event while sitting on a

Flower print couch

And reading the

Newspaper? 

Was there electricity?

Running water?

A phone perhaps? 

Was there a family Bible

Sitting on the coffee table

With written recorded dates

Of marriages and births? 

If ONLY your walls could talk?

by theresa arnold

Yonder Hearts Homepage:http://yonderhearts.blogspot.com/

♥Pablo Mora and Me♥

There is a time for everthing, and a season for every
activity under heaven, a time to be born and a time to
die....
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
Gallery Post

Driving home from work one day
It was November 5th
We gained an hour Sunday morn
The time had changed again

The sunset looked so beautiful
I took a different route
I headed West to cross the dam
I got my camera out

"Goat Rodeo" was playing
An awesome classic song
I turned it up, I was alone
The road I traveled long

I stopped my car, its motor on
The middle of the road
A hundred pictures taken
As the sun was sinking low

I only had mere minutes
Before the hues were done
Receiving flowers from Heaven
From God's majestic sun

But little did I know it
On the other side of the dam
Underneath the sunset
A solitary man

He did not see God's beauty
He did not hear the wind
Because a few weeks earlier
His life he chose to end

Someone found him in a tree
November seventeen
He had been hanging from a rope
For many autumn weeks

Under that same sunset
A Texas November dusk
A heart was crying, thanking God
Another had turned to dust.
 

by theresa arnold

*this picture was taken on November 5th, 2012 on the South side of Lake Ray Roberts dam. It is a true story and this IS the sunset for that day.  

Yonder Hearts Homepage:http://yonderhearts.blogspot.com/

♥The Wedding Bridge♥

                                                                              

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth....for your love is more delightful than wine.
Song of Songs 1:2
{November 2012's Heart}
Postcard

                                                                                                        I will meet you

On the bridge

In the forest

Over a running stream. 

I’ll be the one

Wearing white

With flowers in my hair. 

Cream color chiffon

Will cover the railing

As a multitude of

Fragrant flowers

Cascade like

Mini waterfalls

Touching the ground. 

An archway will wait

For two hearts

To come together.. 

Surrounded by

Loved ones waiting

To share this sacred moment.

As I walk along the river’s path

I will gaze into your eyes

And know that I have found

LOVE 

I will whisper

“I Love You”

As I seal our union with

A Kiss 

On 

The Wedding Bridge.

by theresa arnold

Yonder Hearts Homepage:http://yonderhearts.blogspot.com/

♥Good Friends♥

                               

A friend loves at all times
Proverbs 17:17a
{October 2012's Heart}
Postcard

                   

                                                                                      When did life

Get so complicated?

 

What day was it?

 

I want to ride

A time machine

Back to THAT day

 

And tell myself

Everything will be OK

 

As long as you have

A couple of

GOOD FRIENDS!

 

by theresa arnold

Yonder Hearts Homepage:http://yonderhearts.blogspot.com/
   

Yonder Hearts Story

Yonder Hearts encompasses three different projects in one...a trinity if you will.

Project One: The Book
Project Two: The Postcards
Project Three: The Galleries

I call myself a "poemographer" because I am NOT a photographer. I am mainly a writer of sorts...songs, short stories, poems, quotes (quotes from other folks and not from my limited so called wisdom or knowledge). I take pictures.....thousands of pictures. In order for the photos to become Yonder Hearts worthy, they must inspire me to write a poem or anecdote and they also have to have a scripture verse or inspirational quote attached to them. Picture/Poem/Quote or Verse.....These pictures become a part of my Yonder Hearts book and then from there they become part of a postcard that is sent out to a select group of people each month and/or they become part of the pictures that are featured in local galleries.

The main purpose of Yonder Hearts is for inspiration and encouragement. The writing below is in reference to the Postcard part of Yonder Hearts project.

It is truly a blessing to see the world through the lens of a camera and get inspiration to write about what is seen.

One person's view of their surroundings.

It is that simple. Maybe, it can inspire ONE heart out there in this big old world of ours.

Theresa:)

Project Two: The Postcards

One picture post card is sent each month.
One scripture verse is included.
One "atta"girl/"atta"boy is given.

One heart given to another.

What is this project all about? Several friends and relatives have been selected to  receive a picture postcard each month from me. The letter below is what each person receives upon the initial mailing. It explains the purpose of the "Yonder Hearts" project. Mainly, the purpose is to give a heart/share a heart with another. It is pretty simple really.

The Letter:

Dear (fill in blank),

A project has been created.

I love to take pictures and write songs, poems, short stories, lists, quotes, etc. and I thank God for creating me this way.

I have chosen a handful of friends and family to share this love that I can no longer contain by creating an outlet called “Yonder Hearts”.

Once a month, I will mail out an old fashioned postcard made from a picture that I have taken. When you receive it in the old fashioned snail mail, it will probably be bent, stamped on, scratched, possibly torn, but I think you will still be able to recognize the photo subject. This is representative of how HEARTS are or can be run through the POSTAL SYSTEM of life on occasion! Despite the trials and tribulations of this world, the heart seems to always remain. Sometimes it might end up in the dead letter office a time or two, but it still exists.

On the back of the picture I will have the title of the picture, a scripture verse or quote, and an encouraging word for you (I call these attaboy/attagirl words).

As an added bonus (if you have access to the internet) you can go to www.yonderhearts.blogspot.com and check out the correlating poem to the photo. 

This is my way of sharing my heart with others. Hopefully, it will multiply love in your lives so that you can share it with the people that surround you each day.

A few basic instructions to this Yonder Hearts project:

1. Receive your photo in the mail

2. Use the magnetic clip to place on any metal surface (preferably one you look at a few times a month)

3. Think of ONE person you love and say a prayer or blessing for them

4. Check out the website for the POEM

5. Replace old photo with new photo each month.

6. Take old photo and give to ONE person that needs a life lift or you can send a photo that you take yourself in the same old fashioned way. In America, it takes a 32 cent stamp.

The last step is optional, but it is the only way that this HEART project can be passed over YONDER thus making YONDER HEARTS abound. Another way to pass on the HEART is to simply pray or remember a special someone upon receipt of your photo.

Thank you for being a special someone in my life and it is my joy to share Yonder Hearts with you. If you do not want to be a part of this, let me know and I will graciously thank you for letting me share this initial picture with you.

Oh, by the way, this is your friend and/or relative Theresa Arnold!! LOL

Love,
T:)