Pinky! A Gulf Dolphin--multi-dimensional mosaic of layered fused glass; Kelly Jadon, 2023, For Sale: Available at Sand & Sea Boutique: 3291 NE Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach
This place is where i came to
i remember
where God’s power roars
beating against rock strewn with holes
driven over by sea and salt
its taste touches my tongue
my lips
blurring ink upon paper
like tears and wet mascara
a distant ship edges over morning’s horizon
bahama bound
gently, winter’s waves gentle to calm
a hello peaks
the curve of rise and dive
rise and dive repeats, repeats
the quiet greeting
the hello each morn
dolphins near the shore
(C) Kelly Jadon 2023
Nativity, Sea Glass Mosaic, Kelly Jadon, 2022, No longer available
born in Bethlehem
the “house of bread”
to become the “Bread of Life”
to all who eat of Him
His body, His flesh
the manna from Heaven
come from above
His body, His flesh
made at His Word
for all things were made through Him
His body, His flesh
that He might tabernacle
among us
for a time
His body, His flesh
the Temple
torn down
and rebuilt in three days
raised from the dead!
(C) Kelly Jadon, 2022
Photo Credit: Kelly Jadon, Beneath the Cross, 2022
beneath the cross
ignorant men
gambling for something they could not keep
just as He did not keep them at His death
“Father, forgive them” He prayed
instead
beneath the cross
the ignorant watched and waited
then one proclaimed
“truly He was the Son of God!”
His life His own
Spirit given up
instead
beneath the cross
the pagans who dealt in death
erected life to leave from cross’s cruelish crucifixion
received their pay
while He —Savior for all who called His Name
paid for their sins
instead
Peace by Kelly Jadon 2022
Peace, Peace, Peace
the angels proclaimed
Words of God to
sons of men
lowly shepherds watching fleeced flocks
upon Bethlehem’s bread bought hills by night
God’s glory glowed around
Peace, Peace, Peace
the angels proclaimed
between God and man
between men and Maker
here must first begin
before liberty’s lantern lifts again,
as a mother is agonized with birth
afterward forgets the pain
for the joy of a child gained
for Ichabod has conveyed his calling card
Peace Peace Peace
the angels proclaimed
yet remains
“Abide in Me”
security in the home, marriage, pocket
harmony of lives lived nearby
wholeness of body
soundness of mind
Peace in this life and
Peace at death
Peace for today
and Peace for tomorrow
Peace for you
and Peace for your children
Peace, Peace, Peace
the angels proclaimed
the Babe, born for us, the Son of God, the One and Only Prince of Peace
available to all, to any person, to any nation
who calls out this prayer
“Help me Jesus! Help me!”
Peace Peace Peace
“Peace I leave you,
My peace I give you;
not as the world gives,
do I give to you.
do not let your hearts be troubled
nor in fear”
(Luke 2:14; Isaiah 9:6; 1Samuel 4:21; John 14:27)
(C) Kelly Jadon 2022
(C) Kelly Jadon, 2021 “Blue Hummer” SOLD
the high place
inside limbs
above boughs
shrouded by leaves
leaves her with a new view
viewing what is
hidden behind leaves hiding
camouflage
hummer’s hues
the high place
inside limbs
above boughs
shrouded by leaves
leaves her hidden
hiding herself
camouflaged
blond hair
green eyes
barefoot & sunkissed brown
the view from high up
up high where
michigan green-crabbed apples grew
into her hand
a few
flew
as if falling far
at passersby below
pedestrians on beaten dirt
made smooth
a summer’s pastime
time passing
day by sun-kissed day
so brief
the view
inside limbs
above boughs
shrouded by leaves
the high place
“Blue Hummer” $75.00
(C) Kelly Jadon, 2021
(C) Kelly Jadon, 2021 From “Hummer in Flight”
Life Lifts
life lifts and flits wings on air
elsewhere
where royal rose’s hues rejoice
petal lips turned back
stigma brimming
wide, waiting, a wonder
life lifts and flits words
elsewhere
where royal golden crowns thrown down
before peace shod, two-holed feet
words pointed heavenward
on rosy lips
wide, waiting, in wonder
(C) Kelly Jadon, “Hummer in Flight” 2021, $1800
(C) Kelly Jadon, 2021, “Sylph” from “Hummer in Flight”
The Sylph
slender sylph picks and preens
himself
as if preparing for a selfie
his deep dark turquoise vert greens
languishing from crown
along the length of a heavy-forked tail
wings lifted, opening out
he lives
though not for himself
but for the one love
he calls to
for her
he sings
for her
he whizzes
his tail
as a comet
breaking loose night’s still sky
"Hummer in Flight” 2021, Kelly Jadon $1800
(C) Kelly Jadon, 2021
(C) Kelly Jadon, 2021 from “Hummers Delight”
September’s strange winds, dimming days, falling flowers
signal
migration
each solitary hummer born bird
wings over water
catching tail winds, skimming tree tops
a simple New World snowbird
dares mountain peaks turned southward
returning to winter’s roost
orchid and silk trees
emboldened by rosy blooms
transplants of Asia firmly rooted to sandy soil
twittering upon full-leafed boughs
until heat’s humidity hails
the signal
to lift limbs
solitarily
wing its way northward
skimming tree tops
catching tail winds
over waters
past mountain peaks
and begin again
(C) Kelly Jadon, An Ekphrastic Poem for “Hummers Delight”
(C) Kelly Jadon, Front View, “Hummers Delight”
TOGETHER
a bouquet blooms with breeze’s brushing
one blossom succinctly separates as
an iridescent shimmer
to hum and hover before memory’s freeze
zinnias
once small seeds separated beneath earth
now raised to face fond friends
as held hearts
gilded gold, pearled pink
queen lime’s chartreuses
each scarlet centered
drawing dwarfish eyes
each glorious great lake summer
just outside mother’s planted pale-bricked porch
a beauty to behold
as a tower
as a maiden
with long rapturous locks let loose
rarely seen
feathers turned against sun’s rays
nectar sucked center turned heavenward
to glimmer
a glance
a glimpse
the two together
both hummingbird and zinnia bloom
(C) Kelly Jadon, 2021 —an Ekphrastic Poem for “Hummers Delight”
(C) KELLY JADON 2025
