{"id":7035,"date":"2025-05-11T12:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T16:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=7035"},"modified":"2025-05-11T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T16:59:37","slug":"memorial-poems-for-my-mom-lois-rutt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/11\/memorial-poems-for-my-mom-lois-rutt\/","title":{"rendered":"MEMORIAL POEMS for my mom, Lois Rutt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HAPPY MOTHER&#8217;S DAY AWE!<\/p>\n<p>My mom, Lois Rutt, died just short of 90-years-old, on September 27, 2022. I wrote a set of 14 poems for her memorial service around the theme of one of her favorite Bible verses: \u201cFor now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.\u201d [1 Corinthians 13:12]<\/p>\n<p>These poems below are also available online in PDF format at: <a href=\"https:\/\/TopPun.com\/Lois-Rutt-Memorial-Poems.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TopPun.com\/Lois-Rutt-Memorial-Poems.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7036 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MOM-is-WOW-upside-down.gif\" alt=\"MOM is WOW upside down\" width=\"549\" height=\"303\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Down With Upside<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When I am down<br \/>\nWith those occasional mourns<br \/>\nNeeding to be<br \/>\nRe-mined<br \/>\nI awe weighs have this<br \/>\nParently<br \/>\nI won the lottery<br \/>\nAnd holy sow<br \/>\nMOM<br \/>\nIs just<br \/>\nWOW<br \/>\nUpside<br \/>\nDown<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>That Mystery Spot<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You are invited<br \/>\nTo spot<br \/>\nUnder stood<br \/>\nAs inevitable<br \/>\nAs death<br \/>\nAnd taxing<br \/>\nWhere the holy mundane metes<br \/>\nMysteries of mysteries<br \/>\nThe deference sublime<br \/>\nOf divine raiments<br \/>\nOf putting on<br \/>\nThat sacred sight<br \/>\nWear the living<br \/>\nAnd dead meet<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Through That, Collide-a-scope<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I saw her<br \/>\nThrough that<br \/>\nCollide-a-scope<br \/>\nOf life and death<br \/>\nEternity and now<br \/>\nThe presence<br \/>\nOf assurance and doubt<br \/>\nIncomparable gifts and cryptic lessens<br \/>\nPicasso-esque<br \/>\nWith a thousand facets<br \/>\nA priceless gem<br \/>\nStudied in perspectives<br \/>\nNever only about mine<br \/>\nAn innocent babe<br \/>\nA curious child<br \/>\nAn exploring youth<br \/>\nAn accomplished adult<br \/>\nA serene elder<br \/>\nSuch an inscrutable seeing<br \/>\nAwe at once<br \/>\nSingular among many<br \/>\nGuileless in every forum<br \/>\nA daughter<br \/>\nA sister<br \/>\nA wife<br \/>\nA mother<br \/>\nA grand mother<br \/>\nA friend<br \/>\nA neighbor<br \/>\nA child of God<br \/>\nA grand daughter at that<br \/>\nGreat, great, great<br \/>\nThat cloud of witnesses<br \/>\nMysteriously peers<br \/>\nSo greatly mist<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>I AM, Cracked, Open<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A son<br \/>\nOf another Mother<br \/>\nShone softly<br \/>\nGently in treating<br \/>\nFollow the light<br \/>\nWhich may peer<br \/>\nNeither hear nor there<br \/>\nAt first<br \/>\nBut\u2026<br \/>\nFear not<br \/>\nFor it is a reading light<br \/>\nIn a tome you need never escape<br \/>\nAnd once cracked<br \/>\nOpen<br \/>\nJust<br \/>\nIn time<br \/>\nFor a book signing<br \/>\nBy the author of authors<br \/>\nThe book of life<br \/>\nAnd as awe ways<br \/>\nThe first edition<br \/>\nAnd wile skeptics might claim<br \/>\n\u201cNo way\u201d<br \/>\nThe beloved community<br \/>\nIs free to proclaim<br \/>\nIn unison<br \/>\n\u201cYahweh!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>To What?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To what<br \/>\nA veil<br \/>\nA bride waiting<br \/>\nFor that consummate kiss<br \/>\nAnd companion to the eternal<br \/>\nHoly known<br \/>\nWear death<br \/>\nIs mirror shadow<br \/>\nAnd life alight<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Oft Balance<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To be won<br \/>\nWe must halve<br \/>\nOne foot on earth<br \/>\nOne foot in another realm<br \/>\nLeaning back<br \/>\nInto that hardy hard certain<br \/>\nOffering of empirical probability<br \/>\nWith its rewarded skepticism over awe<br \/>\nAnd its inevitable lessens<br \/>\nFalling forward<br \/>\nInto that hearty ardor uncertain<br \/>\nOffering of divine possibility<br \/>\nWith that beloved trust awe embracing<br \/>\nAnd that looming what is frayed<br \/>\nFinding ourselves<br \/>\nAs sojourners of truth<br \/>\nOft balance<br \/>\nBetwixt<br \/>\nLight and shadow<br \/>\nGlistening to awe<br \/>\nThat we are<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to favorite Bible verses, you can&#8217;t have just one. Mom told me that one of her favorite parables was The Parable of the Two Sons, Matthew 21:28-31:<\/p>\n<p><em>But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>He went to the first one and said, &#8220;Son, go and work today in the vineyard.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I will not,&#8221; he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I will, sir,&#8221; he said. But he did not go.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Which of the two did the will of his father?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201cThe first,\u201d they answered.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is anew and inclusive version:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Mothers Will [Notably Not Possessive]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mother had<br \/>\nA trifecta of sons<br \/>\nA singular daughter<br \/>\nAnd some in between<br \/>\nThose awkward periods amissed<br \/>\nBirth and death<br \/>\nAs siblings of God<br \/>\nSow much more<br \/>\nThan miscarriages of just us<br \/>\nRaised right<br \/>\nAnd decidedly left<br \/>\nIn no particular order<br \/>\nSet free into the whirled<br \/>\nDeferent at different times<br \/>\nSometimes far aweigh<br \/>\nWeather going home early<br \/>\nTo be apart of this hole-y family<br \/>\nOr sharing a vocation<br \/>\nAnd most certainly a meal<br \/>\nBreaking bread<br \/>\nAnd some say cheese<br \/>\nAs it is written<br \/>\nRead into the book of life<br \/>\nSometimes &#8220;Yes&#8221; and &#8220;No&#8221; in the same sentence<br \/>\nAnd those eternal questions<br \/>\nGenerations of brethren<br \/>\nAbiding cistern<br \/>\nWherever two or more to gather<br \/>\nWho did<br \/>\nMothers will<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Flipped<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He was just<br \/>\nA rough draft<br \/>\nIn God\u2019s arm he<br \/>\nA dim reflection<br \/>\nA mirror image<br \/>\nOf what is<br \/>\nTruly sighted<br \/>\nAs life can only be<br \/>\nUnderstood backwards<br \/>\nAnd a mist<br \/>\nThose seamingly endless<br \/>\nDaze<br \/>\nWhen God peers to have<br \/>\nFlipped off<br \/>\nAs a madder of fact<br \/>\nShe just<br \/>\nFlipped on<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Memorial Garden<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Awe roads lead<br \/>\nBack to the garden<br \/>\nUnearth as in heaven<br \/>\nBeing there<br \/>\nMore than<br \/>\nChance<br \/>\nThe fruit of joyful work<br \/>\nAnd greeted by son<br \/>\nAnd till<br \/>\nI AM called<br \/>\nA father with many names<br \/>\nAs well<br \/>\nAs mom<br \/>\nAs sister<br \/>\nAs daughter<br \/>\nLife springs awe<br \/>\nWeather a blooming weed<br \/>\nOr a garden of eatin\u2019<br \/>\nArose is arose<br \/>\nBy any name<br \/>\nAnd perfectly agreeable<br \/>\nBy those who tend<br \/>\nJust saying<br \/>\nI don\u2019t no<br \/>\nPerhaps once agin<br \/>\nBreathing life into the dust<br \/>\nOf treasured city blocks<br \/>\nA perfect resting spot<br \/>\nFore that Grand Circus Park<br \/>\nAnd Central to won life<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>What is it Awe\u2026A Boat<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At times<br \/>\nLife is a beach<br \/>\nAnd we shell<br \/>\nSea phase to phase<br \/>\nWhat is it awe<br \/>\nA boat<br \/>\nA message in a battle<br \/>\nA harbor still<br \/>\nIn salty waters<br \/>\nWeather one reading or a gazillion<br \/>\nEven a thirst addition<br \/>\nIs mere reflection<br \/>\nFinding our self<br \/>\nAnd perhaps something ails<br \/>\nWhat are we<br \/>\nToo due<br \/>\nSaying \u201cYes\u201d<br \/>\nAs know impart<br \/>\nAnd when effacing<br \/>\nThose fateful lessens<br \/>\nFully no\u2019in<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>That Upper Room<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brought up<br \/>\nThat there is<br \/>\nAn other side<br \/>\nTo every tale tolled<br \/>\nThe mysterious plays<br \/>\nA mist life and death<br \/>\nRaised up right<br \/>\nShe new<br \/>\nMore than a roomer<br \/>\nOf being grounded<br \/>\nAs won of everything<br \/>\nIn that upper room<br \/>\nWhich is<br \/>\nAnother story<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u03a9 , It\u2019s Awe Greek to Me<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7039\" src=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Faith-Hope-Love-Coordinates-300x292.png\" alt=\"Faith-Hope-Love-Coordinates\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Faith-Hope-Love-Coordinates-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Faith-Hope-Love-Coordinates.png 549w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>At the end<br \/>\nOf the alpha bet<br \/>\nIn compassing Omega, \u03a9<br \/>\nMore than sum lucky horseshoe<br \/>\nAs fourth right as x,y,z<br \/>\nAt the coroner of faith, hope, and love<br \/>\nWithout spin<br \/>\nLying in One\u2019s<br \/>\nGrave coordinates to live by<br \/>\nAnd bye<br \/>\nAnd that daring die mention<br \/>\nLove the only realm<br \/>\nWith any room<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>This Is Not A Poem: Owed to Rene\u0301 Magritte \u2013 The Treachery of Images (aka, This is Not a Pipe)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7037\" src=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-treachery-of-images-this-is-not-a-pipe-19482-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-treachery-of-images-this-is-not-a-pipe-19482-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-treachery-of-images-this-is-not-a-pipe-19482-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-treachery-of-images-this-is-not-a-pipe-19482-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-treachery-of-images-this-is-not-a-pipe-19482.jpg 1442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The whirled is butt dancing images<br \/>\nTruly revealing<br \/>\nA mirror hint<br \/>\nOf what isn\u2019t<br \/>\nQuite there<br \/>\nAnd get<br \/>\nA lode of this<br \/>\nWhen trolling for the reel thing<br \/>\nThe same is helled true<br \/>\nFore whatever is professedly herd<br \/>\nKnow madder how a loud<br \/>\nOr scent your weigh<br \/>\nSuch flimsy mettle<br \/>\nHowever powerfully smelt<br \/>\nOr all together snorted<br \/>\nOr even bettor yet<br \/>\nThat tantalizing taste<br \/>\nRaided as miraculous<br \/>\nA savour of all<br \/>\nIs merely the flavor of the dais<br \/>\nFashioning its own end<br \/>\nSaving the most sublime for lust<br \/>\nCan you feel it<br \/>\nFor here is the rub<br \/>\nBeing<br \/>\nThe best of awe<br \/>\nIs simply a bit touched<br \/>\nAnd never the less<br \/>\nTheir eye am<br \/>\nAnd if I<br \/>\nPortend<br \/>\nTo ether<br \/>\nUnder stand<br \/>\nOr over lord<br \/>\nThis is nothing<br \/>\nMore than<br \/>\nA commencement<br \/>\nOf being<br \/>\nA mother flicker<br \/>\nAs just<br \/>\nWhen I thought<br \/>\nI could see<br \/>\nThe light<br \/>\nAt the end of the tunnel<br \/>\nMy mind was blown<br \/>\nLike a wring of smoke<br \/>\nThis is not a pipe<br \/>\nAt awe<br \/>\nI am<br \/>\nSoully lit<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>The Point of Know Return<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>My eyes lifted<br \/>\nTo the hills<br \/>\nFrom whence my help came<br \/>\nAnd there were no mountains<br \/>\nThe way having been made smooth<br \/>\nAnd the road straight<br \/>\nWhat queer abet was this<br \/>\nA trillion points<br \/>\nOf light<br \/>\nOne star among many<br \/>\nAnd just<br \/>\nA mirror preface<br \/>\nI AM<br \/>\nLight<br \/>\nThat singular won<br \/>\nThe point of know return<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAPPY MOTHER&#8217;S DAY AWE! My mom, Lois Rutt, died just short of 90-years-old, on September 27, 2022. I wrote a set of 14 poems for her memorial service around the theme of one of her favorite Bible verses: \u201cFor now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/11\/memorial-poems-for-my-mom-lois-rutt\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-top-pun","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MEMORIAL POEMS for my mom, Lois Rutt | About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MEMORIAL POEMS for my mom, Lois Rutt, About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings, Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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