Affirm Poems

Like anything
There are two edges to this sword
The ragged one has, for now, cut too deeply
The reality of its cleaving
And the intent of the hand it is wielded by
Thickens the blood that weeps from its wounds
To collect in a puddle...Read More

Spells of luscious sound and wondrous vision
bells that fill the air with mystic tones
wells of crystal cascades sating endless thirst 
dells a golden haunt for clustered stones

Wings propel red robin’s noonday flight 
rings affirm a passion spanning many lives
things we...Read More

Let the people of the world say
Some of them say there ain’t no way in…
With all the troubles and turmoil in this day
Seems like there ain’t no way, ain’t no way

Let the church say, Amen
Let the people of this world...Read More

Her eyes betrayed her and in that moment
he saw an ocean between them-
so sweet her smile that so oft would light his world
now empty, cold and false.

Her manner though polite held no warmth
he saw a desert between them-
so empty her...Read More

* Single moments of passion can last forever ... (re-posted for a friend) *

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Good night my playful heart, waltz merrily in fairy dreams
Reveling in memories of beloved blissful blossoming springs 
Engaging her wishes in music of gentle whispering winds
Ascending to ecstasy, eliciting elatedly what romance is
Traversing the night-sky, stargazing in her doting company.

Exhilarating...Read More

 
To be yours means never needing,
          as my starving heart you’re feeding.


Our dalliance of romance, firm-
          ethereal hearts shall affirm.

Idyllic~ touching...Read More

Joyful am I in the assured redemption of Christ Jesus
Offering myself to live for Him by His might, verily omnipotent
Sancified, cleansed toward sincere service
Empowered for faithful stewardship engagement
Taught so as to teach in discipleship thrusts…

Maximizing God’s grace through His mercy
Attentive...Read More

erotes might allow her to speak of you as her husband
might you meet the requirements of her conditions.
to become her husband she wishes these seven things.
then upon receiving these things she shall light
seven different candles
symbolizing each day.
he too wishes things...Read More

Repair shop

Worms and dinosaur blood, toil and fuel,
Doors I’ll hold for you.
Pure, old as moonlight, the marbled
Cloister of your pleasance I’ll affirm

They will come for your museums, my love.
They will come for your big, fine Cadillacs…
choke-weed and cottonmouths infesting gardens.
So...Read More

It varies by heart
Only the wise will affirm
How idealists know
If by reading sundry books
Let knowledge itself to speak...Read More

Lord I no you said, that there’re be no more tears in heaven
So may I cry now
My mama be gone
My daddy too!
Oh! Lord my wife has been taken back home…
Now I am alone, 
But yet I’m not alone
For you see...Read More

Quicker than a peep of life, death lobs in the street-
Of life, to cease cuteness with alarming sobs.
As pigs rootle for truffles, so it's courier prowls to -
Sting aged - rich and poor, even infants fostering,
Amidst all our pleasures, our...Read More

What makes my son special? Let me highlight his qualities…
since his milestones are  my accomplishment-trophies.  
He recently received his “Most Generous” and “Most Well-Groomed” awards; 
and he is now busy, learning with fun, in his sign language class.

His...Read More

"Whew, done with today, sigh
I know I gave it my best try

I met every challenge head on
And beat most back with my baton

A few battles will have to wait another day
Certainly to join other dragons I have to slay

But I...Read More

Beginnings Excite but Are Difficult,
Getting Out of Bed to the Alarm,
Deciding What Needs Doing is Occult,
Showing Up at the Office Can Harm,
The Urge to Exclaim "Halt!",
School Often Makes One a Worm,
Lines Blank on Paper May Scald,
1st Words are Awkward &...Read More

      
              Ó stars conductor
             thou who descended upon the...Read More

We must stem a seam when
when shaking hands slip
either side of an engaging story
Fixed into a ribbon it
may be secure
Its luster ensured
If loosened, its grief
may stay
and engulf us
They may call it 
feeble
but we deem it 
our first love

It may choose...Read More

The fear of acceptance is my greatest denial,
It weighs down on me like an anchor of hesitance,
Yet my face is the epitome of self confidence,
I’m the one they think has no care’s, 
It’s me that they say they wish they...Read More

Let us, Let us, Oh, let us hold tight
Let us hold tightly 
Unto the hope, unto the hope
The hope without wavering never wavering, wavering
Wavering to the hope we affirm
For God, only God can be trusted
Only His trust to keep his...Read More

This ode's impossible, a structured mess
of playful praise, stacked serious on a shelf,
closed spheres of wit contained. I must confess
I think of it in excess to myself.

It hoards the writing room inside my brain;
it locks the door four times, once...Read More

     I kept dandelions of memories in my pocket
      But dandelions are never meant to stop growing
     And their fluffed seeds tumbled from my pocket edges
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Miracles* affirm God’s omnipotence
Testifying of His great existence
Upholding my Bible faith’s persistence
Defying skepticism’s insistence.

I believe in the Lord of miracles
Along His love, grace, mercy-might buckles
Freeing my heart from selfishness’ shackles
Toward joyous service-height pinnacles.

*John 2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus...Read More

Feeling a rumbling deep in my gut
I'm not quite sure what that’s all about
as I clench the sphincter in my butt.

Something rank is trying to get out
and based upon my bloated bowel
it's going to succeed; I've no doubt.

I might need...Read More

Take a breath,
  affirm your life

Take a step,
  confirm it twice

Your mind reflects,
  as words surround

All time remembered
  —truth unbound

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)



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