Best Amens Poems

...There was a winsome writer named Andie
who wrote poetry really Jim Dandy
with pencil or pen
she'd write her amens
For our Andie was truly not randy.



9/19/1948......

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...I wanted to love myself
But couldn't get past my reflection
or the recollection
of all my imperfections
It was so much easier 
to turn my back on myself
and go in a different direction

So I ......

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...The stench of urban decay winds thick 
and rank through squalid, narrow
streets christened with booze and urine,
permeating decades of neglect.

A drunken derelict slurs enthusiastic 
amens in hopefu......

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...Life as active love 
evolves toward more polycultural communication,
across both species and time,
within Earth’s Solar EcoSystemic Universe.

While this conversation includes human natured comm......

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...Asked if they believed in the Hereafter

     Amens echoed from every rafter

          The preacher rejoiced

               Then this plea he voiced

                    "Fill up the collec......

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...Piles of human arms and sloppy heads laid
On food-trays of half-eaten buns with cold tea
Magazines, milk bottles, and jackets
Passed us by in a whisk of infinity;
You never once moved but peacefully ......

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...Stop drinking alcohol,
this only reassures us,
like social media,
like your favourite TV shows,
and drugs,
that our personal problems are all okay,
when intoxication is an escape route,
from o......

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...The Abomination 

By Elton Camp

“Abomination! Abomination!” the preacher stormed
“A child of hell is all such a one will ever be!
It’s a choice one makes to serve the evil Satan.”
“Amens” rang out f......

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...I rested my weight on the dated metal green and white glider. I moved back and forth listening to the cracking sound that the glider forced out of the patched slats on Mama Ruth's front porch.
It wa......

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...I must make ammends before I sleep tonight,		
	
		   A constant friend is (HE) that knows my plight.		
	                      
                                      Safe and sound in my bed here ......

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...race,
      He prayed for peace,
Bring the soldiers home, 
      Dear Lord, Please!
He blessed the meal,
      The hands that prepared,
Lord, reign down Your mercy,
      Let none be spared.

When Daddy said Grace
      Momma sang along
With hearty "Amens"
      In a voice so strong!
Now when we say Grace
       The angels stand still,
He and Momma watch o'er us
        As we ask 'God's Will'.......

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...Song of the Harvest Home

Under contented twilight memories, my childhood harvest home abides in chrysanthemum hues
Two story home on a quiet street behind a fence decorated by my grandmother’s ro......

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...Almost Home 
My journey's almost over now 
I'll soon be going home
To meet with all the angels
Around God's heavenly throne.

I can't wait to see my Lord
To look upon His face
As I listen to ......

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...CAUGHT IN THE SIGHTS

like Bambi caught in the sights of a hunter's gun
life sometimes ain't any phun
like never gaining permission to be what you want to be
life can often leave you less than f......

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...HEAVENS DREAM. It is said they do.
Every celestial body sighs within days and truth.
All have had heavenly experiences in their youth.
They dream of you in EMERALD bliss on golden shores.
As wave......

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