Best Betides Poems

(Out of Eden IV)

I’m cross as I cross The Cross
And wonder as I wander
My Spirit has rejected the spirit in me
For fear that it’s fare is fair.

The cause of my ‘coarse’, of course
Is as tied, as the tide betides
Fight then the fete of fate with...

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I  used to love the stars in the skies
until I saw the sparkle in your eyes,
my heart once fell for a gentle Dove
until you flew into my world with Love.

You are a timeless tale no tongue can tell,
a priceless pearl no merchant can sell;
your...

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The world is Dying…
Mother Earth Is Crying...
"Man, man, man…
You have caused me much pain…
Even if I rain hailstones on him...He is still stubborn"...

"Man, Man, Man…
You cut down my Hard Grown Forests …Without replanting them,
You Plunder My Breasts spilling my precious Milk…	
Keeping My Marine Offspring In...

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Written for a couple who love Shakespeare and are getting married Sat. 02 
Oct. 2010

This isn't a tragedy as in 'Macbeth',
'Hamlet' or 'King Lear':
Nor is it a 'Comedy of Errors'
to bring a heartfelt tear.
It isn't the giving of  a pound of flesh,
as some might...

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As we spoke to our son last month, it felt like 'A Twilight Zone'.                               ...

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The great mother to whom I cry
But when will your mind be to laugh
Or mouth in joy of peace it seeks
When will happiness to brethren smiles
To him your joy afar in miles
The treasure your children lost
Or the inheritance of mother flaws
Grand children in madness drawn
To...

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Array of yellow leaves
swirl softly to Springtime dirge--
Autumn betides...

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shadows lengthen
chestnuts roast-
winter betides...

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Array of yellow leaves
swirl softly to Spring's gravesite--
Autumn betides...

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Wealth is worthless to a sinking soul,
Success is a gift and not a golden goal.
Rotten riches is like resentful roses.
Prosperity pursues all pleasant purposes.

Woe betides the barn built on bribery,
The cocoon of the corrupt crashes quickly.
Sell not your soul for fortune and fame...
Gruesome gains breed...

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I see the tears of tribulations
and life filled with afflictions;
but hear the blessed savior scream...
Come to the Healing Stream!

My arms are open for you,
I am sent to see you through.
Come in, come on O weary pilgrim,
Come to the Healing Stream!

Though sin has held you down
and...

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Nestled is the slender twisting trail canyon between timeless steep 
aspiring mountains and meditative sopheric sea waters 
The frail road deepens into lofty thickness further from the harsh 
volcanic valley where passion’s throes are ever in abeyance as days grind
on at a petty pace, as...

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Each cock that crows in the morning
mourns the death of dusk.
The silent sunrise reminds sages of the 
reality of human mortality.
Thirsty, mother-earth drinks the teardrops 
from the soiled skies;
ever hungry, the garden feasts on  feeble leaves
from trees in autumn;s wake.
Each new moment dances with...

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ADVERSITY

Adversity strengthens us...and God uses it to help mold us into stronger souls.
Adversity prepares a soul to be more passionate and purposeful about the things beyond mere 
mortality
Adversity increases wisdom when we allow God to do His work in our lives.
Adversity makes us advance into...

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An orphaned paradise where wounded feet
Must hymn the breath which gave it life and light
Despairs for harmonies which subtly meet
In whirlpools where bright genii wake to fight. 

Asleep along the foaming shore there lie
Two citadels whose strong foundations greet
A conscience winged in victory, which flies
Above...

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