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Premium Member A Soldier Named Desmond Doss
Help me save just one
They are so many
I have reason for no gun
I refuse the use of any
Use me to carry him
On my back to safety
It’s now dark, dim
Just one, help me
To what am I assigned
Why am I here, if not for Thee
These men are...

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© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: desmond, soldier, war,
Form: Rhyme
With Just One Look She's Norma Desmond
Awakening early 
just before sunrise
to exquisite sounds
of the morning refrain

Blackbird sweetly 
offers his love
with his passionate tune
surely making her swoon

How could she resist
this morning opera
each wistful aria
expressing his love

Flying towards her
with hope in his heart
plans are made
a love nest to start

Drawn towards 
the sea ~...

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Categories: desmond, good morning, sea, sun,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Desmond Tutu Born 7th October 1931 Died 26th December 2021
The iconic Desmond Tutu died, impish humor, feisty Archbishop, so revered,
As we lay him to rest, may angels embrace him, a great loss, much endeared,
A Nobel Prize winner, spoke out about Afrikaners, how they tyrannically reigned,
Reprimanded black political elite, tributes poured in globally, now he's...

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Categories: desmond, love,
Form: Epitaph

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu stood for anti-Apartheid
Courageously walked in front as a guide
Will ever be honored as a brave knight
Here in this tomb lies, he, emanating light

4. Jan. 2022
A Celebrity Epitaph Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Michelle Faulkner...

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Categories: desmond, appreciation, death, memorial,
Form: Epitaph
Tutu - Archhbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu 1931-2021
I
small father, The Arch is missed even by Dalai Lama, Buddhists
this writer loves Israel, but Tutu cried for Palestine, fellow-activists
my truth: the Arch gave me permission to be an African, a Christian
when I was all Indian-South-African by birth, a Hindu nationalist

II
he began as a teacher...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: desmond, america, appreciation, brother, christian,
Form: Bio
Desmond Mortley
Walk with me here, friend, once again
Along the dingy street cataloged with dingy lives
For our hopes were eagles here
And the little people preys of pride
How we circled them aloft in our sky
Of some marginal education
Until their pearl glint in our eyes
And our hearts came down...

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Categories: desmond, friendshipme, me,
Form: Free verse



Raymond and Desmond
Tall fair Raymond,
And taller fairer Desmond,
Of each other heartily fond,
And of a deepening bond,
Soon this did a violence for a blonde,
By name Gladys Frond:
A human copy of Luxuriant Palm Frond,
To Raymond “Pure Gold” and to Desmond “Sparkling Diamond”.

One to the other ceases to respond,
For if...

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Categories: desmond, care, character, conflict, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member DAILY GRATITUDE GOODNESS AND DESMOND TUTU
Today I’m grateful for goodness and for Desmond Tutu..
Who, while he was alive, these wise words from his lips unfurled:

Do your little bit of goodness where you are, he said,
It’s those little bits of good put together
that overwhelm the world....

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: desmond, inspiration, thanks,
Form: Rhyme
Letter To a Girl Child
Everything seems impossible when it’s not done
Though when dark times hit, people tend to give up and run
But to where, it’s still under the same sun
This is one of the truth ignored by man.

Yes! Fate is fate, but giving up is not an option_ Cause...

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Categories: desmond, africa, child, confidence, courage,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things