Best Displeases Poems

Author Dana Redricks
July 18, 2019

People don't show their appreciation and quick to point out our flaws. I often think of God and what he must sometimes think of us. We murmur and complain overlooking his many blessings. I know it breaks my heart to hear...

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Dear God, my love for you flickers in wavering shadows,
Caught between the whispers of evening prayers
And the intoxicating allure of liquor’s path.
I am well aware that this habit I cling to displeases you,
Yet I beseech you, dear God, how can I find repose?
How can I...

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BETRAYAL - FICKLE DEATH'S SICKLE 


                        Life is short, death is sure,
          ...

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Ode to the Cockatiel

You exasperate me. 
The most maddening creature
To walk, 
Waveringly across the tabletop
Drawn by an invisible wire
To my bowl
You stand
On the tips of your claws
Four scaly toes strain
You peer 
Over the edge 
And take a nibble
Of what’s inside.
Did you like it, little bird?
Your...

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On the extremity of  a tall bank 
Of big broken stones in round circle done
We reached up a more cruel clutter flank;

And there, for the horrible and strong stun
Of rotten stench which the deep abyss throws,
We then approached, from back, a stone lid dun

Of...

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Jesus: 
I stand at the door of the New Year, longing to come in
to inner sanctum of your heart that I may live within

Me:
Do not stand outside and knock, the door is open wide
I beg you not to hesitate, come make your home inside

Jesus:
Beloved, how...

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I’m not sure what’s happening in this country…sometimes I think it’s being overrun by fools…in some states they’re banning books…in my state, Florida, they’re banning talking about gender and sexuality in schools.

While closing up the bookstore the other night I was thinking how crazy can...

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Although aging may not be a present thing to experience
it is a great blessing. No matter how hard he tries to understand 
old age, the youth will never be able to conceive the meaning of aging,
nor can taste the fruits of real human pathos that...

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My marriage; in danger
No wife in my bed
She slept with two geezers
In our cattle shed

I did suspect one guy
Of making her stray
She does what she pleases
Much to my dismay 

The problem with knowing
Is she often bakes
So now I say, ”Jesus,
That means no more cakes.”

And yes...

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zilch = the current net result dabbling with said medium
which upside per literary skill 
   allows, enables and provides
a golden opportunity 
   to write my own nonestablishmentarian epitaph.

Though gleeful at assiduous followers 
(one attractive babe, who responds 
nearly instantaneously per my...

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brings world word ii gunnery duty 
   as extremely frightful flashback
   which utterly displeases this elderly mortal 
   and such behavior moi aback!
 
Born in this same house 
   on Leona avenue, this oldster doth dwell 
which neighborhood...

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Schooled in hard knock sufferance... -
soulful scribe matt er fact - seeks solemn sanctuary

Despite always pledging
allegiance to the flag
academic performance traced, narrated,
graphed... unfavorable zigzag

vertical lined spikes across
x-axis and y-axis displayed
dramatically sharper increased crag
when promoted one grade to the next

how comprehension did lag
attributed to allocating, dag
gone...

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1.Seeds of desire cause
all-beings ever suffer.
2.Desire, free from birth
desire less solution creates.
3.Desirelessness, above wealthy, any
wealth unequals that.
4.Pure; desireless, truthfulness yields
pure in heart. 
5.Desireless, suffers not rest
are not desire less.
6.Desire less escaping righteousness
it displeases weak
7.Killing desires, obtain unfailing
deeds as desired.
8.Distress discontinues for desire less
rest, sorrows overflow.
9.Ceasing...

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Father I have done so many things that displeases you.
I have said things that made me appear so brand new
But my heart still remains humble though my mind is out of range.
Am I too far gone, or is there still hope for a change?

The seasons...

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October 6 Scripture Meditations Based on Luke 18-19

Key Verse – Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR AVENGING ME 

Thank You for avenging me, Your...

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