Best From Strength To Strength Poems

The pro-Hanoi Vietcong many years ago
In the 1950's Diem's government they'd overthrow
All opposition was crushed killed or jailed
These elected ones to their people they failed

This Buddhist country so religious in belief
Now politically torn apart, impending future grief
In the early 1960's with the CIA in place
Discussing...

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How lovely is Your tabernacle, O Lord of host! My soul longs, yes, even faints for

The courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God *

Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself,...

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OUR BABY GIRL TURNS 21

ON 1ST JULY 1990~ THE ANGELS DID SOMETHING ALMIGHTY
FROM HEAVEN THEY SENT US OUR LIFE-LONG DESIRE-A PRECIOUS DAUGHTER TO LOVE AND ADMIRE.
TRUE TO YOUR NATURE YOU ARRIVED WITHOUT FUSS OR PAIN--THE FIRST TIME OUR EYES MET WE KNEW OUR LIVES WOULD...

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24 years ago I got a precious 
gift
A beautiful baby girl 
To love with all my heart 
And I have right from the start
To watch her grow 
From strength to strength 
And become the woman she is 
today 
So much love to give to all 
around 
I'm do proud of you...

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He was only a sheepdog
But his death has bitten 
Into my soul ever since.
As a pup we brought 
Him from his home
In Ireland
Where supernumeraries 
Are drowned
No small   farm needing 
More than one mutt.

His reddish brown brother
 Had been our first choice 
We were...

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It began as a struggle many years ago
 The struggle that only the brave fought for years
 It was the dream to them
 A dream they wanted to leave for their young


 It is today that make the accomplishments of their fight
 The fight that...

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B urning embers growing dim
U sually would be suggesting
R esulting love affair diminishing
N ot in this case, the embers are making
I nteresting visions of love with their coals
N ow love is deep within their souls
G oing from strength to strength with no control

E ndless nights...

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She said (part two)
" Aint nobody's fault but mine......"  she said
"My eyes were wide open yet closed with a curtain of uncertainty and hope;
my vision blocked, stripped naked of signs of deceit, unguarded optimism and mere recollection
"Aint nobody's fault but mine.......;
I put my hand...

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Time draws us closer
If we salute social partners
Who bless our lives, eliminating any stressor
From the corners

Where time creates quality time
To share
To climb to the prime
Level of the care

We disperse and dispense
In the interaction
Whose essence
Consolidates affection

In words, in actions
Deliberately meant
To invite benedictions
In every second spent

Strengthening ties
Within...

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Tangled webs,
My soul hurts,
I think I’d rather never have loved, than loved & lost instead,
See, I’m depressed,
I walk through Central Station giving pennies to the ‘Walking Dead’,
I know that time flies,
Like that toy plane we built up & let fly from the high rise,
Mean guys...

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As each day passes by,
My love for you grows stronger and stronger,
You have given me so many reasons to want to live this life to the fullest,
I want every moment of our lives to be spent in each others arms,

Side by side,
Never walking this journey...

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A Divine Tie

                             It`s a tie knotted since childhood days
       ...

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Time lapses days turn into weeks
I still yearn for your voice
You rebuke me yet i still desire
You're presence to behold thee
You're blessing upon me at dawn
You're light i seek

Your rebuke is like oil on my head
Those who trust upon you
Move from strength to strength
I desire...

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SPECIAL 83th BIRTHDAY DEDICATION TO AKINWAMDE OLUWOLE SOYINKA 

HEARTY CONGRATS 
The Great Wole, 
 Here you are with another added age with grace
The grace of the creator bestowed on you
Shines the light since the very day you were born
And up till now at age 83...

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From strength to strength...

...this full body this flow...

I find myself in the soup...

my palet hungers the flavour...

where artisan and genius grow...

poets feed the ladle...

we all feel the sweet interpret...

this nourishment gathers all to celebrate...

...from our rich decant...

each poet decorates...

...we breathe the nearer...

...the deciduous - deciphers

...more...

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