Best Hiatt Poems

T h e   S a l e

Near the end of a lonely road
A home where an old man did reside
Traffic parked all around the house
Contents "For Sale", -  the sign implied

"He'd lived there as long as he could, -
Ninety four years", I...

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He created the universe 
Darkness and gloom, He did disperse 
All was utopia, before the curse
             He's awesome ! 

He hangs the stars out every night 
On a sinking boat, He removed fright
In...

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My daughter and I
Were rock climbing one morning
We got up real high
I reached the top of the rock
And awaited my daughter

Something went bad wrong
Her rope came completely loose
And she was falling
I grabbed rope hard and tightly
But she was slipping away

I started to fall
Caught myself nearly...

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A Little Bird"
      (Refer to= Matthew 10:29,31)

One of the first things that I hear
As dawn breaks in the eastern sky
Is a cheerful song, of a little bird
Another bleak night, it does defy

God instilled in it, the simple fact
That life and...

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A Servant's Heart

It was on the road to Jericho
A Samaritan did compassion show
A great example, he did bestow
            "A Servant's Heart"

A cart near full, in the check-out line
"Go ahead, - your items are less...

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an attentive passerby can hear the full bloom raucous
gardens have been awakened by the iridescent sun
tulip orchids, with their gray-green leaves of glaucous
heed to chimes of silver and blue bells, rivalry has begun

in full flower, cherry blossoms bask in their self-satisfied beauty
exotic birds of paradise...

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Worth Waiting For 

The brochure and the TV add
Proclaimed the event to be superb
First time in the area to appear
They're the best you ever heard

Next year's model will arrive
In the next month or two
State-of-art features, it will sport
It's worth the wait, - I promise you

Around...

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For days we were assaulted
By vicious sleet and snow
It brought life to a standstill
Many were in survival mode

Records show, it had been decades
Since such fury we had known
Just more reason to be complacent
And show how careless we had grown

Then one morning, an open curtain
Revealed bright...

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Honor The Veteran   

I saw him walking across the street
A little humped, with a touch of grey
"Veteran," was inscribed on the cap he wore 
Surviving others, - that had passed away  

His steps was not as agile and brisk
As they were a...

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Hush my sweet petal, hush,
Thine  experience that causeth thou cheeks to flush;
Is the titillation of loves first blush.

Thou beauty causeth mine heart to pound.
To shaketh it foundations leaving mine legs unsteady on the ground,
Walk yonder, then hitherto me.
Filleth mine eyes with thy beauty of...

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The refrain of the little birds
Breaks silence of the night
Hours of bleakness is dispelled
As on the horizon, the sun gives light

The vivid green, soon gives way
To a golden yellow leaf
Just another reminder of autumn
To hot summer days, it gives relief

The lonesome sound of the katydid
Ushers...

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Galilee to Golgotha

He came as a Babe in a lowly manger
In Bethlehem from Galilee
Annals of time had prophesied
Messiah would come to set man free

Not through the realms of royalty
But by meager and modest means
Free from pollution of humanity
Untainted by mankind's genes

As a youth, He marveled...

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They gather there most every morn
The retirees at the coffee shop
To discus events and each others ills
Politics and the new traffic stop

It is a highlight of their day
To greet each other as they dine
And so it's easy to take for granted
They're always there,- rain or...

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Hoisted high above the ground
Floating in the gentle breeze
Colors and symbols depict a message
That some reject, but others please

Be it local or in a foreign land
Violence or peace it can incite
Some may regard it nonchalent
But others defend, with all their might

It's the mouthpiece and sounding...

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Paul's Pearl

"Take up thy cross and follow Me"
If my discipline, you choose to be 
Goals for yourself you must deny
Jesus spoke to those who stood by

He knew that soon the greatest trial 
Coming from those who were hostile 
Would await Him at the cross 
As...

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