Best Hourglass Poems

In shadow 'neath the shining of a soul 
a heart trembles
for her lost 
control.
Hope 
lives 
in Him
who forgives
trespass and sin
as flight with Mercy’s angel does begin.


Susan Ashley
October 7, 2020


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April's come and gone. Now May is here; the grains in the hourglass
have already started sifting down. Dew is on the roses.
Days of linking daisies will soon begin. 
Transparent skies of night will show
constellations when the 
  fire-breathing dragon 
comes to freckle 
school-sprung 
children,...

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At the appointed time (you know not when)
your spirit will kiss this world goodbye.
Sands of your earthly time will then
have run their course. Folks will cry.
Your progeny will be
left behind, and words
hopefully kind
about you
will be
said.
The 
hourglass
at this time
for you alone
will have flipped. Dear ones
will keep...

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In my vantage-point the vast oceans are warming,
The sea levels are rising, while today is melting,
Cracking thick ice-shields crowning Artic, Antarctic
And ferocious intensity is churning Atlantic, Pacific,
As yesteryear in rear view flashes blunt warnings,
And future is admonishing~ morrow is drowning.

Snow-white Alps, soon forgotten dreams of...

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The hourglass sat on the mantelpiece, 
Over a dead fireplace. 
      Its sand had long settled
           In the lower globe of the glass. 
The miser and the fire were both...

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~Love And Peace~ 
(Mirrored Hourglass) 


Pray God for love, peace today 
Love comes from the Lord 
He sets us all free 
Changes all hearts 
Makes us strong 
His love
His love
Makes us strong 
Changes all hearts 
He sets us all free 
Love comes from the Lord...

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Death has come this year; still it comes, ever creeping.
It comes for others in my life and in my family.
To one who wielded great control, it came as she lay sleeping.
All power gone, she did succumb to that grim reaper’s call.
It comes for others now....

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God has allowed me six hundred and 
Eighty-three thousand, two-hundred
Eighty hours to live so far
What have I done with my
Time on this planet
God said produce
And I did
Obey
Him
But
Did I
Do my best
Could I have done
More for my Savior
I   can  not   calculate
My time...

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As I contemplate life
Through thick lenses glasses of the whiskey bottle
Is there life?
What is life, what is the lie, or even the truth?
Or is there only the journey to darkness
If so, why not buy a first class ticket
To the black hole of the universe
There in...

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~Love And Peace~ 
(Mirrored Hourglass) 


Pray God for love  peace today 
Love comes from the Lord 
He sets us all free 
Changes all hearts 
Makes us strong 
His love
His love
Makes us strong 
Changes all hearts 
He sets us all free 
Love comes from the...

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~ In   His  Light~
( Mirrored Hourglass )


Love trust Lord and test His way

Lord won't leave you alone

His mercy will show

When with Lord stay

In His Light

You'll walk

You'll walk

In His Light

When with Lord stay

His mercy will show

Lord won't leave you alone

Love trust Lord and...

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Books, the paths to worlds that lie beyond our reach,       
                            ...

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~Trust~
(George's Mirrored Hourglass)


In God I can always trust
With Him my heart just glows
When storms comes He's there
Rests in His love
Loves me well
I know
I know
Loves me well
Rest in His love
When storms comes He's there
With Him my heart just glows
In God I can always trust.


Dorian Petersen Potter
aka...

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~Love And Peace~ 
(Mirrored Hourglass) 


Pray God for love, peace today 
Love comes from the Lord 
He sets us all free 
Changes all hearts 
Makes us strong 
In Him 
In Him 
Makes us strong 
Changes all hearts 
He sets us all free 
Love comes from...

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I watch the sand
through the hourglass,
Go slipping by so fast,
Through time and space
I see your face,
Wearing just another mask....

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