Best Joshua Poems

When God seems distant,
it is I who have drifted.
He’ll never leave me.



December 24, 2020...

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They don't speak
those walls
only absorb
scraps of life
the stench of urine
lucky pennies
desperate art
and a ringing clamber of voices
that move with every rush of air
down winding subway tunnels
 
here life collides 
in status
and in thunders
those walls
bear witness 
to many miseries
and many wonders 
 
on this day
the subway...

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I am the word of God 
A unique collection of 66 books
I was inspired by the Holy Spirit
As the fountain of God's knowledge

I am called the Bible in bookshops and libraries 
In the hearts of men I dwell as the Holy Bible 
I am uncommon...

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How could you turn your back on him?
What has he ever done to you?
Except to give you all his love,
So innocent and true.

You disappear for years on end,
And never leave a word.
No birthday cards or Christmas days,
I find that quite absurd.

He is not alone in...

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I am living steady
I am moving steady
In unsteady times
Keeping my balance and smiles

Though the world is unsteady
Keep moving and ready
To meet God in His kingdom
And live forever in freedom

Glorify God in good and bad times
So that you can overcome at all times
Cause the devil goes...

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Some may look to distant Mars
among radiant stars.
Get to the desert, you'll find more
much nearer ours. 

Nearer than any man knows. 
Ancestral, celestial bones, 
secret kept in Mojave's botany
seldom seen
though I've never been.    

Spread of clustered flowering panicles..
tall giants in sun swept...

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We went headlong into Joshua Tree,
      the four of us.

Flower maps, Del Taco stops, cigarette butts, and Steel Kettle
      armed us through the hot desert air.

This was a time when my voice was lost, 
...

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Written January 1, 2014


I'm just passing through 
This tumbleweed town
Wondering why anyone would
Bother to stay around
When the truths that are spoken
By our mothers and fathers
Are lies told to quiet our fears
To quench the thirst
Of a man counting his years

So today is the day
When I'll be...

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When lightning strikes the Joshua tree
The air is frightfully clear.
The children quiet their 
Jacks and Jump ropes
As the suburbia settles it's ears.
An ivy beneath a sycamore tree 
Watching a fire with envy.

It wonders,
How on nature's rich, ripe earth
Is there a power
So quick to devour
The beauty...

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"Choose this day whom you shall serve,
but as for me and my house we will
serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15***

OH! You are truly free to choose this
Day whom you will serve. Although you
May choose to follow and worship other
Gods. And I am just as free not...

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branches reach skyward like arms to Heaven  
alone between sand and sun
waiting for an answer


By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
Sixth place in One Tree in a Distant Field contest...

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Dotard Trumpery used to disgust the "ery" excrescence ending his surname,
for apocope he approached Megan Trump and poached her maiden name,
to which Joshua Trump, her son naming after her, dare no longer lay claim,  
because from then on he was reduced to campus bullies'...

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To My Dear Friend Joshua

Although the days seem soft and weary
Although this world can get tough and dreary
Although the cruelty is getting stronger
Although you feel you can’t take it any longer

There’s simplicity in the sunshine when we walk into the light
May your days be filled...

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I'm aiming in every direction so you better duck down
You've came up against the champ, Sorry but your luck's out
One strike will have you dizzy and see your blood rush out 
I call my pen Anthony Joshua because we don't care who or what we...

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Just as a man
Of joy and laughter not filled within
Speak not of the pain and destruction you felt 
Held it in all these years...why, we could have helped 
Up, we could have held you...but you never spoke of it, for this was unknown 
All of...

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