Best Lifeline Poems
Two men went to spy Jericho
Before Israel conquered it;
They lodged in Rahab's house,
She hid them on her roof.
Their only means of escape -
A line of rope that led them down the wall
To safety.
They embraced that line of rope red,
They embraced life.
Rahab, a not-so-honourable woman of Jericho,
Feared the God of Israel;
She hid those spies,
She saved their lives
By giving them that escape rope -
Their lifeline.
When she wanted to save herself and her family,
They gave her the same rope
Of safety.
She embraced that line of scarlet thread,
She embraced life.
From my childhood, I've read such stories,
True stories of faith and life.
When I wanted solutions to my problems,
I got the same lifeline
For safety.
And when I embraced these lines I read,
I embraced life.
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8.7.16
{Rahab got her name etched in history (Matthew 1:5) by this act of faith. She is one of the four women mentioned, in whose line Lord Jesus Christ took birth}
{Her story is found in the book of Joshua 2 and Hebrews 11: 30,31}
the power
of a single word
of encouragement
a single moment
that to the core
transforms your life
launching it
in new directions
one surprise after another
life full of such moments
each lifeline looking
much more like a zigzag
than a line
a series of
linked tangents
a sequence of
nothing inconsequential
found in the power
of a single word
Published in my 24-page photo/anthology book ~STAY TRUE~ 2023
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Line after line of fresh diapers
A daily chore for years
Clotheslines held six dozen each day
Unless weather unclear
Two little ones not potty trained
Now grown and on their own
They hold up a lifeline of love
Since the soft nest they've flown
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
Contest: Let Me Feel Your Lines
# 3. Clothesline
Written by: Sara Kendrick
March 30, 2015
I'm floating
In the darkness of space
I'm drifting
Away from the place
I spent all my lifetime
Only connected by
My lifeline
There's a lifeline
Across space and time
Connecting
Everything that is mine
All the people in my past
All the people holding me fast
Reaching to the end of time
My lifeline
I'm slowly
Drifting off into space
I'm longing
For the rain on my face
Back in the place I call my home
Back with the people I've always known
There's a lifeline
Across space and time
Connecting
Everything that is mine
All the people in my past
All the people holding me fast
Reaching to the end of time
My lifeline
I look back
At the place I came from
I wonder
If it will always be home
Or if I will find a place in the stars
Even though they seem so far
Whenever there's a friend in need,
but, he's too proud to say,
don't wait for him to ask for help'
be there for him - okay!
Friend's can be a Lifeline,
in times of stress and strife!
They can make a world of difference,
on this road, we know as life!
Contest: 50 Words
It’s a funny thing.
Has a connotation of pain and hate.
To me:
Its survival. It’s all I have.
If I lose it- I die.
If I see it, if I feel it- I live.
So far its been pain and only that
I wait for my chance
Until then, I live off of it.
My blood.
You breathe into me a breath of depth.
You allow me to see beauty.
Pain transformed into wisdom.
Life lived as a witness.
You consume all of me.
Creativity.
I lose myself.
Poetry.
I love
you.
Sometimes, when you attempt
To reconcile what you see in
The mirror each day, with the
Darkness and emptiness of
Incessant failures and mistakes,
And you strain with all your
Might to squeeze something of
Worth from the torrid chaos
And anxiety that seeks to drown
You, all that manages to drip
From the tip of that keen, rusty,
Ragged-edged blade named
'Purpose', is the thinly-veiled
Knowledge that there is at least
A residue of integrity in the
Recognition of the vicious fact,
That there are some things
You can never, ever, forgive
Yourself for. It is brutal. It is
Cold. It is horrifyingly lonely. But
Sometimes that is all there is
Left to a desolate and broken ...
Soul.
~ 3rd Place ~ in the "Anxiety Poetry Contest", Lewis Raynes, Sponsor.
Instead of calling
the suicide hotline,
you make an appointment
to get a haircut:
you know that your sense
of responsibility
won’t allow you
to stand up your stylist.
From my collection "The Eden of Perhaps".
NOT written during, or related to, the pandemic.
Defibrillator, I have to set..
Cardiac monitor, I need to attached..
Intravenous lines, workingly patent..
Emergency drugs, positioned on standby...
His color turning to pale then bluish..
His breathing starts to become shallow..
His limbs become to loose and cold..
His pulse thready and weak..
On high alert!
On high alert!
Is it the end of his life?
Or is already the beginning of his death?
By: olive_eloi
2:01am
10/11/2013
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"life too beautiful to stay stagnant, keep on moving onwards....."
Blood no longer flows
Through the stented arteries
Pacemaker discharging
My mate,
Hooked on my soul,
Breathe with me forever,
My line to my life in the dark,
And still, you glow so iridescent...us.
lifeline like
i feel fine like
this is a sure sign
of plans not planned to pan
out.
piece (peace) of the puzzle
and it's not lost on me.
you are the
eye
of my storm and it
concerns me how the
weak become even
more (less).
lifeline like
not this time like
you're just my kind
of taken picture no one's framed
yet.
constant debate between
living and there's no other option but
this. oh,
you replace the parts of me
i never wanted to
keep.
lifeline like
you are just mine like
crossing that boundary line
of do i (don't i)
yes i do because i can't
not.
bright scars and even brighter
stars and of course
of course because you
anchor me,
and what else is holding up the
night?
lifeline like
lifeline like
lifeline
oh, how i know, you can
understand me
(now)
For us there may come a time
when you or I will need
someone to lend a helping hand
when all around is greed
So everything we do today,
all free gifts we give,
a coin placed in a stranger’s hand
may help someone to live
Don’t always be so ready
those with less than you to scorn
For tonight we’ll eat plenty,
but who know what brings the morn
This is the luckiest fountain pen That tongue makes me to pass the exam. This is the valuable double degree That coney catcher provides me to get a nice job. This is the famous multinational company. That ladder pays me a good pay. This is the valuable income. That lifeline drives me to run the family. This is the faithful family
That tree produces me more pleasure This is the lovely house That castle is built by my family's support.
Likewise ,this is the fantastic home
That class room teaches living together.