Best Lourdes Poems

Bernadette prayed,
wore straw knee pads 
and
built a cathedral incarnate.

Remains of the glorified were
sun baked shingles upon her roof.
Beaded mercy chips 
and
pieces of blessed palms
sewn by...

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1858
Southwestern France
Mother Mary appeared 18 times
Young woman Bernadette Soubirous
Announcing: “I am the Immaculate Conception”
Mother Mary helped Bernadette
Discover a hidden spring of grotto
That Spring was soon...

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The smile was what you’d notice first
Before you’d even catch
The necklace and the earrings, which,
Of course, just had to match.

The stylish silver hair cut short
You’d...

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Surrounded by seven cherubs of cheer,
Just recently passing my 100th year,
I’ve been standing here on this perch,
In Little Falls, MN’s Our Lady of Lourdes church.

Most...

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Golden Roses 


...to one who has faith, no explanation is necessary...to one without faith, no explanation is possible...Thomas Aquinas. 


Roses side by side where the...

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Do you know of the icon of "The Black Madonna"?
   She is the Patron of Poland to this day.
   It is...

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I live in a big city where the mother earth blessed us
with the friendly climate, refreshing greeneries and crops
So you can enjoy the serene beauty...

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Translation below

Valse des morts


Je valse
Je valse, valse, valse
le journée, la nuit
Le long des rues
Le long de la rivière
Je valse jusqu'à ce que je ressens la...

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Tomorrow that chair will be empty

the laughter we shared would be gone

today I wave as I walk far

pretending I'm still standing tall

Each hug ,every smile...

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May 29, 1957: …have to think about getting a thesis director…know no professor yet in the department…someone suggested i get hold of Derek Fogg for...

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The blue hour takes root ...

There is the dark wing of the steamer,
Which takes the open sea, and carries away its regrets,
Tiny passengers, waving handkerchiefs
And...

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Destination 
A historical place
But these Gettysburg landings
A place of race
 
The signals our droids
To the Kestrels they return
For their cargo on board
To them will be,...

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Women in my family
were immigrants, as history records.
Grandmother Rosamond was born in Italy.
Marceline was French and traveled from Lourdes.

My mother, Jaqueline, was wed at seventeen.
A...

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L-ines 
O-f 
U-plifting 
R-egards 
D-eploy 
E-ssential 
S-tatement 

E-mploying 
S-ensible 
P-oem 
I-n 
R-ight 
I-dea 
T-o 
U-nderstand 

Topic: Birthday of Lourdes F. Espiritu (February 11) 
Form: Vertical...

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L-ook
O-ut
U-ntil
R-emarkable
D-efense
E-ndures
S-trong

R-ain
U-sing
I-nspiration
Z-one

Topic: Birthday of Lourdes M. Ruiz (February 06) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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