Best Maxie Poems

A BLESSED CHRISTMAS FOR ALL WITH POETRY SOUP

Dear Caren, Andrea, Cay Cay, Carolyn and Jan
Rico, Arturo, Paul and Chris, all of you are the same...

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HARMONY 69
The night of twelfth December `69  
knotted together an icy storm wind 
that whipped False bay`s waves 
to white -frilled blankets.
Thunderclaps against primal...

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(Shuffling with Shel)
   Ode to Shel Silverstein

The master taps across the stage
Wiggling rhymes upon his page
Tapping, leaping, letting go
Silly poems that steal the...

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Anticipation

 
This morning the sky was bright red
Before turning to a dirty milk
The air is still
The heat is intense and dry
You can hear the leaves...

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THE CROSS

I fold my arms and close my eyes,
I picture a cross so tall.
Mary His Mother 
And Mary His disciple
Crying below, at His feet.

Blood running...

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Under the African sun

When loneliness bite’s and red wine doesn’t help
And mowing the lawn makes you feel a little green,
Red faced and hot! 
Winter it...

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MY SAVIOUR

When life is just too hard to handle. I turn to You Lord.
When the debts pile higher than the sky, I turn to You...

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Safety and Warmth
 
I don’t often talk or share my feelings.
But when I do, it’s to You, Jesus my Saviour.
I pray through the night and...

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Princess Warrior

Sometimes the path is very rocky,
Sometimes the path is very steep.
Other times it may be just plain walking.
Other times we may dream while we...

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Genisis 1
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the...

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DO as you are told,

 

We moan about our hardships,
But hardships are mostly brought about by ourselves.
You can say “but I didn’t cause it!”
Look really...

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Call out to Me


Hungry, thirsty, worried.
That’s what I am
Reaching out, longing and pleading.
Lost in a world of darkness.

Theres a penlight rolling around
The batteries are flat.
Too...

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FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND

 
There is excitement in the air!
There is a disturbance in the airwaves!
The dogs are restless.
The birds have disappeared
The air is still,...

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Where Eagles Dare

 

Where Eagles dare and Angels fear to tread,
Gods breath breaths. 
Where hurricanes blow and tornadoes swirl
Gods breath breaths.
Where volcanoes boil and the...

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As if we were rabbits
All that's needed for our happiness
Is the end of the world

I woke this morning to a sound of strange digging
A little...

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