Best Neff Poems

Cyrus Neff
1842-1914

You will never find me and the missus, 
Not back here amongst the roots and the scrubs!
We are among the forgotten dead of Mt....

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Hannah, I haven't seen or heard you cry
not in the gray of winter day
or in the cold silence of our prisoner nights,
the others can hardly...

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THE ANGRY SEA

The eye of the storm is lurking at sea
Is it Gustav or Hanna waiting to be?

The angry waves ravage the coast
The people must...

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MY KENTUCKY HOME
I sit in these Kentucky mountains,
High upon a hill.
The birds are singing 
In the trees,
Is that a whip poor will?

The people in these...

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Is that your voice
I hear dear Lord?
Are you calling out to me?
All the blessings that I have
I promise not to hoard.

A still small voice
In the...

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DON’T BE AFRAID MY CHILD

The birds are waiting in the trees
The sun behind the clouds,
The bushes out in front of us
Are swaying in the breeze.

The...

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THE PRINCE OF PEACE
I sit in early morning
Waiting for your voice
The birds are singing the trees
I really have no choice,

But to thank you for this...

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COMING HOME
 
The sun cast a shadow
across the floor.
Its day break you see
and I’m alive once more.
When at night 
I fall asleep
The moon and the...

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THANK YOU LORD

Wake up my child
Come and see
The beauty all around.
The mountains and the tree tops high
The birds are echoing in the trees.
The butterfly touches...

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ON MY KNEES AGAIN

I thank you Lord for giving me
A chance to thank you on my knee

When at night I do forget
I wake and know...

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THE DARKNESS LOOMS

Another night the darkness looms
Another day, a rose that blooms.
When hope seems lost to you and me
The glory fades I hope you’ll see.
I...

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GENTLE RAIN
I long to hear the gentle rain
as it drizzles down the window pane

The sun is under cloud today
the birds are hiding too.
the trees are...

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THE SEA
The waves are slapping against the shore
The night air chills the sea
The birds have left the beach
This time
Are they hiding from me?

I am walking...

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THE OCEAN

I hear the roar of the ocean waves,
They call to me, it’s all the rave.
The birds they all do seem to gather
By themselves they...

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