Best Outreach Poems


Sacred Flame

SACRED FLAME

Let others speak in praise as well they may
Of nature green, untouched by human hand
A perfect Eden, God, sole would defray
That we should tend unchanged, this virgin land

When He incarnate made that brief outreach
In human form participating here
It seems to me his mission was to teach
Bequeath responsibility of care

Thus we were blest with talents and desire
To build and to enhance the world we own
Set deep within there burns a sacred fire
Creativity is ours, be it on loan

So let the works of mankind be esteemed
Divinity within is thus redeemed

Buoyant Breeze

Oh! The generous buoyant breeze
You help the earth revolve with ease

Beaming the news of a flower that unfurls
And to outreach bees, insects and flies
Here and there, you just twirl, curl and whirl 

Fetching facts of water levels of lakes
Traveling miles and crossing continents
You spread data to storks, ducks and crakes

Diffusing fragrance of the flowers
Transmitting aroma of the home food
Carrying enticing tunes of the bamboo
Disseminating whispers of the lovers
Relaying secrets of spectacular seasons

Oh! The generous buoyant breeze
You help the earth revolve with ease

The Deamon Faire

The Deamon Faire
The Deamon Faire
a paroday of a novel
the awful ugly was moving slightly impaired in the fire was slowing it down
it was the deamon faire come to the home
the little child asleep in the hay
the pussy willow cat came to catch the deamon faire
she crept near the crypt
the deamon faire lumbered near the mill
the mill was turning wheel almost captured pussy willows tale
she sounded like a deamon cat all wound upp and upp too bat
indeed the deamon faire looked like a hairy bat in a suit with the tie
the cat pounced at the deamon faire and missed the splash was a wet pussy 
willow cat
she hissed the deamon faire sounded just like this
a long burning howl pulled over a wool scarf then turned into a screech
the outreach tried to reach the scene of the crime was an old pond milling and 
lumbering and long
overgrown ivy trailing
meandering overblown moss
the author was right up to this point and then she lost her train of thought the 
end of the book never tells us exactly what happened to the
The Deamon Faire
ed,note,ed
did you read Faire as FAIR  or FAIRY oh what a Happy Birthday Paroday
a real live dead poet charlax poetry poem


Premium Member Untrampled Sand

Untrampled Sand

Idyllic shorelines tucked away
Are island protected in a tropical bay
Below pastel skies polished by clouds,
Reveal a Shangri-La lathered in gold.

Untrampled sands, white and tanned,
Are cooled by waves and wind-fanned,
Where exotic vegetation creeps unmolested,
Claiming squatters’ rights of fertile deposits.

Mollusk seashells litter the beach
Within the cove’s curvature outreach,
Where hermit crabs upgrade shells
And birds sing throughout the hills.

(Un paraíso tropical de mi corazón
En sueños con la mujer que amo.
Gracias por la memoria
Ese viento llena mi lienzo
Mientras navego por los océanos.)

A tropical paradise of my heart
In dreams with the woman I love.
I thank you for the memory
That wind-fills my canvas
As I sail the oceans.

Premium Member When Thrust in the Center of the Storm

Thrust in the centre of the storm’s wild roar,
Oh Lord, my Heavenly Father, you were near.
I relied on you and it was your kind face which I saw,
That you mended my torn spirit when fear did gnaw.

When wind howled loud and thunder boomed and burst,
In your mercy that exceeded all bounds, I did trust.
I knew you couldn’t turn your face when your child, 
Held in utter helplessness was crying for aid.

When fear and anxiety swivelled and raked me
Shaking me and sinking me into the depths of the sea
You anchored my soul to faith that made me proclaim-
‘Jesus alone is my sole refuge and no other name’.
 
Thrust in the eye of the storm, when I was with fear rife,
And when no one was around to save my life,
I saw you standing lovingly within my reach,
With hands held out to me, ready for outreach. 

When tossed by the currents of fiery storms
Lord! You made me seek the safety of your arms.
When I was drowning in the sea of escalating pain,
You strengthened and sustained me and kept me sane.

Make me feel, you are there in every rhythm of my life.
More when life becomes burdensome with problems rife.
Over the arid deserts and the stormy turbulent sea,
I pray to be by my side as an abiding presence, piloting me.

Premium Member Spin the Lie

When I see Matt Hancock spin his lie 
I can’t stop sing at his pink tie
He stands there like a demon telling us all what to do 
He thinks we are stupid and don’t have a clue. 

Take your restrictions your graphs and your tiers 
You can’t control us all with your COVID-19 fears 
It’s over now we have had enough 
Shows us statistics we are calling your bluff. 

We can’t be free with these measures In place
We are sick and tired of this nonsense give us some space 
We can’t see our family other than Christmas?
We care, cause we see how you destroy our business.

If this is not an outreach of power the world has seen 
Why do your worry about those who oppose  the vaccine?


Transport For London Shaman

The TFL Shaman- A Journey Home.

Raindrops trickle down the misty train windows,
Obscuring views of coloured graffiti,
Works of passion sprayed on to embankment walls.
Bright colours splattered onto neglected structures,
Wild Statements of art,
Arising from the urban ashes of creativity.

Serious and distant faces find the protection,
In-ear plugs and Smartphones, from a carriage,
Painted in soulless grey and from fellow travellers,
Silhouetted against stark Fluorescent lighting,
From contact that might demand a human response.

Hopeful eyes, searching screens for some outreach of love,
Social media, this agency of sometimes silent desperation,
Of outsourced spirituality,
Paper castles and empty rooms,
Designed to steal us from the very now,
This very now, that would wake us,
From a digital nightmare.

Suddenly the sunlight slips through dark clouds,
Transforming the soulless city grey
Into instant beauty,
Sunlight bounces of wet sparkling windows,
Shafts of white light scatter across sky and
Concrete Landscapes, highlighting and making special
For just a moment, the ordinary.

And against a quietness,
Only disturbed by the rumbling train,
Comes the faint voice of a passenger singing.
Awkward feet shuffle as people turn away,
But as she sings, this TFL Shaman tears down a hidden vail,
And for a moment we stand exposed, real,
Scared others might see our pain.

Next stop, Chadwell Heath a soft voice says.
The doors fly open, and the TFL Shaman steps off,
Her glowing Red hair lifting gently in the breeze,
Her Shopping bags cutting into her small hands.

Outside In the warm summer sun, a blackbird sings with all its heart,
Falling silent for a moment, and then sings again.

John Roberts

Premium Member The Devil Can Cite Scripture For His Purpose

To the Dove World Outreach Center and Westboro Baptist Church

At the Sunday gospel meeting
Coded words of hate repeating
Welcome in if you're Caucasian
Enter not if black or Asian

Sheeple purple Kool-Aid drinking 
For the ones who do their thinking
Giving up their right to question
For a soothing mind possession

You'll take no vino with the host
It might offend the Holy Ghost
So you'll save your Ray-Bans for
The covered drive-thru liquor store

Come sit upon the front row pews
Be born again to hate the Jews
All brother this and sister that
Unless you wear a bishop's hat

You handle snakes and speak in tongues
But you can't even spell in one
You know a single Spanish phrase
And that's "Habla usted ingles?"

You can abuse that Venezuelan
While you worship Sarah Palin
Who can stoke your fiery yearning
For a little Koran burning

You're the lily of the valley
At the LGBT rally
In the spirit charismatic
And the gun on automatic

Time to do some holy rolling
Just outside your place of polling
In each verse and chapter quoting
Clear instructions for your voting

* Title is from The Merchant of Venice - Act 1, Scene 3
© Roy Jerden  Create an image from this poem.

I Wonder What God Would Say

I wonder what God would say 
About those who come before him,
Only to use his name
To gather financial gain..

I wonder what God would say
When the first thing you do 
When you leave your place of worship
Is engage in idle gossip...

I wonder what God would say
To those who don't know the lives of their brothers,
Yet find it fit to criticize 
And fight down one another...

I wonder what God would say
About those who claim
To proclaim in his name
Only for fortune and fame...

I wonder what God would say
About the tongue of man
Used to slander 
And engage in malicious behavior...

I wonder what God would say
To those who reveal secrets
Made known to them in confidence,
Causing them to lose the trust that was once placed in them...


I wonder what  God would say  
To those who endorsed slavery
Giving permission to trade human beings
Buying and selling them like property..

I wonder what God would say
About those who say they're blessed
And have experienced his greatness
Yet find it hard to follow a path of kindness...

I wonder what God would say
About our man made decisions 
To create separation
Through racism, sexism and religion

I wonder what God would say
About so many things..
If he existed only in our minds
And not in the outreach of our lives
As we've been taught to believe as a child...

I wonder what God would say...
Would he regret his decision
To place man on this earth,
His decision to give woman
The ability to procreate; to give birth,
His decision to give us the ability to think
And choose freely;-
As to whether we believe in the theory of Evolution 
Or the theory of Creation?
All in all it's still our decision 
To make
But I've always wondered what God would say...

Premium Member An Oracle '' a Cautionary Tale''

An Oracle, ‘’ a cautionary tale’’

The man was called upon to help he went, heart full of love, not his own 

but (put there) questions and laughter..are  (you surely sent) then test the

spirits was a teaching the ‘‘executive Minister’’ applied, an overriding

rule his intent! Journey down to a little old hall, seemed to rub them up

wrong yet trying  (to answer that call) started too early was often the slot

to preach, a new understanding of Christians this treatment did teach, as

the Deacon changed leaders amid small slights and large. Till late in 1991

the Holy spirit took charge..! Psalms 36 verses 1 to seven thru, (n k j)  

taking this note to the executive was what he must do, and feeling in a

a condition of de ja vue, just wrote outreach name  not feeling worthy

and not wanting to lay blame. 3 months later the Deacon saw red, took

a knife half cut off brother in laws finger a shame,  step down the testing 

preacher  then said, still attending church meetings and opening halls

rolls 10 years on, & the full fulfilment now calls. His son argues with blood

uncle.. Ex-Deacon arrives kills this brother with a shotgun over another

he drives, also shoots him a no more (progeny shot) then he goes to the

slammer to await his lot.!







Copyright Joe Maverick 2011  
For the Glory of God & ^Rick Parise’s Oracle contest, I see that this 
Contest was not the idea of a man. But Rick is being used to set the
Stage to show Gods prophetic power, the above is a true story I knew
All of the people involved, I believe that this contest fits the saying
That all hidden things will be brought into the light, I have no
Personal knowledge of Rick, yet you would be forgiven for thinking  we have  
dreamed this opportunity up..! (I submit this work as Gods entry)

Premium Member Domestic Violence Survivor Written by Mrs Yolanda Nicholsen

i'd allowed you in again even thou my soul 
was shattered god was quite displeased as you 
hammered your dark fist against my rib cage 
senseless i thought an yet you were forgiven again 
even more than the last time i'd carefully packed 

garments birth certificates and social security cards 
while dripping tears and blood onto the blank pages 
of my new residence a safe place chanted across 
the empty lines then availibility  how many beds 
as we poured into the entrance the sign read safe 

you are not alone an yet i'd left everything i was 
centered in a room of over fourteen other women 
quiet timid angry how we failed at making a male 
happy within his own skin how he'd torn into us all 
it was like the same man had beaten us all an yet 
i knew only you calm cool collective when the cops 

came taking you around the corner to cool off 
where was i here in america why i was all races 
all religions an yet i was harmed while the worse 
part of my abuse was returning to my abuser 
how you emptied me into silence covered in tears 

black and blue an yet i missed you washing the bruises 
with soft soap our children were shattered as i explained 
daddy was ill he was sick he worked very hard to care 
for us if we were more quiet well behaved he would 
respond to our energy and love us deeply as deep 

as i allowed myself to be abused this was america 
oppression depression family ties became wrath 
as i whispered he know's not what he does 
we are loved as i planned a new home among strangers 
an yet they were me i was all of these women a safe place
 
sorjournal truth home the harbor light inn the st angeline 
christian center chaplins office the salvation army 
cornerstone community outreach shelter the springs 
outreach where was home in america as i embraced 
you served you were ill you would someday change 

abuse would become softer cycles will be broken 
but here in the in this space in this place 
and in this time you became plural that's all 
as i soon became very small why i soon became 
safe

Written by Mrs Yolanda Nicholsen

Days of the Pioneer

Divine God
All encompassing
Yesterday's dreams and tomorrows futures
Songs from the traditional church hymnary

Omnipotent divine God
Free from sin and adversity

Teacher and lord
Houses humble and forgiving
Each pioneer brave and bold

Pies and cakes, bread and rolls 
Islands of freedom and simplicity
Outreach to the community
New clothes home spun and knit for each man and woman and children
Excellent ways of living 
Each person talented and musical
Real dimensions of a previous history, simply blessed


Author: Gwen Meyer-Erlach Schutz

Premium Member Pandora

Purpose plays pun
Arc aids alarm
Now nothing numbs
Decide deft ditch
Odd old outreach
Rich rustic raid
Aid arms afraid


Churn charming cheer
Honour host here
Attend aware
Restore ride rare
Apply and aid
Desire drops dead
Embrace empty
Sense sad story


Pleasure primes plot
See stylish slot
Yield yonder yoke
Choose charming choke
Health heaps honey
Endings easy


Calm clever choice
Heavy hearts hoist
Appoint apt art
Roomy retard
Mull million makes
Suffer sweep stakes


Nowhere near now
Aid and avow
Indulge ingrate
Verse voice vibrates
Embrace endow


Mind moves matter
Ask apt answer
Now not never
Keep knocking kind
Itch inks incline
Note nice niche near
Dance doubting dear


Healing hurts here
Explore extend
Real roasting rears
Encroach expanse


Leon Enriquez
09 Apr 2014
Singapore


(Note: This is an Acrostic poem with Alliteration.)

The Adoration of the Magi

A vision a thought of apparel 
Outreach choral or a group of gather to withness a proposal
Given in mean A good deed

Sound raven to a revolt champs of champions secured witness witness Hands welcome greatness fit of a tone

Numbers and letters how they create great character
Numbers and letter how they create great characters


Gather of wind wind apose written a tilt to a vision lords grief could unfold Such lettering greek or greeting of meet to learned but perhaps

Numbers and letters how they create great character
Numbers and letter how they create great characters



Taller a ladder hard the fall but of good written or of context is words Words or that if fitting

Out played or out of time to matter
Pick a berry to pick a shore how have matter out weight tide

Numbers and letters how they create great character
Numbers and letter how they create great characters

Life shape or maybe bend to shoe of tide look to fiction look to great how Did letters just of words create or make just a sign 

Or  a pavement to walk
If all was said and all hold true that Rome was not made over night what Hold true of you and I

Is numbers and letter how they create great characters.

Implications of Discipleship

Among ourselves as missionaries with and for the migrants,
our ministry enables us to explore God’s love for all people;
it may entail a great deal of sacrifice or total self-giving,
in pursuit of God’s kingdom being shared in many ways.

There may be some problems or conflicts along the way,
but with an attitude of openness and deeper understanding;
things get to the point calmly drawn to make ends meet,
with that sharing of a common mission: a treasure-trove.

Being with the people and responding to their needs,
remind us always what our sense of ecclesiology  means;
its implications and expectations that we always consider,
that discipleship is implicit in whatever forms and shapes.

Again, the role we play in different mission territories,
incarnate the charism of our beloved Italian founder;
his vision that was once focused - only to Italian migration,
has taken a new chapter that welcomes other cultures.

Indeed, global movements have become varied,
replete with prophetic signs that stand for Christ;
those episodes of missionary outreach with these people,
lead us to grow more in the sanctuary of our mission.

Yet our commitment and ‘yes’ to the call of discipleship,
affirm the genesis of our identity being drawn to serve;
that makes the difference and reveals our faith in God,
who walks with us and is involved in our life’s struggles.

Our vision and mission remain our guiding principle,
like our roadmap that keeps us align to what’s right;
for they provide us with coherence in our missionary life,
our source of strength, our inspiration with God on our side.

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