Best Outweigh Poems

For Brother Jacob, our fellow poet,
who lives his life
real and true to the call of God:

COME INTO MY HOUSE LORD

Come into my house Lord.
Anoint my...

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How much more are we willing to lose?
Maybe it will just stop with the right to choose.

Have you thought of that child who got raped...

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Time's ticking for whooping cranes
wild buffalo and prairie dogs.
For their losses outweigh their gains;
displaced by cattle, sheep, and hogs.

The elephant and the blue whale
may share...

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I’m one drink closer to yesterday
              A bottle away from being with...

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Color is an integral part of my life, essential in
physical descriptions, a blessing to language. 
Colors are perfect subjects for character sketches.

For one perusing the...

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It was a sight that I could not forsee
Ambushed by my own men at morning hour
Hands tight with cord and naked from the waist
A mean...

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There is no way that anyone can know
how each new year will be:
how our jobs or our relationships might go.
What great new things might we...

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Let's start this issue with hard facts 
believe it or not the seed is now planted 
from our Lord's spoken words lets address this world...

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Surprised by sharp reflection’s sudden glance
His dreaming depths awaken to the real
Stark visage draws him in its raptured trance
Square figure’s piercing slate blue eyes reveal

Young...

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Though it seems like petals fell by the wind
But actually the flower pushed them out
One by one they would fall from the flower
But somehow the...

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“Holmes, what is the secret of your glory, 
What keeps us thrilled and rapt right to the end?”

“The hook of a swell detective story -
Quite...

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It was not so
It was not so
Before the invasion of the vultures
In those days
When being black makes us thick
When our communion whispers across oceans
When our...

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Being lost seems to be my only option these days
Confusion appears to outweigh common sense in my life
My ability to reveal truth from lies has...

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There is hearsay of a brighter day
And if it does come my way
I hope it will stay
While the time whittles away
There is no game to...

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Old age often feels like a waiting game,
watching life's end stealthily approaching.
For your passion for life has dimmed its flame,
and the shadow of Death is...

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