Best Prodigals Poems

Bless the deviled eggs and the preacher’s children.
Grab a piece of fried-to-perfection chicken.
Coca-cola cake or banana pudding?
~ Prodigals welcomed






January 29, 2019
Sapphic Stanza with a JUX...

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OUR BOUNTIFUL GOD

Our God is bountiful because…

Eternal generosity never runs out of blessing remedies
They appear when least anticipated
Popping up – leaping out – capturing the...

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ONE HEART, TWO HOMES; (was first written in December of 2011)


Belize of my birth; where my first love bloomed
You've showed me sweet freedom, to grace...

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"The Emperor’s New Clothes"

We write about beliefs
our prayer flags flying 
like chrysallis books on a branch 
of those higher deities we trust, 
submerged, we are...

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Flipped Hourglass

Bits of unwrinkled sand, harried ageless seconds,
Rush through a narrow neck
Pushing to birth
Moments of elegance or horror
Shoving aside other grains
Like words of regret flowing...

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My shoulders are well oiled axles,
my fists are cannon balls

I am an uncompromised,
uninhibited,
and unchallenged fresh breath of boldness

I am a statue of fastholding,
chiseled down from...

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'twas this sun, our noble hunter -
who gave the roar of his hoarse voice
couching before our queen, the moon 
couching with many rays of songs!

&...

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Agile bone

Come over oh little in skin but giant in heart
As I make a Clarion call on that which tint the ear
Your great work is...

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Our sages’ pages and wages
Fading, folding and falling
… the prodigals named and shamed...

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So on the topic of river life,

What can I say that has not been said?

This reckless way is oft sought by few.

Adventurous souls eager of...

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Flipped Hourglass

Bits of unwrinkled sand, harried ageless seconds,
Rush through a narrow neck
Pushing to birth
Moments of elegance or horror
Shoving aside other grains
Like words of regret flowing...

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Liars

Looking and staring
Singing and lofting
So agile and charismatic
All for the essence of the belly.

I've built mansions
And own exotic cars
But in reality a pauper
The honour is...

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*SIMPLICITY*

Walked on my nerves daily the heart made.
Which always get me puzzle on the step to make.
Always in silence neither of not knowing what to...

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I want to make a comment to anyone who might read this poem. It caused a huge sensation when I first published it on FaceBook....

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Thoughts inflame as feelings stir
Words simmering yet to boil
Unspoken sparks drift through the night
A pyre still to burn
 
Delphian in its natural form
The smoke a...

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