Best Shepherded Poems

Spring slips those neo-leaves on protuberance-limbs.
Youth is adorned with buds and flowering whims.

Poppies drench an infant’s eyes and awaken sleep.
Spiked trellis dreams sow garden-beard whims.

Blackbirds scatter like dandelion seeds in the wind.
How cleverly they remember your namesake whims.

First walking stick, unbridled from bark, boggled the...

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Stranded in war torn Sudan, 
Dreading yet another dawn. 
In Wadi Sayyidna town,
Hopelessness was weighing down.

Men and women, young and old, 
Watched the civil war unfold.
Homeless, desperate, full of  fear, 
Longing for their near and dear. 

Then on 27th April night,
A C-130J took flight....

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With a wag of tail and tongue bedraggled
dogs drag their owners to frolic off-leash
in parks devoted to dog meets dog dalliance and play.

Despite their authority, the owners know each
not by the owner’s names, but by the names of the dogs.
“Where’s George today, and Horris the...

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It was close to Christmas time and late afternoon when our plane arrived in Nashville. My father-in-law, who had been waiting, greeted us with hugs, then shepherded us all out to his van. Usually we’d make it to their place in Cadiz within 2 hours....

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Man is evicting us from our home the cry of the wilderness
endangering the very life cycle of nature itself
Look us in the eyes and clearly see the heart's you starve
money before profit is all you care about in this plantation
Human development has become this self...

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watching little animals and their antics ?
 very amusing ....

Patches cat brought home a Kangaroo Rat,
 and set it free in the night,
  it was hopping around our bedroom,
 to our squeals of delight,
so i shepherded it back to the doorway ,
back to the...

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Shy of condition

Shyness afflicted

Shy opaque canvas butterfly

Who only speaks when addressed

Oh shy , Oh shy
Opaque butterfly
Who only speaks when addressed

Converses only in chilling whispers
shyness permitting

Corner to corner when in a room searching camouflage in which
to shelter cloak invisibility

Personable , polite , contrite yet
sadly lacking personality

Apart...

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The young and eager parson had completed his seminary education.
He girded his loins to battle sin and lead the wayward to salvation!
The pastoral selection committee after a long and deliberate search,
Invited him to pastor at their little Hoosier country church.

His pay was meager, the manse...

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I stand among a galaxy of colours in my wood,
The gentle hazy sunshine makes one feel so good.
I am surrounded by leaves still floating  down,
So many colours, fading reds, yellows and the browns.
Every year our trees produce this picture of delight,
The shedding trees will...

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I made love every day - a prerequisite so they say,
masturbation makes you blind - the right place you must find,
the emotion must be shepherded to one side,
it's over after a lull and she finally cried.

Someone said: 'You just want my body,'
only if you wanted...

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They fatten up the grazing cattle,
roughly milking the goats and cows
Shoveling the pigs their slop,
throwing chicken feed to the hens walking about
They do the grunt labor,
always with their mind on the feast
Puffing up people’s chest breast pride;
making them feel real special like,
like they’re Mary’s little...

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When the star was seen high overhead
Both the wise and the low there were led
But the wise men detoured
And with Herod demurred
So they took the long way back instead

But the low ones went straight to the place
And there gazing upon his bright face
Having felt quite...

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Imagine my surprise,
When David killed the bear!
I couldn't believe my eyes,
When the lion lay there!

Little did I know then,
God trained him for a fight.
A fight he could not win,
Fighting the Giant's fight.

Sent to the battle line, 
His brothers' to report.
He heard the troll's malign,
And purposed...

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Kings have conspired
Enthralling enchantments
Across the world
Now we dance
Unified at last

Remember the old songs
Every long evening
Escaped into the wild
Voracious we surely were
Excited by the world beyond
Shadows danced by fire's light

Irresistible starlight
Shepherded us into the night

Beyond the known world
Really it was so very beautiful
Eerie though was the...

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There once lived three devoted and wonderful pastors,
who labored diligently to build and maintain three
great churches*. 

One pastor served The First Church of The Holy Spirit
in the city of Aston, Tn.  The second pastor labored
at The First Holiness Church in Panhandle, Fl. Pastor
number three...

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