Blessing Poems

    The bear trap snaps shut
  Triggered by a rangers stick
        In your face sickos


By
David Kavanagh...Read More

See it standing there elongated and bright
See it standing there thinking about me all night
It is shooting up in the air with no limit to bear
It’s standing tall and strong with something for everyone.

It’s only a tree but it keeps...Read More

We must not take everything for granted
Freedom of speech, your voice
Poverty and war
ravages in large parts of the world

What is important to focus on
A dialogue with respect,
whether one agrees or not

One must listen and learn
as brothers of the same mother

Where...Read More

My soul in the darkness it did abide,
The essence of my life slipping between this life and the next.

On the fringe of suicide and contemplating death.

I see a small light in the darkest time.
I reached out for help and my...Read More

Living won’t be yours if you are dead
Sunny days wouldn’t be a blessing to you 
If it is cloudy
Joy wouldn’t be so happy if there is doubt
Seeing won’t be your sight
If it wasn’t for the dark
Walking won’t benefit if
You had...Read More

"FREE VERSE ON LOVE"

Freely dear love I endeavor to impart;
Freely, my free voice of love;
I speak to you dearly as a robin's hark;
Immensely I love you beyond the breath I acquire;
Sparrow’s chirps, chirping springs in the air;
In my eyes I...Read More

His caress was like God's caress,
A handsome man to protect and care for you.

I remember his hug well,
The kiss on the check was like a moment in heaven.

He was very thankful,
I thought I am going to create more paintings in...Read More

It was more than a decade ago...
Mom by faith was transported to God's celestial kingdom 
now, she's joined by beloved Dad in blissful fellowship
awaiting loved ones for an eternal reunion midst worship* of grateful praise. 

*Revelation 15:4 Who shall not...Read More

Let’s continue in our faith*, having been rescued from damnation
…secured within God’s redemption, verily gracious 
…feasting in His eternal salvation’s assurance peaceful joy
…loving Him with devotion’s utmost.

Let’s continue in our faith, having been granted with divine inheritance
…guided by the Lord’s...Read More

Dual Obsessions: Santorini And You


Dreaming of us walking in warm, sandaled feet. 
Between alabaster white stucco homes on a narrow 
street in Greece. 

Sun, so graciously blessing our love. 
Families have aquamarine shutters on the windows, 
to have their privacy. 

Ahead~a...Read More

What good memories living with our parents and grandparents Dr.Wolf and Dr.Erika,
My sons Kirk and Erik and my younger sister Antje and I all lived together in the beautiful house.

My sons signed up for soccer, my  oldest son Kirk...Read More

I stood up against some of the deepest intent,
What many could not see..His spirit led,
Even after the fact, when things came out of the closet,
What i knew already made no difference in the darkness,
It was only when the light came...Read More

You see the night it shine bright
I come you came from freedom light
Now break upon my life ward edge
Peaks the valleys of broken ridge
Often not more than opt to be sought
So what is more so but upward?
To score descend backward...Read More

Never Ending Praise
I shall in my sadness praise Him
Praise Him in the glorious light
for I find out that when I praise Him
I shall in my sadness praise Him
I should continually do so always
For in this everything shall be alright
I shall...Read More

Sky’s wondrous canvas
Displays divine artistry
Beauteous handiwork*
Master whispers grand designs
Clouds with bliss serenely paint.

*Psalm 19:1  The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

February 22, 2020
	
Contest Name:	Let the Pens Flow - Tanka
Sponsor: Jenish Somadas
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Dedicated to becoming a young successful woman 
Everly so pretty and deserving of a kiss on the lips
Spiritually coming out of the cave and seeking truth
Testifying of all your sins and making a blessing to a young man with an...Read More

Looking for love on computer lines
in the faces of many strangers
where no light of love ever shines
dancing in and out of dangers.

Looking for love electronic
manly visages on pages.
No welcome home yet in the dark,
broad range of generous ages.

Where is the...Read More

I was in a funk,
In a state of debunk
In a state of despair
Depressed and hollowed out
All I could do is just shout

Help me
Help me
Help me Lord God, Help me out
And
In my desperation I prayed,
And this is what God said
My son,...Read More

I was walking in the rain 
And the raindrops kept touching me
As I was singing praising 
The kingdom the birds chirped along with me 
And harmony
So I took it upon myself
To take it to the next level
As me and nature...Read More

My prayer* for you comes with blessings’ glow
Warming your days around God’s sweet embrace
Along peace, love and joy that freely flow
Marked by His abounding marvelous grace.

Warming your days around God’s sweet embrace
His goodness does uphold you from pressure
Marked by His...Read More

Pickling with delight 
purge fruits of no blight
plus condiments right 
pepper, garlic white
pleasing appetite…

Pickled  relish
powerful dish
prods diet wish
propels weight-swish…

Pickles’ glow
pot luck flow
plates follow…

pressing
passing…

picks!

February 21, 2020

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A world of darkness that's a void of emptiness inside
A bottomless pit that has no end as you fall deeper
A wall of shame showing past regrets you cover and hide
A waterfall of sadness and sorrow that never dries it's a...Read More

Blessed with God’s wondrous goodness
my three siblings and I* were privileged 
to bask in our parents’ graciousness
gladly we indeed acknowledged.

Love prevailed in all corners of our home
may it be North, East, South or West*
securing us well inside haven-dome
where we share...Read More

A smile needs no words
	It is sweeter than any compliment

A smile needs no sound
	It is louder than any extolment

A smile is irresistible
	It evokes curiousness

A smile in infectious
	It induces smiles on long faces

A smile can hide something
	It blossoms over what aches...Read More