WHEN SUMMER IS GONE
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Grace still prevails...
toward planned mountain trekking
propelling faith to surmount slippery paths
conquering threats of slime pit-falls
that challenge pinnacle-ascent.
Blessing...
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Categories:
commencement exercises, appreciation, blessing, christian, god,
Form: Free verse
Prognosis Defied
...In the recognition ceremony during the Special School’s commencement exercises, I was ecstatic while witnessing my child jubilantly flashing his double thumbs’ up trademark gesture. He was screaming...
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Categories:
commencement exercises, blessing, child, christian, faith,
Form: Prose Poetry
Graduation Delight
...Commencement exercises delight
never bore pre-schoolers in their flight
toward stage, full of bliss
for rewards* they can't miss
and promised graduation festive might.
A bless...
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Categories:
commencement exercises, appreciation, blessing, christian, god,
Form: Limerick
The Man and the Peanut- -
...**THE MAN AND THE PEANUT**
Who was George Washington Carver?, black educator and scientist;
and maybe even some crimes he tried to abolish;
Then he devoted special attention to agric...
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Categories:
commencement exercises, analogy, appreciation, black african
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Star Spangled Memory
...Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord wrapped in the laughter
and the sounds of a five year old.
Truth is marching as I witness commencement exercises across the university
l...
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Categories:
commencement exercises, nostalgia, uplifting,
Form: I do not know?