Crusades Poems

The Turn

...From pitch black to being the pitch in battle
From self-destruction to self-love

A touch of faith yesterday planted the seed
He heard my cry from the heavens above

Today feels better because ...

For Sugar, My Sweet Dog

...Sugar, my sweet, you’ve slipped away,
Into the light of a softer day.
My heart aches deep, it’s hard to bear,
This quiet house, this empty air.

You were my shadow, soft and warm,
A snuggle-see...

In the Name of God

...
Since the beginning of time wars have 
been fought in the name of men’s gods:
crusades against evil and injustice
but too often a case of “we’re right - you’re wrong”
with each side both judge ...

Silent Mission

...

  

Glass shattered Saturday afternoon tea for  S I L E N C E

holding steady raven momentum for its own  r i p p i n g
fire from heartbeat slashes its void to tumble wounds of ...

Season's End

...
The holidays have pulled their shades-
their season's joy is packed away;
likewise, euphoria now fades.
The holidays have pulled their shades;
old problems surface with crusades
to...

The Shadows We Cast

...Beneath the sunlit dome of sky,
Where whispers of winds and rivers sigh,
Lies a shadow, a wound unhealed,
The truth of mankind, long concealed.

We stand, architects of dreams and light,
Yet bu...

The Jewish Man of War

...The Jewish Man of War

Jesus was a pacifist, this we are told,
And that’s the story that’s been sold. 
Some of the names surrounding his cause,
Demonstrate behavior to give this pause.

Simon ...

Awakening to the Red Road: An Ecopoetic Odyssey 'Part 1 of 6'

..."Awakening to the Red Road: An Ecopoetic Odyssey"
I. Anthropocentric Dissonance
-	Daniel Henry Rodgers

Do you hear that rumbling? 
That's the a...

The Garden of Europa

...A flower so unique
there was only one
Phoenicia a land of mystic
her beauty in bloom
a deception
her strength was the stem
not pretty soft petals
her love for humanity
touched the disenfranch...

The Hearts Game - in the Style of Edward Lear's Jumblies

...I

Dave looks at his email.  There he sees 
 An invitation from Clark.
It looks like today, we’ll all have a game,
And, hopefully, this week won’t be the same,
 And to victory he’ll embark.
Wh...

Petals Of Twisted Metals Bob And Wheel

...Petals 
overwhelm my driveway 
made of twisted metals;
Seen at the break of day
grinning my heart settles;

 ‘Fly fast 
roses and renegades!’
My lawn entirely dressed;
Not one of your crusad...

The Napkin

...God took a vacation
when time had run out
Rethinking his opus
replanning devout

His Angels in limbo
the devil on leave
Heaven a sublet
sin now reprieved 

Faith worn and tattered
the bibl...

Christians could shine a light

...Reading up on the crusades,
Gives me hope Christians will take off their blinkers,
And help Muslims come to terms,
With a new light, 
And a new right.

Most Christians would be horrified,
At h...

Mirror

...We buy and are sold priceless things,
read human stories written by android;
a smokescreen present muddies the once transparent past,
innocence doom-scrolls, an aging youth now hard to avoid.

L...

An Autumn Aloha

...Ever-changing Autumn, its shapes and shades.
Fanning breath stirs the heavily laden;
transforms and redraws like playful charades,
prepping, and grooming, all the misshapen.

A pasto...

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