Proclamation Evil
...Famine preys upon a desolated civilization
Dying out the old breed new world awaits
What makes one soul defile goodness
The heart, as if it does not feel
Is mankind just a beast of nature's m...
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Categories:
excellencies, america, betrayal, character, conflict,
Form: Free verse
X-Ray
...Love meets us where we are
and sees through
Our disguises
Our guises
Our performances
Our nuances
Our expectations
Our innovations
Our convictions
Our contradictions
Ou...
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Categories:
excellencies, appreciation, care, character, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
But You Are - 1 Peter 2: 9-12
...But You Are .... (1 Peter 2: 9-12)
In Christ you have been changed
made alive unto Him a holy son
being chosen in royalty of his own
from darkness to light spiritually spun
God came with heav...
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Categories:
excellencies, christian, god, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Upside-Down
...Many rolling baskets
man-made creatures
with big eyes watch us
Noise surrounds us
We are shown red light
and zebra crossing point
But we are told to go, it is safe
Another place we see green...
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Categories:
excellencies, africa, allegory, political,
Form: Free verse
Thorns In Blue Roses
...My pretty damsel, my dear
she said with her alluring lips
in a tease, with a playful tug on my heartstrings
she wanted a poem about herself
to entice my thoughts, to intrigue her complexities
to...
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Categories:
excellencies, cinderella, conflict, confusion, courage,
Form: Free verse
Conscious
...I’ll sing you dream songs
that last as long as the hills
but know this my love
it’s fullness IS
the striving of our wills
Against the darkness
that has crept stealthily
into the hearts of ma...
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Categories:
excellencies, character, environment, god, heart,
Form: Free verse
The Shop of Political Dolls and Our Idiosincrazy
...(from novel “Elinor Rigby”)
Why we have loved England?
Not for the Hide park,
ancient castles
and first class evergreen grasses and pastures,
not for Big Ben, Beatles music and other luxurious,
bu...
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Categories:
excellencies, political, society,
Form: Romanticism