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Groks
Groks Poems - Poems about Groks
Christ Gifts the World With 'sin-Colored Lenses'
...1. Faith I know people who view life through 'lenses (rose-colored),' and others who 'trumpet' God's death with "Heil Hitler!" The first group attempts to cloak naked ambitions in translucent f......
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Roof Missing
Categories:
groks,
faith, philosophy, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
Is Youth Wasted On the Young
...Is Youth Wasted on the Young? You think youth’s wasted on the young? My friend, you won’t hear that from me! Youth’s life’s experiment with living (think ‘a cosmic ‘Soup d......
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Brian Johnston
Categories:
groks,
faith, science,
Form:
Rhyme
The Mansions of Heaven
...The Mansions of Heaven I’ve birthed poems that still miss attention from friends that are company to me. Downpours? Keep me dry! Life provides, both in comings and goings (some fear). I find jo......
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Roof Missing
Categories:
groks,
art, love, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Let's All Revere the Right To Vote
...This world is ours to save (or stain with plagues of what is feared). Wealth builds high fences, rapes beyond (its appetites all ‘Sins’), truth smeared as pawns protect cruel thrones (make moneyed ......
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Brian Johnston
Categories:
groks,
faith, love, patriotic,
Form:
Rhyme
Reversals of Fortune - 6 Sharings
...Reversals of Fortune I. Most think luck’s just what happens, though love groks luck’s seized by each seed that sticks (somehow) in less stone-filled ground (which its sibli......
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Brian Johnston
Categories:
groks,
fun, life, science,
Form:
Rhyme
As God Prospers Me
...Lord! 'As You prosper me,' grant that I share from these gifts though my lifetime's foreshortened from what could be mine if I chose not to share, dreamt all wealth 'just deserts.' May prosperity'......
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Roof Missing
Categories:
groks,
caregiving, faith, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Tasting Africa, One L----Ick At a Time - Part 1
...Tasting Africa (One L****ick at a Time) Part 1 (Though the title's a joke, my limericks are not!) 1. Life's Always an Adventure (Morogoro) ......
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Brian Johnston
Categories:
groks,
africa, appreciation, journey, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Witness To Evolution
...I would help man evolve toward God’s Dreams for this life And not strive just for mites (some ascribe to have worth?) (In God’s Will) let us humbly trust Grace is God’s Gift To a sinner who can’t ......
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Roof Missing
Categories:
groks,
faith,
Form:
Rhyme
Ask This of Yourself
...Does the butterfly dream of (or gravitate more) to the form That emerges from silk (spun cocoons)? Does the mist Of a waterfall know it births rainbows, sense honor in fall? Though it plummets sca......
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Roof Missing
Categories:
groks,
journey, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Make a Sad Song Better
...“Make a Sad Song Better”? It sounds good at first glance but then who do you serve? To solve other folks ‘problems’ suggests more than nerve! Do you dream that your wisdo......
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Brian Johnston
Categories:
groks,
journey, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Life On the Edge
...When you get life has edges and dangers abound, Pat yourself on the back, for this wisdom’s profound. One who groks danger’s near has the best chance to live! Fools who’re sure that they’re safe e......
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Brian Johnston
Categories:
groks,
journey, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Hidden Treasures
...I would like to be open to love one like you, With no judgment or cause (like morality’s laws), A soft posture brings echoes of love from the past, Some apparel suggests I, perhaps, should leave f......
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Brian Johnston
Categories:
groks,
friendship, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Christian Roulette - Wild West Style
...Christian Roulette (Wild West Style) In Russian Roulette, there's just one in six chance With one bullet in guns (a cylindrical spin), You will die with one pull of the trigger. Such games are ......
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Brian Johnston
Categories:
groks,
faith, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme