I word the blood that freed our land
breathing opens minds which are
partly insane
popping midnight blue on cue
splattering palms moist
hoisting what is true
onto blank page as unhealed rage
this theatre an expanded oyster
Pearl becoming translucent
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glows pink silver the waiting Pearl to hurl
theatre seats are empty cold
rage evaporating with poverty
Truth speculatively mature
palms wrinkled warmly
cool blue a crying sky afar surfing
insanity protected his Heart
my blood runs a River of Stories
~~~~~~~~~
Categories:
hoisting, allegory, allusion, change, character,
Form: Verse
Awesome imagination midst freedom delight
Blooms along my dream of divine light
Creatively ruled by wisdom’s insight
Directing me toward heavenly flight
Enthralled by fantasy venture flight
Featuring faith’s reverie of wondrous sight
Grandeur and perfection, devoid of whimsy blight
Hoisting up hope, defying hallucination plight
Inspired upon radiating illumination might
Jubilantly revealing reality of truth and right
Kindness of the King Almighty beaming day and night
Love so great magnified yon visualization height.
June 26, 2025
3rd place, "Fantasy" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France; judged on 6/26/2025
Categories:
hoisting, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Monorhyme
Inspired by the fact that Stevie Wonder is a blind musician, yet has never been impeded by his disability to achieve, here am I… persisting to do my best to help my special child attain triumphant milestones.
Ascending amidst impossibility's attacking angst
Bravery blossoms, boasting of blessings
Cleaving to commitment with clarity
Defying despair, disability-distress…
Endeavoring with exhorting excitement exuberantly
Faith toward fruition freely fuels fulfillment for
God guards and guides by His grace…
Hoisting with hope, healing heralds healthiness
Inspiring against infirmities toward what's impossible* to impart impactful
Joy so jubilant to fulfill tasks in life’s journey despite jeering jury…
Kindled with kindness...
Loving my special child toward his liberation
Maximized by milestones, magnify mercy with miracles...
Not and never impossible through the Lord Who nourishes and nurtures.
*Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
April 11, 2025
1st place, "Stevie Wonder" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Karen Jones; judged on 4/16/2025
Categories:
hoisting, appreciation, blessing, cheer up,
Form: ABC
Again the well of poetry was dry,
My pail was drawing up no deep inspired
Thought or subject matter. All was dull, tired,
Stale water, no exciting trick to try.
Once more the fountain gave me naught but sigh
And sigh of lukewarm breadth — of old expired
Content, no fresh drop of song so desired.
Blessed muse of music, you heard my dire cry!
Pulling at the cord, hoisting and heaving,
I felt the bucket slosh again—with life!
Patiently, ladling out ideas delayed,
I splashed myself with fresh drink. Relieving
A murky mind, I felt renewed and rife.
And thus of nothingness was something made.
Categories:
hoisting, art, creation, inspiration, muse,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Arrogance does reign
hoisting human nature’s gain ---
notwithstanding, we are led toward downfall pain.
Beyond towering pride
that offers us jubilant ride---
nevertheless, there awaits fatal stride.
Admitting weakness blight
we seek God’s help for righteous plight---
now, we walk along divine light.
Freed from selfishness-guile
we are braced to walk along kindness’ mile---
negating heart that projects fake smile.
Exuding confident meekness so vibrant
our spirits glow, graciously radiant
nestled in sincere faith*, serenely triumphant.
*Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
January 18, 2025
10th place, "Our natural state" Poetry Writing Premiere Contest
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker; judged on 1/18/2025.
Categories:
hoisting, blessing, character, christian, faith,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
November 30 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Corinthians 9-11
Key Verse – 1Corinthians 9:14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR ENABLING US
TO LIVE OF THE GOSPEL
Praise be to God for enabling us to live of the Gospel:
Dedicate to His cause
Delighting in His compassion
Directed and driven by His call
Dedicated with devotion to His commission
Diligently determined along commitment’s constancy
I Corinthians 10:31 Praise be to the Lord
for instructing us to do all to His glory:
Enduring hardness
Exalting His highness
Evangelizing the heathen
Earning with honesty and honour
Edifying the hopeful midst healthy hoisting
1Corinthians 11:1 Praise be to the Saviour for
helping us become His followers since we are His:
Soldiers standing upon His standards
Servants steadfast by His supreme sovereignty
Stewards settled through His sufficient sustenance
Soulwinners sharing His salvation-security midst spirituality
Students searching the Scriptures with His sanctification. Amen!
November 30, 2024
Categories:
hoisting, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
November 2 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Luke 23-24
Key Verse – Luke 23:2 … He himself is Christ a King.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR BEING OUR KING
Praise be to God for being our King Who is the:
Good Shepherd, grooming our sanctification
Great Saviour, guaranteeing our security
Governing Standard, grieving over our sins
Gracious Satisfier, girding our sufficiency
Gearing Sender, guarding our stature
Generous Supplier, giving our sustenance
Guiding Scriptures, grasping our supplication
Granting Source, generating our service
Luke 23:43 Praise be to the Lord for promising us
eternal paradise of:
Jubilant saints with His justification
Joyous stewards along His justice
Joyful sowers midst His jurisdiction
Jovial soldiers by His judgment
Jeweled servants for His job
Luke 24:27 Praise be to the Saviour
for expounding unto us the Scriptures of:
Holy instructions for eternal hoisting
Helpful impact for enduring happiness
Heavenly influence against haughtiness
Hopeful impartation of everlasting honour
Healthy illumination midst ecstatic heartfulness. Amen!
November 2, 2024
Categories:
hoisting, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
October 27 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Luke 12-13
Key Verse – Luke 12:21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR ENABLING US
TO BE RICH TOWARD HIM
Praise be to God for enabling us to be rich toward Him:
Laying treasures in heaven
Leaving troubles of helplessness
Loving Him with His triumphant hope
Lighting testimony of health’s happiness
Living for Him with thanksgiving by His hoisting
Luke 12:42-43 Praise be to the Lord for helping us
to be His blessed servants:
Delighting in His work while worshipping Him along His wonders
Deciding according to His Word against wicked worldliness
Depending on His direction midst His watchfulness
Doing His will and discerning His ways
Dealing well by His wisdom
Luke 13:13 Praise be to the Saviour
for straightening us so we can glorify Him and:
Grow by His grace
Glow in His goodness
Give through His generosity
Go along His greatness-grandeur
Gear-up toward His guided governance. Amen!
October 27, 2024
Categories:
hoisting, bible, blessing, faith, god,
Form: Alliteration
October 24 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Luke 6-7
Key Verse – Luke 6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR EXEMPLIFYING
TO US THE VALUE OF PRAYER
Praise be to God for exemplifying to us
the value of prayer that:
Expresses our need for His help
Exposes our nearness to His heart
Exalts His nurturing toward our hoisting
Examines our naughtiness, hindering humility’s honesty
Expels our negativities, hurts, haughtiness and hopelessness
Luke 6:22 Praise be to the Lord for pronouncing
blessings for us while we:
Love Him with His compassionate might
Live for Him by His comfort and mercy
Let Him cover us around His marvels
Lead others to His magnificence
Learn from His miracles
Luke 7:9 Praise be to the Saviour Who
commends us of our faith:
Propelled by His Word
Propped upon His ways
Prospered with His wonders
Powered through His wisdom midst worship
Pushed toward His worthy work against worldliness. Amen!
October 10, 2024
Categories:
hoisting, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
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There is a certain quiet in watching you
sleep
That’s not unlike the flow
Of observing a river's movement,
As it slowly bends its way down
Past morass and ferns on the coast
To somewhere new and heretofore
unknown--
The current, steady rhytmn of your
breath
Circles through an unconscious world,
Bringing you respite from any troubled
ridge
And hoisting you higher to a route of
dreams
Where I like to feel you,
Clear as a rippling water
Gushing ever gently into me--
And how your eyes quiver , still
Your heave bidding me closer
Like the river beckoning the thirsty to drink :
Would that I could drink your calmness
So you really did glide through me
Quench me --
And bestowing on me your innate joy.
Categories:
hoisting, appreciation, sleep,
Form: Imagism
August 27 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Lamentations 1-3
Key Verse – Lamentations 1:9 …O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR BEHOLDING OUR AFFLICTIONS
Praise be to God for beholding our afflictions:
Hoisting us from hellish heat
Helping us with His heavenly host
Handling us against hardening howls
Holding us upon His hedging heartiness
Healing us along His health-hewing hands
Lamentations 2:9 Praise be to the Lord for
leading us with His vision so:
Vivid with His Biblical view
Victorious by His blessed valour
Vocal along His best against vanity
Virtuous building us through His verities
Valuable by His bestowments, vanquishing vileness
Lamentations 3:22 Praise be to the Saviour for
His mercies and compassions that fail not to:
Lead us to His light
Love us midst His liberty
Lose us with His leadership
Lift us despite our longings and losses
Link us toward His lasting lessons of life. Amen!
August 27, 2024
Categories:
hoisting, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Artificial intelligence of technological prevalence
Blessing it is, and beautiful, when beheld for its beneficial presence…
Challenging authentic intellectual quest
Driving and directing tenacious mindfulness-zest…
Elevating real wisdom toward discrete use
Failing to surpass sincerity of earnest poetic muse…
Good is its impact along God-blest economic worth
Hoisting income mobility against financial dearth…
Influencing globally for progress and development
Just let us be consciously aware that such is the trend at the moment…
Kindling authentic prudence along kindness of sincere might
Love of human heart is AI's lack especially if self-interest takes flight.
Many are the flaws of AI; but facing its imperfection with wisdom
Nurtures beauty in seeing it along perspective of academic freedom
Categories:
hoisting, appreciation, blessing, christian, perspective,
Form: Couplet
June 3 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Job 13-15
Key Verse – Job 13:3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO LISTENS TO US
WHEN WE SPEAK TO HIM
Praise be to God for listening to us
when we speak to Him by His:
Grace about our guilt’s struggles
Goodness along His gift of salvation
Grandeur upon His granted strength
Guidance, girding our spiritual sustenance
Greatness, governed through His sovereignty
Job 14:20 Praise be to the Lord for prevailing over us with His:
Help against our helplessness
Holiness along His heavenly heralding
Hope to hover before our hopelessness
Honour that humbles us for our health-happiness
Hoisting against humiliating and hampering hindrances
Job 15:11 Praise be to the Saviour for
His consolations always:
Inspirational along His virtues
Innumerable and victorious
Influencing valiant vows
Important, never vain
Instilling values. Amen!
June 3, 2024
Categories:
hoisting, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
April 9 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 2Samuel 19-21
Key Verse – 2Samuel 19:13 …God do so to me, and more also…
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO DOES GOOD TO US
Praise be to God for doing good to us by His:
Compassion along His helpful mercy
Cheer of heavenly merriment
Care with His hope-filled mirth
Comfort against heaping misery
Calming faith-hoisting miracles
2Samuel 20:2 Praise be to the Lord Who enables us
to cleave unto Him, the:
Omnipotent King and Redeemer
Omniscient wisdom Resource
Omnipresent spiritual Restorer
Over-all outstanding Ruler
Only power of divine Revival
2Samuel 21:6 Praise be to the Saviour for
blessing us with His:
Faithful assurance and Word
Fervent affection’s worth
Firm approval according to His will
Fruitful abundant wonders
Fixed assertion along His ways. Amen!
April 9, 2024
Categories:
hoisting, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
It was easy in the end,
to get up and go out
into the garden
and feel the patched sunlight
shine and blink upon my face,
take in the crisp smell of damp
earth and leaf
left after the rain.
I could still be slumped
in that chair, inside, beset
by aches and pains.
A few taken steps has me
here, outside. The narrow circle
that held me in my own mind
has stretched to the far fence,
a strange, new world
has flooded in.
I can no longer tell
where my boundary is,
my limits don't seem defined
by skin. It's over there,
somewhere beyond the fern,
even more distant
than that branch
hoisting its leaves into the air.
Nor do I know
where my center is,
or the person at the core
that keeps me in orbit
around a name.
Rather I am five senses
wired to somewhere,
no more than what I take in.
It would be good
to remain here and not go back.
There's an appeal in the idea
of self dissolution, to be
a boundless no-one.
But there are those that I love
who are not here
in this gated, reclusive space
and who care for me in a world
where my aches and pains reside,
back inside and within
the circumference of who I am
Categories:
hoisting, love, pain, self,
Form: Free verse
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