Humbler Poems - Poems about Humbler

Talents Stuck in the Village

...Here we are, our falsehoods are now through,
Did you claim your share from life’s clear view?
Erasing one name from this fragile world,
A name that history forever unfurled.

We left the village...

Onion

...I, naughtily, peeled and peeled you to find the truth within,
You have, dear, taught me the philosophy of nothingness;
Each of your petals, like magical herbs, tickles my skin,
Each leaf, as a uni...

Deliberations An Open Form

...DELIBERATIONS
nonetheless
a deliberate
continuance
in
a
 realisation
of
the
 emotional

an   exp!osive
apocalypse
to
mark
a
 poignant
 awareness
where
timeless
 passions
&
ideal...

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...

From Ancient Lands

...From the ancient lands of Mesopotamia,
A story of friendship and love,
Of a king and a wild man, united,
In adventures that took them above.

Gilgamesh, the mighty king of Uruk,
A man of streng...

When We Grow

...If we don't know where we are going
this morning
this day
tomorrow
this week
this month
this winter
promising spring

Then we will continue to feel stuck
repressed
depressed
not impressed...

Death Was Near

...In the same month,
my husband had
two close encounters
with death.

First, a stray bullet
that landed a few inches
from where he was.
What are the odds!

Then a week later,
He had a small ...

The Humblest People

...Nestled in the hills of the northeastern plain
live the humblest people on earth
They're the neighborly folk of Modesty, Maine
plain-speaking and modest from birth

Every year in cold mid-Decemb...

Humbler Heroes

...Earth's urgent need
for humbler heroes
finds unenlightened me
clinging to early fears
and angers
muttering loathing
and festering hate.

Meanwhile
Brother Integrity 
and Sister Humility
no...

Therapeutic Talking

...Talk therapy
among braver angels
and curious devilish advocates,

Evolves natural contemplative thoughts
of healthy minds and bodies
felt sacredly neuro-systemic

Organic
dynamic systems
re...

What Manner of Man Is This

...What manner of man is this, they asked,
Whom even the winds obey?
He speaks and calms the angry seas,
Yet He's humbler far than they.

To hear Him speak come thousands,
This man so meek and mil...

My Visit To Nirmal Hriday

...Perhaps from my childhood, it had been my burning desire,
To glance Nirmal Hriday (Pure Heart) - a home I did admire;
At the thought of Kolkotta - Mother's house - my heart did churn,
To be with t...

Small Miracles

...
small bird evading predator
recognised me as its saviour 
taking shelter between my feet
happen-chance soul uplifting, sweet
Gods miracles make us humbler

19-July-2021

The Shame of Lack of Shame

...Does lack of shame suggest I'm 'good' perhaps (or more a child)?
Does confident 'belief in God' prove that my home's God's Light,
or faith in 'my faith' shows I'm lost, bereft (with much to learn)?...

Casting All 'My' Gods Aside

...Casting All 'My' Gods Aside!

Let us cast Gods aside if false praise buys salvation,
our actions make Grace less germane (bring us blessing),
and pride (I am ‘saved’) mean...

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