God Iambic Pentameter Poems

I opened a large book- my rose to lay
aft lifted from his graveside to my breast.
Oh, yes- God stood beside me on that day
and led...

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Where tender shoots each day birth new mercies,
cultured in your word, my young spirit grows.

From sun up, to down, your Spirit rises,
I find myself humbled...

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Back fifty-three long years ago, she left;
my Mom- at the young age of fifty-five.
Yet, she is always with me every day;
my heart and memories keep...

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When I finish this course called life, I'll die;
     and be glad, for no more must I be sad;
for I'll know...

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My heart throbs fast while panic does linger on

beholding child who frees himself from wheelchair

there soaring high toward triumph against pain

devoid of spasm midst sweet...

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Act 1

Oh, how do I detest thee! 
Uninvited, dare to speak of being reunited? 
I flick thee as if he was a flea
Stood before me,...

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I am so blessed to have great-grandchildren.
Four generations now upon our tree;
three girls- age four, one and a half, nine weeks.
How fortunate to have them...

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"We credit nature for Earth's lovely art-
     whose brush is led by God right from the start."
    ...

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Faith is the assurance of things hoped for,
And is the evidence of things not seen. (1)
It’s the trust that God exists and is more,
Then anything...

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weighing the total sum of existence
is not a skill which is given to us
lying well beyond realm of human minds
even those of prophets and wunderkinds
requiring...

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Regarding merit: absent, missing, void
Of all redeeming qualities, save one,
The apple of His eye, His "very good.”
Was He, in pleasant garden, much annoyed
When they His...

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The elders, scribes, met in Jerusalem
With Caiaphas and Annas, priests as well.
When Peter, John arrived, were asked to tell
The power used or name declared by...

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Now Jericho, besieged by Israel,
Had shut its doors, and none went in or out.
The LORD told Joshua, “If you’ll believe,
We’re going to bring these walls...

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The art displayed by nature is a gift-
   sometimes not noticed in a passing glance.
To pause, look, and admire creates a shift
 ...

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A friend of ours just passed away this year-
     a special man within our senior set.
His daughter prayed to God that...

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