John Poems - Poems about John

Train up a child in the way that (she) should go and when (she) is old she shall not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 This Bible verse uses the first person singular masculine pronoun of he and not she; however, since this is my own personal journal entry, I choose to use the first person singular...

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In an old-time real-book-with-pages feel in his day, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote 'Treasure Island', in his own inimitable way, and tho' I know I may be wrong, he could not have been pulling Long John Silver's leg, as John would not have had a leg to stand on, for, with his crutch (plus parrot), and I quote, 'He had still a foot...

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Tom Woody and Joe Dimino..Gave me thought.?? Got me Looking..' this is some-thing to-know.!! I was spurred to Expand on the Gospel of John, by Toms good comment Helpfull and strong..Joe's onions..? Er I mean opinions.!! Well they'd got my thoughts on the roll.!!! Scroll??? About Robin Hood ( and little John..' Or was it John little.??? I essayed a...

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I forget— like how leaves forget their tree once autumn called them free. Moments slip and leave an unsettling void for dreams to flourish. Uninvited, wearing the mask of memory. A fiction sung in earnest, stitched in gray hours— where dreams blend into truth. A hushed whisper: “Beauty is truth,”—but I wouldn’t know if the echoes I call "mine" ever rang— I am built of broken facts, soft edits, and pills that patch up what...

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Was John Lennon crossing the line, mucking about, burning his bridges, or bucking the palace, a fine sign of the times then, in 1969, not often seen, when returning his MBE to The Queen? ...

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The chase after door was ajar. From window to window, that far. The buzz in my ear, The fly needs to fear. The whiz of my swatter on par. “I’m hit,” says the fly, out of steam. Is it truly dead or a scheme? Over and over… its eyes ice over. I suck up the fly with air stream. Dear Dad, you’ll be happy to...

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God promises to take care of me and you. He'll give you peace as you pass through. He doesn't promise to take all problems away. But He reassures us that we'll be ok. He says weeping may endure for the night. But joy can surely come with the morning's light. Problems will come, but they will not stay. While it's they're. Deal...

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Magna Carta Charter that determined the King does Not have absolute power for he may not reign at his own self-centered whim, nae! much of his authority must be siphoned off Relinquished to Earls, Lords, Barons, Bishops Knights no longer must blindly obey The king and his subjects convened on the dewy emerald green meadows Of Runnymede King John was compelled to sign the Magna Carta With...

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Marion Robert Morrison his voice couldn’t be confused with Roy Orbison but he really gained his fame when he became known as John Wayne ...

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From heaven’s heart, a gift was freely given, A love so vast, it opens wide the gate of heaven. He sent His Son to walk this earthly sod, To bear our pain, to show the way to God. Whoever trusts, no darkness need they fear, For hope and life eternal now draw near. No soul is lost who looks upon the...

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1. To Fly My father was an admiral, and so I joined the Navy. Back in fifty-eight to be a pilot seemed the way to go: ship-sailors were committed to a crate. Scrub decks? Paint rusting gunwales? That’s a ‘no’. The Skyhawk was my weapon (and my fate!) 2. Rubicon Crossing Some nations follow rainbows, I am told: we thought, in Vietnam, ‘search and...

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they said he drained them — not with charm but with a syringe. office door closed, fake smile, real bad smell. the papers called him a vampire. he was worse. blood dripping in tubes, dripping like old beer from busted taps in dead bars at 2 a.m. no bats, no castles, just a slob in a tie, a geek who found horror in a bored suburb. he worked next to...

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Apropos of John H. Doe A name we all know Just like Uncle Sam ~ He too’s on the lam ...

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John Cameron Fogerty gave us music of quality with that phenomenal sound CCR did abound ...

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Oh my love, I imagine how the world would be if everyone decided to give peace a chance if you stand by me we'll break out in dance every woman man and child would be set free from the tyranny of injustices and greed we'd remember it's up to each of us to take the lead Oh my love, imagine how...

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