Joshua Poems - Poems about Joshua

Hail needles the skin. Wind cracks the spine. The mountain holds, breath seizes on the tongue. Snow knives the summits. Cracked hands fumble dry stone, paper-thin air slices, bald eagles tilt in the blast. Alpine skiers parched, no more Earth Day banners. Cherry Creek scrapes its bed. Feces in the bedpan, chapped gloss smeared, cocoa hair salted and smoked. The Zephyr rattles east, carrying the mountains backward— Grand Central dissolves...

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Damp linens flung aside sodden cushions Flank by flank She was damp Nickel sack and bark rings Verdant gaze meet hazel orbs Ripe late April Northern Flatlands moisture Slaughterhouse savory mist perfume Slender dull rose covering on the pane Cooling unit recirculating Coral beams groom her visage Midday vernal noon the drizzle ceased the light slivered in Naked gourd blossoms adhesive juice Lurching brined The toddler flesh on her abdomen She...

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Katie’s ribs pressed against her skin, the sharp angles of a body once soft. She lifted her blouse, let me see— the stubs, the little bumps, two perfect incisions smooth as marble. I swallowed. Physically lubricious—I couldn’t do it. Her perfume fought the chemo stench. Coiffed mascara, a careful face, a practiced smile, teeth too straight. She asked if I still wrote poetry. I said nothing. Once,...

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What you give attracts people The way and manner you give it attracts God Therefore give in humility and love Giving is not an occasion to show off Rather it is calls for remorse and brokenness If you cannot give from the little in your hand Giving big when you are rich may never happen Giving is...

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Dive board jumpers Korea Germany Like wandering Jew eternally No surname are necessary Everything is transitory Can’t remember the names of anyone from 1st to 5th grade I wonder what it is like to have a hometown or childhood friends Results negative incapable of forming meaningful long term relationships High suicidal rates drug use and incarceration even...

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Four faces ten cows 40 people a river runs through it Aberdeen Rapid City Sioux Falls crops of corn soybeans hog factory ethanol highway interstate flat plains shadow of Rockies sparse vast country music cowboy hats pickups tractors American flag whackos jacks coyotes buffalo paddlefish grasshoppers deer crows vulture walleye pheasants otters cattle grain green sky derecho buffalo ghost towns railroad Homestake mine caves peaks tribes...

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Wedding dress rides bicycle. She cracked ribs staring in my window. Crocodile teardrops jail cell. Peat shale lignite. ...

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snaps cowgirl Indian boyfriend The sound of buffalo meat on her teeth, Taste the smell of sleep, Cannabis wafting, Chew the diamond, steal the slipper, Call the captain and skinny dipper. The palm fronds climb. Squaw walks whiskey hills Eyes cracked wide shut Gripped by the hunger of a world, chasing visions The moon bleeds through the window The stars hum a song of youth. ...

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Some may look to distant Mars among radiant stars. Get to the desert, you'll find more much nearer ours. Nearer than any man knows. Ancestral, celestial bones, secret kept in Mojave's botany seldom seen though I've never been. Spread of clustered flowering panicles.. tall giants in sun swept sleep, despite little rain inside darkest soul they creep. As a...

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Why the curved sword, Joshua? "The signal for the ambush, And a wily subterfuge! Ai will be reaped by Yahweh. The whole field, corners, too. No one will be left to gather. He exposes Ai's warriors- The burning city behind, The ravine in front, The king of Ai is a fool, Leaving the city undefended. Presumptive pride's defeat! There can be no refuge, When there's no Substitute,...

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I am not sure if you are having a peaceful rest I may not know you but my heart feels you My bones feels your fear and trauma How scary it must have been in a land full of strangers Being tortured by the humans that could not even understand your pleading Yes they are humans...

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Festive lights are in the air A celebration we must sharre Being quite bold We must visit the O'Brien secret successful gold And announce Joshua is another year old Relish this Leprechaun thought Since it is with family love it was bought Happy Birthday, Joshua Love, Uncle Marc...

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Car gliding gently, whirling down Mountain engine idling fine Tall pines flying in circles Going on for a circumnavigatingly long time Around the world, no houses Around the trees, no world Buzzcut for a boy Frizz for a girl Reaching the highway Open your mouth To the north and south sierra mountains Grey and jagged brown Up and down a heartbeat trace Across the curve...

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Lord bless you and keep you, Numbers 6: 24-26 Make his face to shine upon you, be gracious to you Lord...

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What kind of love is this that sets my mind aglow what kind of heart can be so full of light so free what is the name of He, who has just given me the freedom to love, the freedom to love...ref Who is this paraclete who heals the wounded souls whos rays are brighter then...

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