Water Draws Near
...Water Draws Near
The rush of a wave in the ocean, the babble of a creek, the stillness in a pond and warm wet cords of relief in the shower, water draws near. It’s the Living Water that took me h...
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Categories:
kathryn, death, journey, mom, water,
Form: Free verse
Blue in Spring
...“It seems at some point you’d run out of awful.”
—Kathryn Stockett, The Help
Blue in Spring
I hear the birds, do you?
Or are they unseen to your ears,
as to my eyes? The sun ...
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Categories:
kathryn, angst, spring,
Form: Free verse
Something For Kathryn
...Your words
they fall silent
but your life
is a poem
Each motion
and gesture
by Heaven
are known
You rhyme
every smile
your eyes
metered guides
To love
written couplets
of joy
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Categories:
kathryn, love,
Form: Rhyme
labs
...(a university-life vignette)
It’s Saturday morning at about 9am. I’m in the chemistry lab, a sterile looking room with 12 workstations that are like multi level kitchen islands with sinks...
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Categories:
kathryn, angst, career, environment, humor,
Form: Free verse
Heavenly Occupation
...HEAVENLY OCCUPATION
What I'll see and do in heaven will soon I know unfold,
As I'm going home shortly and walk those streets of gold.
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I never learned to swim while living in this worl...
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Categories:
kathryn, bible, blessing, christian, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Colors
...COLORS
Earth's main colors seem to be
Green and blue of every hue.
Soothing colors for the mind,
God gave His best the peaceful kind.
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Reds and yellows here and there,
So we w...
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Categories:
kathryn, analogy, bible, christian, color,
Form: Rhyme
We'Ll Bloom Like Flowers
...WE'LL BLOOM LIKE FLOWERS
Do we truly understand God's plan
What He's trying to do for man
It seems He is longing to bring us back
To the state we now do lack
A state of perfect righteousness
G...
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Categories:
kathryn, analogy, bible, care, joy,
Form: Rhyme
Water of Life
...WATER OF LIFE
It is the maker of heaven and earth
Who furnishes water of solid worth
Without this water we have nothing left
For He's the one who gives us breath
When we place ourselves withi...
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Categories:
kathryn, analogy, bible, blessing, character,
Form: Rhyme
Not All Birds of a Feather
...NOT ALL BIRDS OF A FEATHER
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When I hear the whooping cranes
Singing their glad refrains
I know the seasons are changing fast
And we can enjoy a spring at last
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These sand ...
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Categories:
kathryn, analogy, beautiful, bird, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
The Harmony of Heaven
...THE HARMONY OF HEAVEN
The harmony of heaven
Is what we long for here
But it will only happen
When in hearts it does appear
For when we fight against it
And seek to have our way
The peace an...
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Categories:
kathryn, analogy, beautiful, bible, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
We Can'T Imagine
...WE CAN'T IMAGINE
Sometime soon I'll climb lovely hills
View flowers and non-stinging bees
I'll say hello to friendly creatures
Who will never flee from me
The fresh pure water streaming throu...
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Categories:
kathryn, appreciation, beauty, bible, creation,
Form: Rhyme
A Look At Nonsense
...A LOOK AT NONSENSE
I cannot write a poem today
So why should I even try
It's snowing outdoors right now
And I am not sure just why
I don't have the answers
To all my questionings
But if I try...
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Categories:
kathryn, allusion, anxiety, beauty, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
Our Brains
...ETHREE-NONET POETRY
OUR BRAINS
Man's
Faulty
Brain power
Is limited
In this place of sin
Even the genius
Uses maybe ten percent
God plans much more for His children
Wha...
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Categories:
kathryn, bible, character, christian, conflict,
Form: Etheree
Let's Go Home
...LET'S GO HOME
I have a God who loves me
And longs to take me home
To a place that's peaceful
Where I never more will roam
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Like the rest of humankind
I wandered from His side
I...
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Categories:
kathryn, appreciation, bible, blessing, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Real Love
...REAL LOVE
If you are looking for love
But in all of the wrong places
You'll find it is all in vain
And often brings hateful spaces
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The enemy sends you a “love”
Which ...
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Categories:
kathryn, analogy, bible, christian, courage,
Form: Rhyme
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