Lanier Poems - Poems about Lanier

...Rest From My Labors by Lanier Thomas I’ve been acquainted with war and violence And escaped, me thought, to a land of silence. But war followed me and gave me no rest, hence I must meet, face ......Read the rest...

...Jim by Lanier Thomas I tried to tell you, but you refused to hear. As soon as I returned home from the Army You took me straight to your drug dealer’s abode. That was more than my friendship c......Read the rest...

...Spice by Lanier Thomas A smell of rich spice— Long walks in the Autumn woods Memories long past ......Read the rest...

...There’s a Monster Watching TV With Me! by Lanier Thomas I know there is a monster watching over my shoulder. I wouldn’t think that if I were only a bit older. I feel it whenever I watch cartoon......Read the rest...

...The Valley by Lanier Thomas One by one I saw them leave because they Were hurting too much For them to wish to stay Yet I found God was willing To dispense His mercy and love While carryi......Read the rest...

...Understanding by Lanier Thomas Sitting by the campfire Under the burning stars I think of what my life Has brought to me in scars. I suddenly realize In the flickering glow These have broug......Read the rest...

...Eagle by Lanier Thomas Safely soaring above the sky The eagle continues to fly. On stately wings that glide on air Like drifting dreams without despair. Onward over the horizon it goes And c......Read the rest...

...Myth of the peculiar pelican Whose bill bloodies its feathery breast Feeding blood to the chicks in its nest Ancient acts ever evangelic Sole sacrifice for the pelican Whose beak speaks more tha......Read the rest...

...By the Water's Edge Georgia, with gilded glow imprinted in my mind. Lake Lanier an island paradise divinely dwells By the water's edge in haunting hue of cerulean blue Where today we ple......Read the rest...

...Evening about you reminds me of the Sun You are light and diaphenous warm and sultry Like a thousand summer solstice or alchemists spells You are as bright as Venus the morning star I would like ......Read the rest...

...She weeps carelessly spilling more and more tears I have caused this tsunamis there is no word to comfort her Instinctively, we warm each tear in the palms of our hands carefully listening to wh......Read the rest...

...“I Am”, said God to Moses You tell the Israelites: “I AM has sent me to you”. I Am the truth and light. I am the very air you breath I am your best friend I am with you alway I am, and will......Read the rest...

...I'd love to spend a day with you And make it last a lifetime. We'd fin through waters deep and blue, And walk bare-foot through morning dew. I'd hold your hand, and say to you, "I love you", in ......Read the rest...

...HEARTS Somewhere back in time it started, The beating of two lonely hearted, Synchronized by times now charted, And there they stood toget......Read the rest...

...It’s cotton for snow in a village I know with each house in its place on a shelf. And an angel is there, high in the air In the top of our tree, by its self. It’s a manger scene of ceramic an......Read the rest...