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Lanier Poems - Poems about Lanier

If Not For Christ
...If Not For Christ by Lanier Thomas If not for Christ I am aware I’d be dead. When I was young I was quite out of my head. The wrong things controlled me. I thought it was I. Jesus still loved ......

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Categories: lanier, devotion, jesus,
Form: Quatrain
Under Your Spell
... Fair are my dream souvenirs of flowery fields. Fairer still are my thoughts of you when I awake. The magic of your memory over me wields A secret sorcery that only you can make. I am completely......

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Categories: lanier, feelings, love, metaphor,
Form: Sonnet



S
...“S” by Lanier Thomas So, Seeing Successful Salubrious Senators sitting Supposedly serving Silently subordinate Society, so sickening Stomachs, several sundry sullen Students spurned sup......

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Categories: lanier, corruption, political, word play,
Form: Tautogram
Sea Waves
...Sea Waves by Lanier Thomas Breathe the salty air Hear the waves caress the shore Find peace in one’s soul......

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Categories: lanier, beach, nature, ocean, peace,
Form: Haiku
Rest From My Labors
...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 ......

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Categories: lanier, fantasy, love, patriotic, war,
Form: Couplet



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

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Categories: lanier, autumn, feelings, memory, nature,
Form: Haiku
There's A Monster Watching TV With Me!
...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......

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Categories: lanier, children, imagination,
Form: Couplet
The Valley
...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......

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Categories: lanier, blessing, faith, hope, inspiration,
Form: Etheree
Understanding
...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......

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Categories: lanier, meaningful, moving on, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Eagle
...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......

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Categories: lanier, animal, beauty, freedom, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Pious Pelican
...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......

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Categories: lanier, bird, christian, religious, symbolism,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member By the Water's Edge
...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......

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Categories: lanier, beauty, devotion, love, romantic
Form: Alliteration
Illuminated
...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 ......

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Categories: lanier, drink, emotions, joy,
Form: Free verse
Saline
...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......

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Categories: lanier, conflict, emotions,
Form: Free verse
I Am
...“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......

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Categories: lanier, faith, inspirational, religiongod, light,
Form: Rhyme

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