Long 145 Poems

Sappho fragment #155
translation by Michael R. Burch 

A short revealing frock?
It's just my luck
your lips were made to mock!

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Sappho fragment #156
translation by Michael R. Burch 

She keeps her scents
in a dressing-case.
And her sense?
In some undiscoverable...

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~ Trust  In  Jesus    ~
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Trust in Jesus 
T 
Jesus loves you 
R 
You, me and all 
U 
All in this world 
S 
World...

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I have to admit
The school where I work
Needs everyone to be
Able to speak Spanish.
Because the parents do.
We are an 82 percent
Spanish-speaking community.
I’ve taken Spanish 4 times.
And I have failed Spanish 4 times.
I have no idea...

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Date: February  2051

It was a cool winter morning. No
Troubles all probable possibilities
Rounds out to be a winning networth
Of $375 billion fortune for 
Damian. He was in Contemplating 
Office style in his office for a...

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1.	Abolish Mints
2.	Abut Mints
3.	Accomplish Mints
4.	Accouter Mints
5.	Acknowledge Mints
6.	Ada Mints
7.	Adjust Mints
8.	Admonish Mints
9.	Adorn Mints
10.	Advance Mints
11.	Advertise Mints
12.	Agree Mints
13.	Ail Mints
14.	Align Mints
15.	Announce Mints
16.	Annul Mints
17.	Apart Mints
18.	Appease Mints 
19.	Appoint Mints
20.	Arma Mints
21.	Argu Mints
22.	Arrange Mints
23.	Assess Mints
24.	Astonish Mints
25.	Atone Mints
26.	Attain Mints
27.	Banish Mints
28.	Battle Mints
29.	Befuddle Mints
30.	Bereve Mints
31.	Better Mints
32.	Bewilder Mints
33.	Blandish Mints
34.	Command...

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I spent my senior year saying I was full 
when all I did was discreetly place food
in the napkin on my lap
A bowl of corn, every other week feed my body
A friend asked me once...

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- continued from Part 1 -


and Feel Your Form and Supple Figure
Blessed With Such Restful Grace
… and Flow Into Your Being
Like Embraced Ocean Waves

I Wanted To Send You Words
Of How Deeply I Care
I’m Sending Words...

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P S ITS POETRY WRITE ON  WRITE ON CONGRATS TO MY FELLOW POETRY SOUPERS PART 12
This anthology is a collection of the work of various poets from all over the world. By reading these...

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P S its POETRY WRITE ON WRITE ON CONGRATS TO MY FELLOW POETRY SOUPERS PART 15

Many thanks to you selected poets;
 Of sharing your whispers from God,
 tho you didn’t know it;
 Each letters and...

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June 7 Scripture Meditations Based on Psalms 145-150

Key Verse – Psalm 145:16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfies the desire of every living thing.    

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR SATISFYING MY DESIRE

Thank...

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Poetry’s distinct beauty shines through the rays of its author’s artistic employment and creative presentation.  However, its dynamic impact is felt when read with animated vibrancy, bringing to life the encoded thoughts. 
Said pursuit...

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I never wanted to be with this guy.
After meeting and talking to him,
I got a message from the big guy in the sky.
“Help him, Nikki,” and I wondered why,
I still do.
Being around him made me,
...

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Everyday, everyday, everyday
I do pray. . .
I will exalt you Oh! Lord everyday
I will exalt you everyday;
I will sing your praises Lord everyday, everyday;
I will sing your praises Lord God every day

I will exalt you...

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153 Street Station is clean
Down sturdy metal steps through 
old Yankee Stadium field
where Ruth and Gehrig ran.

Pungent in the nostrils piss follows me
Up the hill where supers sweep trash 
from yesterday’s deals and conferences
Broom bucket...

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My past has been a twisted, tangled path of sadness,
      and I have tried, I really have to leave all the pain behind;
I have said my goodbyes to all those...

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“Most Well-groomed!”
Such was his latest Sunday School Award
Dressing up as a preacher, lawyer, or flight steward
Overcoming the timidity of a nervous coward
Earning him admiration-glee as he moves onward.

At ten years old, he’s hygiene-fanatic
Delighting in every...

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I always cherish a time for us 
of blazing love divine, ceaselessly prevailing
passionately quenching coldness trying to envelop my heart…
Thank You, my dearest Saviour for Your ardent care that never fails.

A time for us, my...

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I will sing of joy and love from up above;
Heavenly
Heavenly voices cheers of His love;
Heavenly, heavenly
I reach unto heaven and pour out His voice;
All of His love this is my choice;
Heavenly
Heavenly
I will sing praises
Alleluia, Alleluia
I...

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Struggling over guilt-inflicted angst
persistent along spontaneous languishing
tangible through prevailing vexatious misery…
…my destitute soul, in carnality’s chain 
succumbed to materialism’s glittering offer
defying fervent commitment 
to patronize pursuits of eternal worth…

Bewildered midst lurking skepticism
upon doubts of intrigue...

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“Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations.” Psalms 145:13

The Kingdom of God Opens New Doors in 2022
The Kingdom of God is Grand, Beautiful and Majestic
The Kingdom of God is...

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I do not miss you when you're gone
   My sleep, ever so serene, from dusk til dawn
   When the bough of bond between us breaks
 There's no part of my beating...

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You’re great with omnipotent might
Wondrously perfect of no blight
Creator marked by victory…
You be praised*, our God of glory!

Compassionate, indeed gracious
Offering love --- very precious
Saviour Christ of Gospel story…
You be praised, our God of glory!

Goodness You...

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God is good and He reigns in His greatness
Ever-loving indeed, granting life eternal
Entrusting to me blessings everyday…
Reviving my spirit as His redeemed
Offering blissful service opportunities
Strengthening me with joyous salvation 
Earnestly, I cleave to Him; faith...

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I Exalt You, My God!

I will exalt you! My God and king!
And worship your name
 above EVERYTHING!

Forever and ever I will bless your name!
Your goodness in my life, I seek to obtain.

Every day I will...

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Poem of Praise

Where Eagles dare and Angels fear to tread,
Gods breath breaths. 
Where hurricanes blow and tornadoes swirl
Gods breath breaths.
Where volcanoes boil and the mighty lightning strikes
Gods breath breaths.

He parts the mighty seas
He makes deserts...

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