Long Anoints Poems

Awakened and degenerated, I feel I am clashing somewhere 
The clouds appear and then depart, just another face amongst billions  
Millions of colors of the rainbow at one point I thought I was rare...

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World War 1 

The Sergeant

The rose cannot compete
with the sweet smell of death,
only her image can forgive.
 Laid upon the silence
of another boys coffin,
which hides this journey in life.

Your shame will not bring him back.
So...

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Awakened and degenerated, I feel I am clashing somewhere 
The clouds appear and then depart, just another face amongst billions  
Millions of colors of the rainbow at one point I thought I was rare...

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Unlikely Mike
by Michael R. Burch

I married someone else’s fantasy;
she admired me despite my mutilations.

I loved her for her heart’s sake, and for mine.
I hid my face and changed its connotations.

And in the dark I danced—slight,...

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NOSSIS

There is nothing sweeter than love.
All other delights are secondary.
Thus, I spit out even honey.
This is what Gnossis says:
Whomever Aphrodite does not love,
Is bereft of her roses.
—Nossis translation by Michael R. Burch

Most reverend Hera, the...

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Then I heard the voice of the LORD saying,"Whom shall I send? And who will
go for us?"
"And I said." Here I am. Send me!" 
He said,"Go and tell this people:  "'Be ever hearing but...

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Then I heard the voice of the LORD saying,"Whom shall I send? And who
will go for us?"
And I said,"Here I am. Send me!"
He said,"Go and tell this people: "'Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever...

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Then I heard the voice of the LORD saying,"Whom shall I send?
Who will go for us?"
And I said," Her I am. Send me!"
He said,"Go and tell this people:"'Be ever hearing, but  never 
understanding; be...

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All quotations and/or verse are all from the NIV 
The LORD, was asking the prophet Isaiah whom to send and who,
would go for us.  And Isaiah replied,"Here I am. Send me!"

Abraham tested Genesis 22:9-19...

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Though they said not a word, but of their thoughts He could comprehend
Jesus turned to His disciples and said this to His men
"To follow Me you must deny yourself and take up the cross
For there...

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So much money isn’t necessary, yes! It isn’t necessary
to live a life of luxury and sophistication.
Enjoying the simple things, each and every one of them
with contentment, patience and discipline
gives advancement a cameo appearance in simplicity’s...

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*Image of The Lord is My Shepherd by Our Daily Bread

My Shepherd Lord

*Line 1, 3x repeat scales; Larghetto/Largo 60 tempo.               ...

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April 7—Figure something out in a poem

Why Trump?

For the last six years
I have been trying 
To figure out 

Why 40 percent
Of my fellow Americans
Still support Trump.

Still believe he was
The greatest President ever.

I  just don’t...

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Children love
Not only with words
Or with deeds
But with hearts
And souls 
And beliefs

They love beyond words
Beyond thoughts or ideas
More than we can reveal
With mere poetry or prose
With a heart of pure gold
And a soul inspired by...

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A Cage Forged Bright: A Hymn Against Gold
They say gold is pure. They say gold is holy. They say gold crowns kings, anoints gods, carries prayers.
They do not say: gold is a shackle. They do...

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Therewithal, profluent life ettles it's while.
Thitherward, from Death's bleak campanile
Grim antiphonals serenade.

A capriccio, the slashing swipe of the reaper's scythe
 will serenade.
Stringent Death forthwith anoints the mithridate to
Life's cantankerous and rankling ado

Hither now come, anon...

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In Him, I found the meaning,
Letting go, 
In His hand, my dreams
Flowed, glowing softly, gentle,
Like the wind beneath the song,
Who colors the life,
In crimson smiles and cobalt joys,
Remembering, promising, praying
For the beguiling sighs,
Breathless and aching...

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The Lord is my shepherd
I pray for my soul to keep
But how can you
Cage a black sheep
I shall not want
Though inside
I really do
Just a fool
Wanting a life anew 
Given only to
A chosen few
He make me...

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There are brushes with death that we all have I’d guess
That survivors don’t notice (their eyes on the future,
Not bridges they’ve crossed.) Spans collapse with lives lost
That might well have been yours but for giftings...

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All but these bonds who forged ironies chain's                           ...

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Working as a missioner in a foreign land
involves a heart deeply rooted in human sacrifice;
there’s a global awareness of being a migrant
perceived to be a great challenge, filled with trials.

God and his people as a...

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Purple, the color of royalty
Breathlessly risking every dream,
Awake, yet sleeping – just napping
Through the glowing grace –
History revealing the promise
Will He remember me, the silent thought,
The joy and hope, the broken heart?

Will He see me...

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It's the most beloved and recited Scripture 
In the whole world
Psalm 23 a psalm of David 
God's Holy word 
And its no wonder that as human beings
The number 23 has significant too
For it's the number...

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Soft silhouettes sashay by my window
Grievingly gazing out unto a world of which you may never know
Linen curtains briefly ruffled in the breeze
Old drunken Julius finds shade under the huge oak trees
The echoes of poverty...

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Mimshak*
by
Rick Folker

As the Lord lives, it must be the Lord himself who will strike him, whether the time comes for him to die, or he goes out and perishes in battle. But the Lord forbid...

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