Long Appraising(a) Poems

Lisa and I had been watching some boys strut about, as they played soccer, in their little shorts, in the freezing cold. It’s an old animal story.

The game ended, or it was intermission and about...

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THE TALE OF TWO BIBLE'S

Genesis, Eve conceived a man child with the help of the Lord, Cain was always preceived as the first born of Adam, so Abel must have been first the born via...

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15 years old.
It was a brain tumor, they’d said.

Holding past the current;
undertow of reality slapping
my fragility cold –
(steel bars won’t hold water –
movement always finds its way)

O’, how the lies twist!

Twist like the dusty branches
on...

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A lovely breeze blew from the sea
That autumn day was almost done;
Her thick and wavy raven hair 
Was boldly gleaming in the sun. 

She rode her mare with idle reins
Along the vast and sprawling sand,
Deserted...

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October 2 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Luke 23-24

Key Verse – Luke 23:8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season,...

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A lovely breeze blew from the sea
That autumn day was almost done;
Her thick and wavy raven hair 
Was boldly gleaming in the sun. 

She rode her mare with idle reins
Along the vast and sprawling sand,
Deserted...

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Next of Kin


She had never been taught the trick.
To the men such things were granted.
Air filled pelts, breath under water.
To the women was left the nest.
Near ashore she saw them panic.
Her father among them scrambling.
All...

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Next of Kin


She had never been taught the trick.
To the men such things were granted.
Air filled pelts, breath under water.
To the women was left the nest.
Near ashore she saw them panic.
Her father among them scrambling.
All...

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Next of Kin


She had never been taught the trick.
To the men such things were granted.
Air filled pelts, breath under water.
To the women was left the nest.
Near ashore she saw them panic.
Her father among them scrambling.
All...

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December 9 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Hebrews 11

Key Verse– Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and...

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January 17th, 2020, a moost memorable outing at Collegeville Diner

A hardy acknowledgement yessiree
to the blessed sister Amelie worthy
of such beloved, devoted,
feted husband Rich truly
bestowed predicated upon
random chain of events

i.e., accidental, biological,
and genealogical happenstance prithee
applauding, apprising,...

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October 8 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on John 11-12

Key Verse – John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead,...

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Natural Finery

Gazing out the window from a coffee shop, came an image that changed the world.  Like a breath of fresh air, light and refreshing, that could be immediately enjoyed in the lungs and...

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EATING    OUT

Seated uneasily at the edge tables,  café males alone, silent  -
Focused on eating, heads moving, looking around to defend,
Guarding their plates against enemies and, finished, quickly  leaving.
Am I...

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Sounds creep into my ear, sounds that have wandered 
over these valleys, mounts and plains, once debased by ruined man,
sounds that creep from the crevices of these wrecks, they have wandered-
over time and seasons, under...

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Lately, I failed to notice
My wife had worn
A new piece of jewelry I'd bought her.
She informed me, when I asked about it,
Quite matter-of-factly, that I hadn't noticed
Because we no longer look at each other anymore.
This...

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December 3 Scripture Meditations Based on Hebrews 3-4

Key Verse – Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of...

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Poems from the heart I encounter with a eureka delight
Offering me vicarious reality insights ubiquitous in the global poetry site
Exposing myriad experiences – personal or spectacular in passion’s might 
Taking my empathy prowess to the...

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December 31 Scripture Meditations Based on Revelation 22

Key Verse – Revelation 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK FOR...

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Through scientific perspective, they are paranormal
With whimsical understanding, such can be magical
Some philosophers consider those as metaphysical
Unearthly, ethereal, mystical, transcendental… 
But my faith in God declares miracles, supernatural.

Biblical creation exposes omnipotence of the Almighty
Forming something...

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The other day I was taken aback by something a young girl in the bookstore said…
It made me lose my perspective as my expectations ran away with my head.

This can happen when I least expect...

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Judge Mayer On the bench did sit,
Coldly appraising the man in the dock,
The man in the dock was, unperturbed,
He gave the judge a knowing wink,
At least that's what the judge did think, 
For which he...

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In a marriage day party i was there talking with a friend 
                      while...

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He is the African War General,
After his massive Digestion of Seven "JUMBO" Spliff Joints and more,
The sage wont forget to mention his Gulp-in of four pints of dark 'Wicked' Rum before 
His Very taste of...

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You fill out a form to get into the dorm;
you fill out a form to get out of the dorm.

There are forms for the Government, forms for the school.
Forms if you've foolishly broken a rule.

There...

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