Long Apprehensions Poems

This is my modern English translation of Paul Valéry's poem “Le cimetière marin” (“The graveyard by the sea”). Valéry was buried in the seaside cemetery evoked in his best-known poem. From the vantage of the...

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A light - beyond bright -
beckons me warmly
from a place beyond which I cannot yet see.
As I approach a stairway which glistens like gold,
all my former burdens and apprehensions melt away.
Body aches have vanished and...

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Each week she enters the building with smiles all around
She’s come to bring them happiness and hope to abound

Her large Newfoundland body sets many aback
They wonder what her breed is, and if she might attack

Her...

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(For my Loving Daughter Suzanna Christy)

Seven years before her heart throbbed and mine too,
She was prepared to face to the world with God’s Gift:
Her travail had begun and each of her nerve shivered with thrill,
The...

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Like the darkness
We struggle to escape
Comes a hopelessness, a fear
Who engraves dread
Across the mind, through the spirit
Inside the one who fails to listen
To the voice of His wisdom

Fear barks orders
To the inner peace
Destroying the silence
With...

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Somewhere out there in the world

There was a girl, No! strike that—a woman.

He saw as a girl, but knew as a woman.

And loved her only like a man, only a real man can.

A full grown...

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I’ll praise Him
Through the darkness, 
Through the fears and tears,
Through the worries and anxieties,
Through the worst that I might experience

I’ll praise Him
Through the silences,
Through the bitterest defeat,
Through the despair and discouragements,
Through the heartbreaks that bring...

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Love lets you makes mistakes
Without leaving you
Immersed in the pool of regrets,
Swallowing back tears and remembering
The sins that colored your heart
Hard and darkened your dreams
So they were flooded with quiet details,
Elements like fear and sorrow,...

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I keep thinking about this summer—about starting a new school—and as soon as I do, I find myself internally monologuing and getting all high-schooly. It’s hoot, I know, but I can’t seem to help it.

‘You...

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In this special world:
Authenticity assails apprehensions and apathy
Beauty is braced by belongingness’ blessings
Compassion calls for clamor over caring control
Dedication with devotion defends any disability
Empowering while exhorting expressive exposure
Fostering family-fellowship, forgiving flaws
God-governed, graciously guarding and guiding...

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As newcomers, we arrived, shy and uncertain, 

Wandering through the corridors, looking for a remedy. 

To the intense sensation of being a newcomer, 

Seeking our spot, uncertain about what actions to take. 

We carried our...

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Worry sometimes silences
The dreams that I have dreamed
Darkening the hope for joy
Smothering out the laughter
Quieting the love that inspires
My heart to give, to believe
To live with assurance of Him
Who brings me a measure of peace
A...

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August 8 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Isaiah 54-58

Key Verse – Isaiah 54:10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall...

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One of the wonders of life…like when winter turns to spring…
is how you never know what surprises the next season…the next moment will bring.

For instance: yesterday started out ordinary but turned in to so much...

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The light aglow does shine, within the wagon train,
Many voices sing, to the tambourine's enchanted beat,
Playing along the fire warmth, of their encampment.
All together their rations share, with one another, breaking
Bread with an evening prayer,...

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Don’t the minutes seem like hours as we run the office maze?
Then we wonder where the time went; time seduces, time betrays,
Till we’ve got to pause between midnight and dawn 
To recover from the strain....

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Across the broken boundaries
My mother spoke to me with her eyes
And I understood
The mood upon my father's face
The song so irrelevant
To the situation's required comment
But it was good for me
To know 
What each shift and...

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Deafening Silence
By Sy Roth

Are they going to die like that 
Buried under the silt of time with it all unresolved?
Are they a ribonucleic disaster, a broken string of DNA 
Deposited in a weary, weeping womb?...

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Lost was I amidst the Scottish highlands
          The evening sky was blushing heaven-kissed
             ...

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A blissful calm settles my heart’s anxiety
Realizing the magnitude of your love – it inspires me
To become a better man and provider
Ensuring your heart stays enflamed with affectionate fires
My goal is to drown your existence...

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Made  of wood.    I know I should;   excise the inner fires turned solid.    my life's eyes tell me of your future colors; yet to me unconscious
.
...

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To exist within a utopian society is
Of great  opportunity.  A perfect way
Where existing means living by 
Obligations to the utopian way. 
A deep desirable Devotion must be
Counted  of the characteristics of
The inhabitants...

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A primeval well accepted tradition
Once married a girl need to adjust
Even if the in-laws burn her to death
Put on a smile in front of the society
No authority to follow owned rights
Yes to all decided by...

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August 30 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Ezekiel 5-8

Key Verse – Ezekiel 5:13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be...

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The word is most commonly used,
Mental agony and headaches with which it is diffused.

Starting from small kids to the old and aged,
Everyone complains of this as the root of unhappiness,
God knows eventually infants will possess...

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