Long Atoning Poems

THE LAW

Yet sacrifice would cover for Love's sake
before that time, the Law was sent to guide
sin offerings appeased man's guilty state
but could not change his rebel heart inside.
The WORD was written down on Torah scrolls
with...

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My grandparents' grandparents,
all sixteen,
digging roots through cultural meristems,
young adults,
adolescents during Time's 1880's,
post Civil War birth of Sir James Crow monoculture.

What would we name this self-hatred,
this lack of compassion and gratitude for help
for human nature's lavish...

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“Who’s that by the casket?” I turned and quizzed my brothers,
discretely, as the mourners filed in.
“That’s old Jacob Wrigley,” one replied, “a friend of dad and mother’s, 
who, I believe, for many years has been

Helping...

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Silent dreams, dazzling sighs, beckoning
From the heart, the intuition, astute
Whispering, echoing, enlightening
Reminding the spirit to listen
To the still, small voice – such a mystery!

Silent reflections, radiant flow of peace
Music of the soul, wonderful feelings
Blending to...

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In the morning, my conscious mind wakes, I direct my first thought to you;  
The gift of mind and breath again, fresh grace for a day anew. 
Light pouring into my lifting lids, like...

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we need to let go of that welfare mentality
and let God bless us with a new and positive reality
just start believing that we deserve to be blessed
believe that through God our testimony will progress
God will...

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So, what is the best theme for
a poem?  No guarded secret, all themes --  
Freely to Roam! And what, the prescribed 
destination or direction? Wherever the poet, 
himself, deems worthy of fond or...

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as the legacy lives on we're continuing to make it great
in celebration of Berean Baptist's 158th
a monumental journey that many would find impressing
but we at Berean just simply count our blessings
for there's no need to...

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The sun is bright as 
ever, washing me in 
bands of heat, I'm 
hanging in the air 
as nails impale my 
hands and feet,

I know that I am 
dreaming on some 
night I'm deep in...

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JESUS THE ONLY WAY

For God so loved the world that He gave as the atoning sacrifice for sin His one and only Son
There is no other name given under heaven by which we can be...

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The sun is bright as ever, washing me in bands of 
heat, I'm hanging in the air as nails impale my 
hands and feet,

I know that I am dreaming on some night I'm deep in...

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It was the myriad relapse
The shadows perched, time slipped, the temptation resided to my mind
I'm sure I have most the soul I never once had
Lost; once you go into the dark eternal black there's no...

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TWINFLAMES 

Obsidian oscillated into lava
     slid across syntactic streams
        tumbled thick greenwood thickets 
          ...

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Joseph was a young man excited about life
A maiden named Mary was pledged to be his wife
But then he received news that he could not ignore
News that hurt and the community would deplore
Though they had...

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The sky, heavy-laden with curdled black clouds,
Burst wide open, and all night long it rained.
It pitter-pattered on the panes,
And rattling on the slanting roofs.
It churned the dry soil to a pulp,
Overflowed the dusty gutters.
It drove...

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This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:10 NIV

This is love 
That God sent His son
As a...

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If I had over 10,000 dreams
You'd be the only thing my mind could see
Judgment couldn't be real
Succumbing to the fear of this cold life
Find a way to break through
The self-destruction of wordly delusions
Don't tell me...

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"Trust and obey for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus; than to trust and obey."***

"Only trust him only trust him now. He will save you, he will save you. He will save...

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Bleached bones of a fallen beast,
Casting a shadow that points
To the east,
A cowboy rides out
With a noose round his neck,
Travelling north on a
Perilous trek.

The noose is a reminder
That his life is not his,
Not that he...

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Down the rabbit hole I'm falling
Can't you hear the voices calling
From the darkness Creeping, crawling
Insanity, absurdity
A new day dawning
Judgements pending, Sins atoning
Wicked people and Lost souls roaming
Picked apart And tortured slowly
Only to remain Lost and...

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Down the rabbit hole I'm falling
Can't you hear the voices calling
From the darkness Creeping, crawling
Insanity, absurdity
A new day dawning
Judgements pending, Sins atoning
Wicked people and Lost souls roaming
Picked apart And tortured slowly
Only to remain Lost and...

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The long, motionless hours of night;
a nod, a blink or deep breath away from
a new day's noise and bustle.
Modern life, soon enough, will secure
its grip on each of us.
Many prefer the reticent solitude offered
in darkness....

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the sun is on its knees,
disease leaks out their eyes; alive, 
it fans the drain’s release;
a holy light complies; it dries and-
burned and held and spined.
their molting hair entwined; divine all- 
whole in scar and...

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Silent feelings, gone with the wind, gone from my grasp,
Silent feelings, invisible to others sight,  beyond our understanding, because others don't take the time to truly look, seek, into my eyes of my soul,...

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Loneliness,
of individuals,
like me,
of families,
like mine,
of uncommunioned communities,
and nation-states,
like ours,

Loneliness leads insufficient capacity
to prophecy everyone's collective interdependence,
and thereby remains partially blind
to Win/Win optimal health/wealth outcomes,
which could not be monopolized
by experiential loneliness
felt internal sadness 
monoculturing.

By inviting risk...

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