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Premium Member Inside the Great Halls of Us
“Inside the Great Halls of Us”



Inside 
The Great Halls of Us,
there resides a ghost 

IT hides in plain sight,
waiting quietly, alone, 
in our dark

there, IT holds ITs light,
to draw us further in,
we nervously laugh IT...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, i am, science fiction, symbolism,
Form: Narrative



Give Peace a Chance Part 1
Like the twelfth
juror in the play
I must say I am not
convinced
For I know a recipe
for trouble 
I have seen the
double standards
And I do not approve
this for Kenya
I will never approve
it, and neither
Would you, dear
friend of...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, peace,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The One at The Right Hand
??Isaiah 63:11-12 KJVAAE??
[11] Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, faith,
Form: Free verse
My Fifty Years In a Nut Shell
I was born fifty years ago on April 10th 1964
Looking back through the years I began to explore

My mama said when it was time for me to be born
I decided to come early and fast...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, family, life, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member To My Fellow Poets
Dear fellow poets – the young and the young once,

Modern poetry to me is “today’s poetry.” It presents poetry from the hearts of current writers using their own unique styles, which are influenced and inspired...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, poetry,
Form: Prose



Premium Member Why Should I Believe In God-There's No God-
What is the meaning of the bold assertion, “There is no God”? 
Commentators rightly maintain that the statement 
Is not a literal denial of the existence of God what!
The “wicked hotly pursue the poor” 
And...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, abuse, analogy, anxiety, atheist, betrayal,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member She Hasn'T Killed Me Yet
She Hasn't Killed me yet
                           58.

   ...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, blessing, humanity, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Touching
Moment to moment, all moments entwined,
I feel the touch of magnetism divine,
the source of which, by mind is not divined
so to know the truth, with heart I align.
With this preamble, let’s step back in time,
that...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, spiritual,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member The Child and the Buffalo
The Stars and Moon had long been friends
    but this was set to change.
As the Moon just up and walked away
    moving swiftly out of range.
And what was left...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, courage, innocence, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Part 2 - Earthbound Angels Made of Stone - An Epic
Those evil thorns of bitterness
That couldn't bear to see
This child so loved and so adored
By their father
Captain Lee

Until one day in early May
When she went out to play
In  fields drenched in morning  dew
Above...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, abuse, angel, baby, black african american, death,
Form: Epic
The Secret Lives of Chimney Pots V
Spawned from the loins that 
Perpetuated the loyal serfs mongrel
Seed:-
These peoples of a conditioned and
"Resigned-To-it-all" breed.
Born into the enveloping tedium
Of interlocking days...Interwoven
With interlocking days -
Victims of stark circumstance
And vague promises unmade.
Gregariously living out their lives
When...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A More Than Fair Exchange - 2nd Half
Here's the 2nd HALF of this interesting 2-part piece - thanks for reading the entire poem. :)


Aware that he was gambling with the lives of all on board by sticking with his strategy to run...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, faith, fear, prayer,
Form: Verse
A Madman's Remembrance of Lost Love
Bugs are crawling in my brain
I want to go out into the rain
And laugh and sing and dance all night
But mine is not a happy plight
You see, they say I am insane

I say, I just...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, allusion, analogy, child, death, memory, metaphor, wife,
Form: Rhyme
5 Single Words
There is a poem I wrote several years ago that several people have written me saying how it helped them decide not to take their own life. Several people have asked me "How can you...

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© Ed Roberts  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: but for the grace of god, inspiration, strength, summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Book I'M Reading
Some things and projects are started but never finished.
Some other things were never intended for you to finish.
I knew a lady who told my wife and me about a book she was
writing. The entire plot,...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, character, christian, friendship,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Hope Inspires - 2
Hope came to life inside my soul
When I realized I’d been saved to the uttermost
By the One who lived then died on a tree
So that I could know Him as the light of love
Who shines...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, appreciation, blessing, faith, god, hope, inspirational, jesus,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Warning: Barely Closeted Monsters Lurk Here
Warning: Barely Closeted Monsters Lurk Here!

Religious freedom’s what’s at stake! True monsters wage this war!
God’s told THEM (1) just when life begins (so faith that differs SIN)!
My Bible does not say, does yours? Raise hands...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, faith, love, science,
Form: Rhyme
A Blanket Marriage
Screaming from his office was loud enough to wake the dead
by our trucking company foreman who was livid when he said,
“That useless bloody mongrel, that scum of the flamin’ earth,
has loaded up a truck with...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bittersweet Journey
Nine years a stranger in a strange land
            travelling to my island in the sun.
A native son returning a native strand
   ...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, journey, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Blood Bath
Finally my blood began to coagulate
a graceful gel, gently thickened,
so – whatever I might feel, the settling of the wound,
has begun…

in sensitive silences, the shadows echo the fear,
felt by a heart who knows the starkness,...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, blessing, christian, faith, god, hope, inspirational, jesus,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Fall Cruise
Could it be the manifold and  magnanimous Grace of God in a myriad of ways? Is it the freedom from greed and stress and a life filled with contentment? Is it the relative good...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, blessing, thanksgiving,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Grace
Grace is supernatural gift from God bestowed on us through the merits of Jesus Christ for our salvation.

"[Grace is] a supernatural gift of God to an intellectual creature, bestowed with a view to eternal life......

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Categories: but for the grace of god, christian, city, god, jesus, people, spiritual, world,
Form: Light Verse
Humans and This World
Did you ever ask yourself why it takes tragedy, death, and disasters to bring human beings together?
People all over this world struggle daily without any disasters of any kind. When do we realize that we...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, bible, christian, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Praise God


Jesus didn’t leave us 
Without hope, faith or grace
He gave us so much love
Shining down from His home above
He whispered joy into us
Who live our lives as gifts 
From the One who created us
And gave...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, god, inspirational, jesus, joy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Raindrops of Immortality
RAINDROPS OF IMMORTALITY

Smiles were stolen from me long time ago
Days gone gray as storms rush to play: my...
They drain. Fervently, I called to the Heavens 
but it seems no one there. No one there!

I lullaby...

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Categories: but for the grace of god, inspirational, journey, life, passion, poems, poetess, poetry,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things