Long Caleb Poems

Poet Convention

Lost in a poets convention, 
I can't recall every poem, I've read through the years
50518, unique comments I 'validate'--- 
Thank You For Sharing Your Happy and Sad tears 
Since March 24, 2010 In the...

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I walk along the old familiar path in the wood of my childhood -
the place that I willingly abandoned  
for the lure of new friends and activities 
that carried me ever farther from my...

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Many members of the two youngest generations used to describe themselves
as being "Nones," believing in no religion at all.  But in the process they have
decreed themselves to being their own gods by deifying themselves...

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more often than not we tend get in our own way
more often than we undermine those things on which we have prayed
we circumvent our success and miss our appointing
we sabotage our calling and miss our...

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There was a brave,
A sage of his age,
And there was rhythm.
Men United in the hunt,
Women united in the spiritual sounds of songs of the Shaman,
And ships from the east,
Came with the Glory of God,
And between...

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Dedicated to my friend Caleb

As I stare at his grave
I can’t help but picture his face
I’m on my knees in tears
As I think of the years I’ve had
I look at the grave stone
Looking at when...

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Violent Faith

There is nothing more pleasing to God the Father
then for Him to see His precious children press in, 
to take His Word just as it is written
and over the devil and his companions they...

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This is dedicated to my sons
It's 4 of y'all and only one me
How did I get to be so lucky
To have struck gold 4 times over
Thank God for placing me into your lives
He could have...

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How popular and loved are you? 
I'm not talking the passed by wanna be's,                     ...

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Heartfelt Prayers
Dedicated to my dear friend Caleb

He sits inside his room and starts to pray
Reflecting on what they all say
Feeling so lost and alone
Love never to call his own 

She walks the halls of this...

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THE DESERT'S GIFT

On a cold Christmas morning
the dusty harmattan breeze blew 
from the Sahara all through West Africa
unto the gulf of Guinea 

The wind howled through the desert as it blew
It's cold air a sting...

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Beyond is Jordan, past the great Red Sea,
a distance cov’ring awesome, frightful years.
Invisible her pathway heading home
while Eve awaits the target of her soul.
Through darksome deserts, wand'ring back again
she learns the whereabouts concerning God.

The Holy...

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9/23/1989 - 1/20/2009

Grief dropped like a huge guillotine
 on the world of me, my daughter and wife.
My son Caleb was only nineteen,
 when too soon he left our life.

He was a marine off on holiday,
...

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Caleb Smith's “Echoes of the Heart” has inspired me to recall those halcyon days long ago on the frozen ponds of my youth.

It was hockey from early morn to the darkening shades of late afternoon...

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I'm sorry for all the horrible things I have said,
I'm sorry for all the bad things I have done,
I'm glad to havve you as my best friend again,
I was sad, depressed, and desperate to hear...

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Spies, scout out the Promised Land.
Let our eyes see what God has planned.
Never mind what He's already done,
Can we trust the powerful One?

When we saw the Anakites there,
The terror was too much to bear.
More numerous...

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A game we were all born to play
Comes out of the closet today
It's right there next to the game of "Life"
It's "MONOPOLY" and it's mine

Find the token that lets you fit the part
Let us all...

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I am so dizzy,
My eyes are a glaze,
As these memories,
They flood my brain.
Memories of you & I,
Memories that should not be forgotten,
Memories to remind you that I am here for you no matter what.
Memories I...

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Sister Faith took me in,
teaching me all
different practical things,
everything from canning foods
and churning butter,
milking the cows and
squeezing the udders,
sewing and darning all
of the clans clothes,
washing them all by
using a washboard,
hanging them on the
clothesline outside,
going for...

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Giants in the Land

We have all heard the story of Israel’s attempt to capture
His God’s promised land
how the twelve spies were sent to map out the obstacles
and to catch a glimpse of its beauty oh...

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Celeb


No sooner does a Celeb opens his closed lips
Than eager pens poise to ooze ink from tips!
Such is the woe and pain for my brother Caleb
Who’s a reviled, demeaned and stalked Celeb!!

Whatever he utters is...

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THE AZTEC EMPIRE
Once so high and mighty
A symbol of power and glory
Fearless in combat of fists and arms
Causing harm became a norm
Over their enemies their dominance displayed
Rising from the ranks a warrior was raised
Like a...

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The sun was high in the sky, so hot, so unbearable
as the heat bares down, making life, unlivable.

A walk in the woods amongst the trees
tall waving branches makes a cooling breeze

Mystical noises erode from above
like...

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Within a flicker your life sailed away like the rushing tide upon a purple sea
   it carrying you along to be placed by God's side setting your soul free

   If only...

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"Caleb, go fetch me some dewberries from the fence row," Momma says, 
as I polish off my Saturday morning breakfast. "I'll make us a cobbler." 
She stands in her humble kitchen, the light of a...

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