Long Corrects Poems

Steven is a retired teacher disturbed by the problems he sees in education. Schools weren’t perfect when he was teaching but they were better than they are today. He has ideas for improvements. 

Some of...

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"The Monochrome Echo Chamber"




How many Roads
to "IT"
Black 
as Black & White? 
or Unicorns and Rainbows?

Unitarian 1 and only 1 
Trinitarian 3 exist in 1 
An answer 
arrives 
unheralded 

Reversed in Time
Something 
has lit the fuse
Something...

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Vanity and insanity 
Is who I was and am - victory is contagious but has its pros and cons...its negative and positive effects in the long run - sometimes, you don't win 1st place, but...

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See it standing there elongated and bright
See it standing there thinking about me all night
It is shooting up in the air with no limit to bear
It’s standing tall and strong with something for everyone.

It’s only...

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Leong's watching TikTok on her laptop (as always) and she asks Lisa (an NYC girl) “Are you familiar with the the “downtown girl” aesthetic?”
Lisa’s dismissive, “Yeah, it just looks like Urban Outfitters grunge to me.”
Leong...

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Working over Birk’s Works and other tunes my saxophonist admires—
Cheesecake, Blackbird—for the theoretical, applied mathematics
inside an abstract, audial harmonization of the Big Bang and The Fall.

The derivative reveals the slope of the tangent along the...

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Just a definition of a word in many views.
In a day before the Great Summer came,
You counted pages and noted names.
1948 too late. In the other direction.

Missed they did when forgot a twist.oF8
~Don't you roll,...

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May 17 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Job 33-35

Key Verse – Job 33:4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE...

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January 27 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Exodus 29-31

Key Verse– Exodus 29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a...

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June 27 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Proverbs 21-24

Key Verse – Proverbs 21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. 

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY...

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July 18 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Isaiah 56-59

Key Verse – Isaiah 56:1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness...

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September 23 Scripture Meditations Based on Mark 9-10

Key Verse– Mark 9:19 He (Jesus Christ) answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? …

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR REPROVING MY...

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When I groan in my sin-inflicted pain
Languishing in misery brought by disobedience-stain
Sorrowing midst fleshly triumph so void and vain…
God offers to me His grace I’m unworthy to gain
...putting my life into His peace-quarantining domain!

When I...

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Let’s seek God’s wisdom coming from His Word!
That’s His knowledge established by immutable record…
…Which strengthens our faith along His divine sword
As we gain from His prudence to persevere by truth’s ford.

Let’s seek God’s wisdom exalting...

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Comin Thro the Rye
by Robert Burns
modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
 
Oh, Jenny's all wet, poor body,
Jenny's seldom dry;
She's draggin' all her petticoats
Comin' through the rye.
 
Comin' through the rye, poor body,
Comin' through the...

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I like immigrants, immigration. Legal immigration,
Jane passionately corrects. Actually my goal is a borderless world.
That's a new idea to her.
Gathering the neighborhood like family.
The men discuss sterilizing welfare mothers. I say You're working
  ...

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God’s wisdom is what we need…
…Such upholds the veracity of our salvation-brace
While we face various challenges along life’s race
Midst struggles marked by sinfulness and weakness’ trace…
For us to stand on the winning side of His...

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January 14 Scripture Meditations Based on Genesis 46-50

Key Verse – Genesis 46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father...

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In facing various challenges along life’s race
With every struggle marked by sinfulness and weakness’ trace…
We must grow in our faith* in God Who strengthens our spirituality upon salvation-brace
For us to stand on the winning side...

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*Image of Hallmark Channel by Giphy.

Chimed Upper Room

Chimed new day shines...eagerly corrects an upper room looks,
An attic improving rapidly...promotes roams of diligence,
Lacks found bordered leathered album...trapped topped a cornered desk.

Cutting edge mounts an Everest...Grand Canyon...

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Ferry me furiously further 
from the furnace of self chaste 
and river of man -hope,
The island of feigned wellness,
The high-horse of self-pride;
 hangman of pure-heart. 


What's the shame in weakness?
What's the shame in weeping?
What's the fault in falling?
The...

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At first melody under the sunlit sky and the rolling hills
Stand tall, we sat with our picnic blanket, so high. 
Watching the world pass, the clouds seem to miss. 
The tips which seem to touch...

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As I grow older in age I find myself knowing that I no nothing
And all my help comes from the Lord
I lift my voice in praises to Him who hold me in His hands
And say...

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May 22 Scripture Meditations Based on Psalms 93-95

Key Verse – Psalm 94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law.

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR CHASTENING ME

Thank You...

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April 26 Scripture Meditations Based on Job 37-42

Key Verse – Job 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind…

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR  ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS

Thank You for answering my questions with...

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