Long Fainthearted Poems

Pittsburgh, hammertown, Chuck Knoll and his boys
established the best Superbowl Era dynasty
with the "Steel Curtain" defense and the "Blonde Bomber" Bradshaw,
a defense disciplined on shrapnel and elite ego,
"Mean Joe Greene" and Jack Lambert, a compulsive...

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God Absconded – Holy Saturday

The morning of that blood flow day
As Christ was dragged across the way,
Beaten, scourged, purple mockery,
Crown of thorns, tempting apothecary,
Force walk through city streets,
Hear the screams and shouts, marching feet,
Weight of...

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Each Experience is locked
                               ...

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And then the blunders of the past merged into serenity. Tranquility 
ensued where wild storms had been raging.‘Safe travels’, they whispered 
‘now you’re prepared and able to let go.’ The past became a beacon and...

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Never fall for speculations
that firmly growing in love and strength
doesn't require believing in something,
even faith can be a challenge fighting
against the opinion of others;
faithfulness is not for the fainthearted. 


Dilemmas are a kind of hindrance...

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A fuming, fierce and moving target
On yor species will you place yor bet!

Aiming the blade into shoulder blade or beating heart
all toreadors hope to throw that fatal decisive dart!

This bullyboy to score a bloodied bullseye...

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Surrounded are we by a great cloud
witnesses are they of this daily walk
side by side with Jesus we travel
for this saviour is our great rock

So be sure to leave off every weight
cut off every sin...

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The pain that young man felt was very close
to what hell would be like. Richard watched
and heard this poor soul scream and beg for
 his life over and over again. Richard 
did not have a...

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WEST WIND 2

Be willingly wise with worthy ways as us Westerners
cos winter wind of woes wanders about
like a wandering Wolf windsurfing in wildlife.
Winter windup waves of weird wonder

wondrous enough to bring back Wayne Wonder
and wheeled...

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On the wind's current,
face-swept and braving fret;
I push forward...facing a tough day,
never fainthearted: merrily drifting away!


I challenge my strength,
to fuse more enthusiasm;
to beat the puzzled clouds with ingenuity,
and they, frustrated, initiate a plot against me!


I...

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Fabulous ice box ease
Fruit dried, sticky so sweet
Folded into Graham's
Famous brown cracker crumbs
Finely chopped nuts~yum! yum!
Famished come visit, stay
Fainthearted go away  

Use sweetened condensed milk as a binder
Place a sheet of waxed paper into...

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His sins, many thousands of them, 
Lie buried in the anonymous soil.
Over his mantelpiece a proverb hangs: 
"Aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn." 
On his shelf "Mein Kampf" is visible. 
"It must never happen again,"...

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When night burns starless like a tomb,
shadow exults the dark and gloom.
Our souls hone fears sharp as a blade,
and every path holds certain doom.

To dare a trek on nights thus made
all rue in heart their...

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Not an occasion for the
Queasy or fainthearted
But the start of a journey
Into waters uncharted
Not an element of skill
Just a game of luck and chance
To throw  five dice on the table
Watch them skitter and dance
And...

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KARENA FROM SARENA

Like a bat out of hell,
In the dark does she dwell.

Thinks she’s La Belle, 
But in fact a mere shell,

Her name is Karena,
And she lives in Sarena.

She tells fantasy tales,
About females and males,

Oh...

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crowded poppy field cover the trenches

red crowns hide bone meal and sculls

abundance disfigures the pain

and yet Field Marshall and Tambourine Major

demand endless encores


as if another take would enhance the applause

while puppets on war strings scatter...

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JADE
by Rosemarie Rowley

	
I knew you fainthearted what side you were on
When you talked of social reality: not Jesus at the well
With the Samaritan woman, or the invisible loss of power
Which halts her speech and causes...

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Fainthearted need not apply
I read from the want adds
I was wanting a change
A diversion, adventure.
Forty pounds over weight.
Sweet children all grown.
I couldn't even make me laugh.
Nothing but a baseball game 
on the box across the...

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It was near our anniversary
what could i get my wife,
something really special
prove the quality of our life.

She started dropping hints
about what that could be,
something really shiny
to give her big whoopee!

Then she mentioned speed,
nought to one...

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The dark of the night sky: clear, unlimited space
Lights and a bright white moon, of clouds no trace
The mood suddenly changes, the lights are faded
The vault of heaven is raided, the azure invaded

Realization in a...

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There will always be an England:
roast beef and Yorkshire pud
assure the most fainthearted
that all is for the good.

Is anyone still doubtful?
This thought our hopes restore:
Marmite, baked beans and crumpets
provision us galore.

Coffee at eleven, at five...

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