Long Faith and love Poems

Once upon a weedy lawn
At Cedar Oaks Retirement Home
There sat my mother, weak and old
On an afghan knit to block the cold.

It was summer, but in mom's grey eyes
Was winter, when all around us dies.
I...

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Break my neck; snap it in two, snap it in half
don't give me that incredulous, frightened look as I ask
don't hesitate in front of me, please just do me this favor
so I gain a halo,...

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He lifts me up on cloud nine
I’m a lost sheep in godly sleep
He nurtures me like His child – I’m feelin’ fine
I’m a joyful sheep in godly sleep
Dead leaves of dried hope and fervor-lacking faith...

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I remember…

Being 3 and crying, screaming
Because my mommy was leaving
For a day at work, … dreaded hours
As loneliness for her fell like black
Rain drenching me in awful rejection

I remember…

Being 6 and climbing out of bed
At...

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I hope it would not be a parody of Michael Morrell’s political scientific position
to suggest all relationships are political
and all political relationships fall somewhere on a spectrum
between perfect co-empathic trust,
nutritionally and regeneratively favored by creolizing...

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Clutching the moment 
Before yesterday became yesterday,
The promise,
Before he pledged his love to me,
The colors,
Before autumn waltzed away, 
Swaying in shadows of soft snowfall,
Breathing white, plunging into the thought,
A blizzard erasing the gentle flames,
Sheltered by...

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Spirit of Christmastide
Beneath the mantel's alabaster gleam
Where verdigris flames pirouette 
     in cerulean ballet's beam...
We gather close—a familial love—
In hallowed halls where chimes of 
     crystal laughter...

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When I was five, I asked the Lord…
To please protect my mom, my world
He whispered to my soul, “I will”
And went on to protect her from pain
From worry, doubt, fear and depression
From all the things...

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In your eyes, reflected to me
are memories of beautiful,
trembling pieces of laughing hope
still colors of grace and belief
feelings pouring from the shadows
never just make believe
always like the wonder of quiet faith
the struggle between knowing
and just...

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Dear Lord, I love you and know that you know
The thoughts that I think and the hopes from my heart
You know about my sins and all the pain I’ve been in
You know when I’ve failed...

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Two gifted creations, born from dreams that were sent
 and both gave a measure of blessed hope….

(1.)

He Bled, For Life's Gleaming, Golden Treasures Now Forever Lost


He tread each new dawn, trepidation dancing right along
Where once...

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Purging sin out of my life or attempting to rather,
We had many fun times together…
There are plenty of grapes, strawberries and flowers to gather…
In this garden of We’ll-Get-Better…

My lovely sunshine,
Will you ever be mine?
Someday…on a...

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I’m weak – but He is strong
I lack the courage, but He is never wrong
I have no skills but He knows all
I am short in faith, hope and love
He has all of these and more...

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being right all the time can be very boring ...
  if always right, perhaps you may have little to say
  that's problematic for all-powerful beings, godlike creatures
  the rest of us engage...

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New! I’m calling this poetry form GRACE TRAIN – the end of first line becomes the beginning of the third line through a stanza with eight lines.

Gentle is the leaf that falls, soft
	As autumn’s breath
Soft...

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In each prayer, through words sincere, I hear Him smile with a voice so alive, a voice that decides when His song begins, when His voice stills, when His love reveals the joy in knowing...

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He listened to my worries and fears
Taught me about love and joy
Inspired me to listen to the heart
Find the wonder in a smile
Lift up my brother so he could see
The light of our Father
Burning from...

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Heavenly host, singing His praises,
Love all around, gentling, sweetest grace,
Raining soft kisses,
Meant for hearts who embrace Him,
Worship comes easy, flowing,
Rich as the whispered prayers and alive,
Like the Holy Spirit’s fire, burning,
With a passion only found...

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In flames, feelings bruised my spirit,
Maze of ethereal lights,
Delicate as the dew who whispers soundless poetry,
Pouring out gentle into the moments,
Soundless adventures, dancing
In rhythms, singing through the edges of a shadow,
Trembling on transparent truths,
Authenticity rising...

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God doesn't work through us because we're flawless. Rather He works through us in spite of our imperfections ~ A.W. Tozer


I did it again, I say to myself
Ashamed, humiliated, falling apart
I did it again and...

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And, if it was the last time…

When do we ever think it will be,
The last smile, the last touch, the last kiss
The last time we whisper in an ear,
The last time we smile into another’s...

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I was thinking of the things
I’d ask God about
The worries and the dreams
Seas alive with feelings
Colored in hues of melancholy
Dread whispering to my heart
Listen to the fear, bend an ear
While I longed to hear the...

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Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Crimson petals, on poinsettia’s shadow
Healing the heart, broken...

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In a Sunday sermon…

The preacher told us this –
Listen to the still small voice,
Who whispers peace and grace,
The voice of a Savior, Jesus – the divine,
Who abides in heaven, awaiting His time
To shine!

The preacher mentioned...

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SOME CRUMBS OF LOVE

Five feet one inch tall that I am
Young adult I am at twenty-nine this year
Wearing a contagious smile that outshines the sun they say
Constantly been walking and walking on weeds and rocks
where...

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