Long Faithful followers Poems

Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain,
they wound me so, through my heart keen.

Unless your words heal me hastily,
my heart's wound will remain...

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Why does my multicultural applauding message,
my polycultural cheerleading,
sound so monocultural chant, rant,
a passionless litany of redundant verse?

Who would have it said of their voice
It remains both too rich
and yet wandering on far too long?

Even resonance
can...

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The sky was never the 
limit for those who sook 
to defy the norm. They 
soar to the highest 
heavens like eagles and 
become one with the 
storm. The staffless 
Moses of the black 
parliament...

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Yes! As faithful followers of Jesus Christ only His redemptive love is able to cancel out The Critical Race Theory! The Black Lives Matter movement was opposed to the All Lives Matter movement. They never...

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There may be no hope for America because she may have sinned beyond her allotted grace period. But there is hope for the individuals if they are faithful followers of Jesus Christ! As for America...

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I have discovered on another website that there is
a so-called Christian Circle. That is circulating that
Adam never did exist! They are amongst Satan's
Tares planted amongst God's wheat field. God
Called Himself the Sower!

When I was younger...

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4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The last book of the Bible-Revelation, has intrigued and terrified many a reader in the last 2,000 years or so since it was penned.  If you don't like religious writings...

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Do You Love Yourself in God’s Will?

Do you think you love your soul as much as I do?
You should honor this fact: You’re a part of God’s will
for my life, and your dregs are a...

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I just can’t leave without saying:
at least bye for now or ‘till we meet again.’
a conventional phrase we always say
to people we’ve met and cared for.

In another country like in Italy,
Ciao o arrivederci is a...

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Remember That We Are BEAUTIFUL

As humans, we actively help others…ALTRUISTICALLY.
Benevolently relieving burdens pleasing…BIG-HEARTEDLY.
Celestial hoping rewards souls with inner strength's…CALM!
Divine inspirations amaze; its wonder delivers mountains of DELIGHTS.
Extraordinary and ordinary folks co-exist intrinsically…EQUAL.
Faithful followers of the...

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While I thought you slept, I broke into your mansion to rob you.
I should have been shot on scene as a trespasser
With only the stain of my blood left to be scrubbed away,
But you fed...

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Yesterday I observed my wife while she was watching “The Greatest Story Ever Told.”
Quietly saying prayers while she watched it showed how Jesus was bold.
The Romans ruled Judea, Herod the second was a puppet King...

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My fellow believers many temptations enter into our lives on a regular and reoccurring basis.  The closer we draw living water through our beloved Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The temptations seem to only...

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Today I left an imprint
On a lonely river bank shore
The clouds rose high like Kings reigning over their kingdom
The waves, faithful followers
 Bowed down to them once more
My laughter echoed down the beach carried from...

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Our family tree will never stop growing…our faith and comfort will never crumble
Love grows here…so have no fear—God is near
My family, though packed up with pride and low self-esteem, still appears humble
Mirth produces joy and...

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"The opposite worldviews of Reality and romance attract not --
the base of the former being Facts."
-- epistemology, the scientific theory of Knowledge,
as opposed to "just a theory"

*   *   * 

I woke...

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Like an epic battle of warriors in the ancient times,
rhythms of defeat and success punctuate the line;
either one wins or loses the game doesn’t matter,
it’s sportsmanship, fairness and attitude of respect.

Super Bowl kick-off highlights Sunday’s...

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I'm the deceptive illusion inside your first shot
Step up out of the cold and into the hot
Come join in the heat of my never ending fire
Dance to the flames of unbridled desire
I plant the heat...

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Whenever They Perish We Dearly Feel The Loss

With heart of a lion and feet of a gazelle
are all condemning the torturing gates of hell;
faithful followers that carry the Holy Cross,
whenever they perish we dearly feel...

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On the seven hills, virtue arrives concealed -
The discalced cross the hill country, making haste -
A presence quickening the littlest of hearts...
Privileged to greet him along the rocky passes.

Climbing the ten stringed peak,
Untold souls in...

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Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 9

Turn the other cheek kneel while kith and kin wail
Would that faithful followers step in between
Resort to arms in months when Yin blazes trail

Whose advice the Essene monk...

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Keeping magic wands of happiness in hands
Why are we pleading for happiness outside?
We are the masters of our own happiness
And if mastered, will master the world in ease.

Bereft of courage there lived a poor soldier
Like...

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'TWAS  4PM yesterday, my daughter called and shouted.
"Did you feel the earthquake, Mom?"
Oddly, I did not, though we live near each other.
Last night there were forty aftershocks.
I felt so cheated somehow and I pouted.

Life...

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No matter what happens, 
We must always be obedient; 
Like the kind of attitude shown
By Christ the Lord whom God sent.

The Son did what His Father wanted, 
For He was humble till the last breath;...

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"Let's play a game,
I'm bored", said He to him
"Ok", replied the other.
"Select one of my faithful followers,
Try him in every way possible
But do not take his life.
Do all you can to make him denounce me.
If...

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