Long Finishers Poems

Unquotable quotes: Writers – XXXVIII

     for Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoieski  
     who let not even hope sustain them and who used their...

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how the  else you going to progress
if you don't Sherlock Holmes the mirror
look what we've become
men hunting each other
for sport money and babes
an insane ability to believe anything
and that's all there is to it
you...

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always last at the dinner table gave from zero
made the best giving it my all with dignity and respect never asking more then i could ever get realizing you get back what you give make...

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Left to chance
they sorted the
best and gave
full respect to those
who had labored
before them.
by giving names
to there respected
abilities by
honoring
there finishers
with names that
that would cause one to
speak of both present and past
with an eye towards the
future.
those ambitious...

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Finishers
By Curtis Johnson

The burial ground should not be a place of buried treasures.
The bodies of the deceased are all that should be found there.
We brought nothing into this world, and nothing should go out.
Blessed are...

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Ambitious and dogged determined, a dreamer is he
		Never contented to be held in any form of captivity

		Never allowing one's self to be treated insignificantly
		Like an eagle is he, always longing to be free

		Never knowing how...

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EULOGY TO GOD

The immortal Yahwah
The king of israel
The lamb of God
Ever living son of God
You are the first born of the dead
The bread of life
My solicitor in the law court
The good shapherd 
King of glory...

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In our lives, we are told that there are winners and losers.
We must also be made aware that there are also finishers.
Finishers may or may not win, but they are never losers.
In nature, the roots...

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Resolutions for the new year serves up zero interest to many

Endurance and resolve are twins required for real success

Settlers and softies should never undertake major resolutions

Off to the races in January and way off the...

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Here We Stand
By Curtis Johnson

On earth we continue our stand and together we sing,
Never fearing the bite of demons nor the devil’s sting.
We fight the good fight of faith, until the final bells ring.

We are...

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They have no complaints, excuses. or regrets
They give it all to achieve their quest

They go beyond the 7th inning stretch 
Refusing to stall but to do their best

They never quit before the last 12 gruesome...

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Be firm, steadfast and strong, 
Abounding in faith, hope, and love; 
Get it on and redouble the effort, 
striving for the prize from above.

Only the finishers of the race, 
Not the backsliders will take
God's promised...

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