Long Gideon Poems

The Story
by Kamal Nasser
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I will tell you a story ...
a story that lived in the dreams of my people,
a story that comes from the world of tents.
It is a story...

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Poet Convention

Lost in a poets convention, 
I can't recall every poem, I've read through the years
50518, unique comments I 'validate'--- 
Thank You For Sharing Your Happy and Sad tears 
Since March 24, 2010 In the...

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Mommy, if I make up my bed
Which consist of old Sunday newspapers
Could I have, can I have a slice of bread
And if I sweep the floors with my bare feet
I'm so hungry mommy can I...

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It was time for fall break for my kids
Me and my family had planned a vacation
But I had got put on waiting list at work to be off
This year I was not able to get...

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Q:  Why would our US's government want banks to spy
      upon their Bible purchasing customers?

A:  They want to keep tract of Bible believing Christians.

Q:  Should Christians not...

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This is the story of Gideon as found in the book of Judges. Not a great warrior, not a great 
leader, not someone with means. God picked someone no one else would have, and Gideon...

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Often, I find myself reaching for something tangible to hold. Something to cling to that will not let me go.  I don't want the same fate of a maple leaf, 
lying torn and tattered...

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as the legacy lives on we're continuing to make it great
in celebration of Berean Baptist's 158th
a monumental journey that many would find impressing
but we at Berean just simply count our blessings
for there's no need to...

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March 8 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Judges 7-9

Key Verses –Judges 7:18 and 20… The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY DIVINE SWORD
				
Lord God, You are my divine...

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The next time you feel like GOD can't use you, just remember.
 

Noah was a drunk
 Abraham was too old
 Isaac was a daydreamer
 Jacob was a liar
 Leah was ugly
 Joseph was abused
 Moses...

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A milk bottle of combustion is a silver tongued spoon. A dragon headed fortress underground. Weaving wavering waving wandering. A teaspoon of cataclysm in giant catacombs. Dominatrix circles and whirlpools. How very stylish Madame de...

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It was a bright cold morning when I was born,
into a world of perpetual war. I lived in the city of Worldarium; 
        once a beautiful place but...

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Gideon in his high viz vest
Trying his best 
To look like those 
Who graft for work
Forgetting we have a long tradition 
Of this in the North  

He doesn’t pass for a man 
Who could...

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                         I
“Charge!” they said and charge they led
   ...

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WHAT SHALL I RENDER TO HIM
Innocent baby

Above all the nations ye ndo king of kings
He is the only one that all faces will bow to praise
Niliachana na Samm na Jaymoh time nilijua we live by...

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“Preacheth”

Simpler version is better. As in the poem so is the days of our lives. The Congregation wants 
the King James Version. The Preacher wants the NIV New International Version. The Hobo 
comes in the...

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Parenting

Give him a challenge to solve; he will know that he is relevant and desirable
Teach him how to love through how you love your spouse, he will cherish it
Let him know that you love him,...

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“The Gideon Edge”



We walk the thin line
Alone, but in the 
crowd of humanity

We are walking 
towards
The Edge

Feeling our way 
in the dark 
fingers tracing our pasts

on walls that sound
like braille 
rattling, perishable, frail

Instincts in the...

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Allow me to count this day 
Already been paid
Covered christened and laid
Presented on a tray
Delicatessen sweet taste promenade
Beach side staircase 
Grazed with escalades 
Why trade
When it is finally
Right for me
Been popping bottles of Cristal bubbly...

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as a young boy my mother gave my brother and I money to go out and have a day of fun
so on the subway to 42nd street we went on our own now free to...

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I miss my dad
At the days like these,
When nights and mornings are worse,
I real miss my dad!

He taught me to love,
Care and listen to others,
He gave me courage, of schooling, singing and drawing.
When nights and...

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A Poem by Gideon Idudje.O

blood eyes

Though my eyes are pouring
Yet I see very c l e a r l y.
Though thought make me heart scream
Still am full of strength,
Like the relay just began.

It seems my...

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So far everybody knows that the seven deadly sins are Greed, Gluttony, Anger, Sloth, Jealousy (aka: "Envy"), Lust, and Pride. All seven deadly sins have been around since the 18th century and beyond. and when...

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What Is My Name?

What is my name?
My name
Is a tag.

What is my name?
My name 
Is what follows me.

What is my name?
My name
Is what I want to be.

What is my name?
My name 
Is what I am.

Your...

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I thought I would fall for your love
As you became a sudden rain dropping on old California
Blue memoirs ;that didn't mean your flowers didn't blossom,
The butterfly didn't by twilight become an apparition you know, it...

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