Long Girding Poems

What makes my son special? Let me highlight his qualities…
since his milestones are  my accomplishment-trophies.  
He recently received his “Most Generous” and “Most Well-Groomed” awards; 
and he is now busy, learning with fun,...

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Will you burn the earth`s  skin  to glass?. 

Yet, right there , in Harmony of `69
I bent  in adoration 
before the dusky pearl of your forehead
the soft slopes of your never-ending body
shifting...

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April 3 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Kings 20-22

Key Verse –1Kings 20:13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this...

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October 13 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on John 21-Acts 1

Key Verse – John 21:12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing...

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Leaving heavenly throne to reach-out mankind, the Messiah bore the status of condescension: His birth in the Bethlehem manger brought to Earth’s calendar a divine milestone, while glorious angelic choir and awed shepherds welcomed His...

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June 12 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 107-110

Key Verse – Psalm 107:1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY...

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May 30 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 48-51

Key Verses – Psalm 48:1 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY GREAT REFUGE
    ...

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March 13 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Ruth 1-4

Key Verse –Ruth 1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard...

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Brother. O Brother.
   O when; when we were callow!
	In days young; Shakers, of the movement, before 
gray & silver turned our locks; we held in idol.  

	Spree, even damned, were we. ...

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A steel sky, wan and dull, littered
	With ragged clouds and
		bitter dregs of a world girding for
	Sleep
		But no rest
by day, draws a frame over grim roofs and vapid doorways.
Indolent breezes rustle debris past shuffling feet of
	Staggering...

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May 22 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 10-15

Key Verse – Psalm 10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever…

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY KING FOREVER
      ...

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March 28 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Kings 1-3

Key Verse –1Kings 1:29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress.

LORD GOD, YOU...

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February 6 Scripture Meditations Based on Deuteronomy 1-5

Key Verse – Deuteronomy 1:21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers...

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November 16 Scripture Meditations Based on Ephesians 5-6

Key Verse – Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

MY GOD, THANK YOU...

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March 10 Scripture Meditations Based on 2Samuel 22-24

Key Verse – 2Samuel 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower,...

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March 25 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Ruth 1-4

Key Verse – Ruth 1:8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly...

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March 25 Scripture Meditations Based on 1Chronicles 11-15

Key Verse – 1 Chronicles 11:2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the...

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Factions are girding their loins for war during this Season of Peace,
In what has become a clamorous and annual national bickering piece!
Do we say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" to those we meet?
Or do we...

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God gives me second chances with His love, verily unconditional
Conquering my failures of grievous frustrations
Asserting me His truth; thus “I can rise again by His grace!”*
I thank Him for girding me along my faith…
Anchoring my...

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March 9 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Deuteronomy 32-34

Key Verse – Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without...

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"Andrea, with the accent on the dray",
she coyly introduced herself to me.
Exotic, dazzling beauty; to this day
her face still lingers in my memory.

My life till then seemed vaguely out of tune,
now, dulcet melodies played in...

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Another summer day has ended, the sun slowly sinks in the west.
The western sky a colorful hue, surely God's artistry at its best!
The radiant moon begins its bourne, lighting the eastern sky,
The ebon sky reveals...

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All are feeling anxious on the old camp ground this night.
Weary Yanks are girding for tomorrow's awful fight.
Young soldiers loll about, staring blankly into slowly dying embers,
Dreaming of home, recalling happier times that each remembers.

Supper...

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The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Seventeen

Of late the tepid cold only rebousse poil her coyness
Nowhere the slushy mud caked into strands of crunchiness
Even the over-mothering coots let their chicks roam all alone
Sand and...

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March 10 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Joshua 1-4

Key Verse– Joshua 1: 13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you...

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