Long Gladsome Poems

The Bedouins, bequeathed with the sacred beauty of paradise harsh,
trusted guardians of jealous gorges and gifted groves
lead me from the Wadi Musa to the humble ingress of Petra,
saying with thrill, the Jin of your Jihad...

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I was touring the lovely countryside, once on a golden Saturday,
Lost within the raptures, of languid summertime's scenic display.

And I came into the vicinity, of a beautiful historic old home,
So being curious and interested, inside...

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I  used to love the stars in the skies
until I saw the sparkle in your eyes,
my heart once fell for a gentle Dove
until you flew into my world with Love.

You are a timeless tale...

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 I remember that day
As clear as the crystal springs in June
When the sun rose upon a gladsome sky
Bursting through the harbor and the fields
As soft as the buds by the quivering dew
Dancing in the...

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Written: December 07, 2023
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An art display with free and delightful assets,
Blemishes and brightness of nature...

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With a gladsome heart, I set out to the world,
Through valleys and hills, my spirit unfurled,
I wandered far and wide, with no fear or doubt,
My soul filled with joy, as I journeyed about.

The sun shone...

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Affection's eyes beseech one glimpse of thee,
To dream upon at midnight's slumbering
Forbid, O' God, as woeful absence grows
Whereon thy summer's sleep comes plagued of snow 

Doth thou hear thy name in restless night?
Alas, please heed...

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Sing, sing, sing, O ocean choirs, o gladsome seas
Break forth your cherub anthems in green trees
O birds, and beasts, and croaking, creeking things
The winter of the world is gone, a new day springs
Joy eternal, wells...

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My Father took me to the Menin Gate
lest I should not knot that lives were lost
to make me free.
Then at the cemetery I fell asleep
while he walked along the rows
on soft grass between the crosses.
...

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The shepherd guides with loving hands
The shivering flock toward the lands.
Where light and pond and larks and spring
And buds and trees and birds fluttering.

Would charm the morn in sultry grace
Where blushing dews has found its...

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My Father Took me to the Menin Gate
lest I should not know that lives were lost
to make me free.
Then at the cemetery I fell asleep
while he walked along the rows on soft grass between the...

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So sweet a kiss
The murmuring tunes of Spring
In the fragrant breath of night
Hums within my slumbering ears.
Like the whispering trees dancing
In the softest dews descending
From the vapours of the skies 
When the soothing night
Was young...

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Read me verses
vibrant with life,
not sad epitaphs;
paint me my portrait
with a lustrous light...
be a Cavaraggio, or Rembrandt,
and my replicas sell in the market
for a price that suits any wallet.


I was given a name,
and with gilt...

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" Dear wife, why don't you embrace
the wind of changes by being ablaze? "
the disillusioned husband inquired...
" A lot more affection is required! "

You patiently bore my off-spring with continuous glee,
when constant fortune was the...

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Gladsome ditty,
find my lost audacity;
a sad voice can become happy
among the gleaming lights of festivity!

Faces, with that aura of the good tidings,
give testimony and dimension to their sacred hymns;
the daughters and sons of the Nation,
join...

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Memories come back of growing up
learning fav hymns when at school
still there remember them still today
defining my beliefs now makes my rule

'There's a green hill' was my fav
such deep truths now looking back
bringing the gospel...

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Manger, Soupers sing, with your Christ child glowing
Eternal, long ago, become now our gladsome hearts
Ring with the good news of King Jesus sharing
Rejoicing and ransom of sinners humble hearts
Ye poetry soup family worldwide this love...

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Ode to Summer Days

Oh summer days, thy laughter, children playing,
Thee, from whom sorrows fly and joys blossom,
Are singing, like angels with smiling eyes gleaming,

Savory sweetness released before autumn,  
Prevalent giggles multiplied in thee,
Who coloreth...

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Proud the light and falling dew
On blossoming fields in airy May
Those rosy buds the bees pursue
Through the warm and fulgent ray.

They flutter by from eye to eye
Feeding ears with a common song
As happy shone the...

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Waking up at dawn
with incandescent lights
on my subdued frawn...
receding to warm sheets;
recognizing the petrel's flight
with the hawks pursuing it in delight,
while spiders hang on dusty webs
and the incessant thrush sings...

Waking up at dawn
with sunken eyes,
not...

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Somber dreams, pierced 
by morning light
Dawn’s tight woven tapestry
Unfurled upon the night

Countenances now so cheerful
Not nearly now so fearful
As last they were when wrap’t in fur
Those faces of the night

The gladsome glow, 
so warm to...

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Come my darling and take please my hands
When the tender birds are fast asleep
When the stars would weep upon the sands
And the sultry trees, our secrets keep
For by the verdant paths and mountain's steep
There our...

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The wind kept whispering low
The moon kept brushing the leaves
The rose blushed in its radiant glow
Blowing sweet perfume upon the breeze.

My eyes were greeted with living dew
As it rose upon the gladsome skies
That waxed and...

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Sweet, exceedingly sweet the day
Under the shadow of the Rock
No drought comes nor storms disarray
And praises fill the little flock
And glory with the rising sun
And glory praising Christ the son 

Sweet, exceedingly sweet the day
Around...

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Who flames the lilies of the field?
And the silver gladsome stars
Or puts a blanket,towering shield
 From heaven's meteor darts.

Who grace the air in alluring sweetness?
And rivers above the expanse
Who clothes them all in retreatness?
To shout,to...

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