Long Handmaid Poems

The tears well up, and scarce could she not moan
When father, brother, husband, all have died.
She now has no possessions, neither home,
But travels to a distant, unknown land:
Once so secure, yet now compelled to roam;
Once...

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Oh Mary, blessed art thou among women.
What did your eyes see?

And the angel said unto her,
Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God.
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb,
And bring forth a...

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By virtue of faith-relationship with God
along spiritual blood line midst redemption genes
I claim that through Scripture truths
my divine heritage is beautified
through these Bible characters
regarded as blessed women.

1.	EVE (Genesis 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name...

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Sappho Translations VI by Michael R. Burch


Sappho, fragment 52
translation by Michael R. Burch

Yesterday,
you came to my house
to sing for me.

Today,
I come to you
to return the favor.

Talk to me. Do.
Sweet talk,
I love the flavor!

Please send away...

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Submitted Dec. 9, 2022


Wooed by the Spirit's Immaculate Grace,
The Blessed Virgin Mary couldn't say 'No.'
Well, she could've, but the Incarnate Embrace
let her choose to love Jesus, so...
Now thanks to her, we can know...

...Peace, from the...

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March 25 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 2Samuel 13-16

Key Verse– 2Samuel 14:17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God,...

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Wandering with friends through romantic and enchanting scenery the sun shines down on us,
The day is cool and clear each step on spongy mossy ground makes us feel as light as the air,
Finding our way...

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Wandering with friends through romantic and enchanting scenery the sun shines down on us,
The day is cool and clear each step on spongy mossy ground makes us feel as light as the air,
Finding our way...

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Wandering with friends through romantic and enchanting scenery the sun shines down on us,
The day is cool and clear each step on spongy mossy ground makes us feel as light as the air,
Finding our way...

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Woman in Chains 

Inner child blinks back tears through the cheval glass
At a bruised reflection staring back, 
Battered by the hand of perfection,
Wearing chains in glimmering pearls deception,
Beauty and the beast - beauty now turned...

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March 11 Scripture Meditations Based on 1Kings 1-4

Key Verse – 1Kings 1:3 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid,...

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Priscilla’s News

The Word 	
	Threads every dawn
	Dyed in blue
		And
	Purples hues
And walks in time
 With the meter of a shuttle
	A steady
	Pulsing rhythm
	The beat of warp and woof
		Rising-falling
		Falling – rising
Weaving seasons through the soul
 Into new patterns
	Of hope
		Foretold...

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February 24 Scripture Meditations Based on 1Samuel 1-4

Key Verse – 1Samuel 1:11 … O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine...

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“Penned” 

what happens 
when it comes to this
another woman 
takes your child

as her own 

and red becomes 
the bloody murder
penned in a pig stye, 
left field left 

the apple of her eye

green, 
as iceberg
lettuce lies...

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Gladly the rag falls dead beside the kitchen sink,
Grey and brown with coffee grounds and spillage,
Dripping pensive ochre on the rim,
Sombrely it slipped over the brink
And stank of rape and pillage.
Handmaid of the sweat shop...

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       Being joyfully driven by God everyday means so much to me.  Thus, I am inspired by the truth, “Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say,...

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The Queen of Poop

Some call her the Queen of Poop
but this I can report
I have got the inside scoop
from someone on her court

News from in the castle states
a porcelain throne her seat
A pen, her tool...

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Tall tale
Inhale
Exhale
Fire-sale
Entrails

Stop watch clock

Detail
Retail
Question
Charity
Joke
Shop

Cunning Plot

Accusations
Conertation
Deviation
Meditation
Presentation

Flip Flop

Resonate
Elevate
Procrastinate
Incarcerate
Deviate

Box off

Morphine
Dopamine
Vaccine
Injection
Firework
Dynamite
Pill

Postage Stamp

Taxes
Cheque
Cash
Paper
Bitcoin
Bill
Gold
Diamond
Jewel

How much have you got 

Can you afford to loose

Can you make the roundabout
spinning stop

Drain the power from the main frame

Just how many times can the handmaid
escape

Before eventually...

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Glints of stardust drip of winter's essence
 as frills of Sagittarian ornaments
ring in the birth of a cycle
flickering with the tempo
of mid-December’s equinox: she is
the twelfth month; the last goddess of angels,
kindling seraphic night passages
and...

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In the sky a sign appeared. A woman clothed with the sun.
The moon beneath her feet and on her crown twelve stars.
A woman to revere. Mother of God’s only Son.
Gentle Virgin, sweet, Intercessor of our...

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Patricia is the name I always heard 
From the people they called our neighbors 
They said,she's a widow for almost 13 years 
She's to be proud someday by her children 
Because she's a mother who...

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This precious heirloom from my grandma
is more than a little bit worn.
Sewn with infinitely tiny stitches,
it was much used  before I was born.

She was just twenty- three when she sewed it.
Her beloved was fighting...

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Preserved from original sin by grace given by God,
In preparation for what she would do.
She lived to give the Father all glory praise and laud,
And in her loving care the Christ Child lived and grew.

She...

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Mr. Dan is such a happy man,
He makes wooden things with his hands.

He makes toy boats and awesome trucks,
And the best, life-like wooden ducks.

Once he made mom a pair of swans,
That she placed on our...

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My master gentle but not in battle                            ...

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