Long Hiatt Poems

The Good - Bad Times

I wonder if you would care to take
A trip down memory lane with me
And reflect upon the bygone days
Then tell me if you might agree
  
Basic were our amenities then
The...

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DANDY        DANDELIONS 

Joy springs sudden and without talk
From the simplest of childish roots.
Homebound from work to metro along city walk
I saw  today on one of my regular...

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The Simple Days 

We grew up in another age
Honesty and hard work was the gauge 
All we earned was a meager wage 
         Back in the simple...

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As I awoke to a brand-new day
I asked Him to direct my path
To protect and guide, lest I should fall
And keep me free, from grief and wrath

In haste, I departed on an errand
Forgot - ...

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The Trail I Leave

The artist leaves his paintings behind
They're viewed long after he is gone
Efforts of the actress, are caught on film
Decades later, they may be shown

A sport's star often leaves their mark
Years later to...

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A Servant's Heart

It was on the road to Jericho
A Samaritan did compassion show
A great example, he did bestow
            "A Servant's Heart"

A cart near full,...

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In God's Word, many promises abound
To those who put their trust in Him
Resting upon what He has proclaimed
He will guide us when the way is grim

He promised, those who seek shall find
And a door is...

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As I navigate the road of life
Into an area unknown to me
My view is often obstructed
When the road ahead, I cannot see

A sign advises, there is a river
In the valley,  around the curve
Do I...

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T h e   S a l e

Near the end of a lonely road
A home where an old man did reside
Traffic parked all around the house
Contents "For Sale", -  the sign implied

"He'd lived...

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They gather there most every morn
The retirees at the coffee shop
To discus events and each others ills
Politics and the new traffic stop

It is a highlight of their day
To greet each other as they dine
And so...

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The Farmers Lament 

Sitting on the porch of a run-down home 
The old man gazed toward the setting sun 
As it was sinking in the west
After all his chores were done 

The land, was the...

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Honor The Veteran   

I saw him walking across the street
A little humped, with a touch of grey
"Veteran," was inscribed on the cap he wore 
Surviving others, - that had passed away  

His...

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Paul's Pearl

"Take up thy cross and follow Me"
If my discipline, you choose to be 
Goals for yourself you must deny
Jesus spoke to those who stood by

He knew that soon the greatest trial 
Coming from those...

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The Epidemic
                               2 Chronicals 7:14...

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Galilee to Golgotha

He came as a Babe in a lowly manger
In Bethlehem from Galilee
Annals of time had prophesied
Messiah would come to set man free

Not through the realms of royalty
But by meager and modest means
Free from...

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Political and health epidemics
Are the topic of the news
It seems each day they intensify
Authorities all have different views

Normal carefree days are gone
There's tension and unrest
Solutions, often are hard to find
It's difficult to know what is...

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For days we were assaulted
By vicious sleet and snow
It brought life to a standstill
Many were in survival mode

Records show, it had been decades
Since such fury we had known
Just more reason to be complacent
And show how...

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On a quiet, sunny afternoon
In the serene countryside
A few birds rendered melody
The only sound that did abide

An elderly neighbor, now passed on
From a home across the ravine
His buzzing saw at times was heard
Or a hammers...

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At a storefront in a tourist town
He sat there all alone
Baggy and dirty clothes was his attire
And hair that was overgrown

Two shopping bags he possessed
He seemed oblivious to all around
A blank stare into space
As if...

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A Little Bird"
      (Refer to= Matthew 10:29,31)

One of the first things that I hear
As dawn breaks in the eastern sky
Is a cheerful song, of a little bird
Another bleak night, it...

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Breaking News  

Breaking news  - - Breaking news 
It flashes again across our screen 
Lately it happens more and more 
It seems to be almost routine 

It could be an accident or fire...

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The New Year    
   
Tradition gives us Auld Lang Syne
Pursuing resolutions that are benign
We seek to supercede the past
For the next to be better than the last

The past is, "water-under-the-bridge"
Yesterday...

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!  Nine; One, One  !

Red lights flashed, -  the siren shrieked
 As it passed me on the interstate
  I slowed and realized as it sped on
   They were rushing...

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Often in this turbulent world
Harsh trials seem to dominate
Instead of love and compassion
There is often bitterness and hate

Disappointments bring us to our knees
When we try to do that which is right
Then we cry out to...

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The Competitor


Satan has competed for man's soul
Since that day in the garden
Amid all our efforts, we'd be doomed
Had Christ not granted us a pardon

"Ye shall not surely die"
The serpent did proclaim
This was in defiance of...

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