Long Holdfast Poems

As Barbarossa roars into the East.
its southern barb cut swiftly to the core.
And as it raged the slaughtering increased,
consuming any force that stood before.
His swift barrage devoured the ranks of Red
as iron divisions consummated death.
These...

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Grandma’s Hands


You wish me plenty good things
Your safe travels and good fortune 
I rightly claim 

Your purpose and plan you’ve acclaimed
Your poise and gentle grace , angelic 

Your only spoon of rice you gave your...

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Naked to Nurture.  Naked, to Nurture.



Why not naked into woods?
We yank up gumboots.
Enshroud our piggies in wicking and itching sockbags.
Hoping to holdfast against the forfeiture of bought heat.

The city slickers in their shiny slickers
clasp...

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As the days grow shorter and the nights have more length,
We have more time to ponder on God and receive more of His strength.
To pick up the pace where once we were slack,
And to know...

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Although the rose is unadorned by dew, rain or sun… she shines still brighter when all her work is done. ~ quote by poet

If often seems that I’m like the gentle rose,
When my limbs are...

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When he went away, leaving her that day,
She thought her heart would betray…
The way it hurt, the way she wanted him to stay.

When love meant to last all lifelong, like a song,
Joyful and full, then...

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The day, now clearer-skied and cloudy strips cruise
 in shades of deep dark sapphire and Aegean blues
  with sweeter shades of cerulean azure oceanic hues; 
stretching out in yawns across the western horizon
 as...

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I  oversees my likely  behavioral  that not controllable or not properly directed by the rightfully owner thats never been exposed to his behavior will not be ashamed to prevail and to acknowledge...

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The hungered in-flight spots its need to last,
The beleaguered seize every occasion,
Fittest scores a new day, other has passed,

Left to make the status quo unsurpassed,
Lost must survive and waive the equation,
The hungered in-flight spots its...

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YESTERDAY

A FEELING FREE,
COOL AIR 
SOUNDS OF GEESE,
PHEASANTS,

ROOKS FLAPPING
SAWS BUZZING
FEELINGS QUITE,
 LIKE RUSTLING LEAVES
A BREEZE NOT HERE

STRANGE LIGHTS, 
THRU CLOUDS 
FROM HEAVEN STREAMING
FLATTENED GRAYS OF LIGHT SUPPORTED

ROLLING FIELDS OF SHEEP CONTENT
IF THEY BUT KNEW, 
THEIR DINNER...

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The moon is peaking thru the night
shining down on thoughts unseen
daring to reveal the great unknown
daring to haunt your every dream

Its light is tapping on your window
seeking to capture your sin-filled  soul
trying to steal...

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Aching, trembling like the dewdrop as it slides, wistful, across a petal… down a tearstained cheek – our ancestor’s heart’s quake  ~ quote by author

Wrinkled now, thoughts carved out - all in the past
like...

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Above the tallest mountain
below the deepest sea
i search and wait and wonder
it's me Lord -- little ol' me.
With pen and paper I seek you
i holdfast and believe
that one day i will meet you
from sea to...

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You'd think that it would be easy 
to malfunction as I do. 
In the eyes of those who see me
clearly one and one are two. 
However, it's not that basic,
for, when in these shoes, they'll...

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