Long Hosanna Poems

The Story of History  

Beyond those beaten days’ depleted daylight
Beyond the bathos of a pandemic bondage
With  the resurrected  sashay’s charmed night
Down in the dumps   at the pretentious  proscenium
A ...

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Haven’t you had enough blood from the beginning of time?
Haven’t you taken enough lives before they should have died?
All around I can hear their cry 
They want to escape from the under world
You spill blood...

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Here I am waiting, 
Still waiting to cross over
Here I am waiting with hope in my hand
And listening to the people singing a new song
My heart is a little heavy 
And I am not happy...

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"The meek and the humble will be elevated to places where the haughty can never ascend even with a ladder. Stay humble in victory and calm in defeat"- by poet

 far away in ancient Jerusalem,
stood...

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There's something about these stars..... 
The hands that made them
Are the very Same hands that created Heaven and Earth
The sea, the birds, man and land.  
I don't understand.

There's something about these stars, 
They are...

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GET OVER YOURSELVES 

In the beginning, the biblical poets had
the creator declare “I am that I am!” 
Later in the text, the biblical poets had the
creator command with authority and grace
“Be still and know that...

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(Ps. 39:5 / Ps. 8: 4 / Mark 5: 41 / Matt. 10: 30 / Job 14: 14, 15 /
Lu. 23: 42, 43 / Job 7: 17 / John 6: 40 / Acts 24: 15...

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The great tribulation of Jesus Christ as a son of man on
Earth and a son of God in heaven. The prophesy of 
God fulfill on the cross. The debt of sins paid by the 
Blood...

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My heart goes weary; shrinking, 
I can't think right. 
My thoughts float sinking, 
It won't go filming delight. 
When all we build for all, 
Break into pieces and flew in dust. 
We wish but it...

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     "Christmas Spirit"
(Christmas Day in Italian Culture)



as a snowy blanket of white caresses in Winter's glow
and frosty icicles kiss windowpanes in glazy show
a silent atmosphere embraces a starlit sight
while magnificent choir...

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With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood! They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam...

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Jesus was beginning His Jerusalem trip
now getting close to Bethphage village
He sent two disciples ahead to go there
giving them instructions for this early stage

They would find a colt tied never been ridden
untie it and bring...

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Afar from Galilee out of the city of Nazareth traveled Joseph and Mary
Behooving the call of Caesar Augustus’ census decree for the citizenry
Complying did they for the fulfillment of a prophecy held as mystery
David’s City,...

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I remember,
in the early 60s,
our thirty mile drive
from our historic family farm,
in all White rural Michigan,
not counting the Mexican migrant workers
which adults made a point of discounting,
on the first of several shopping trips to Thrifty...

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HEY! IT'S CHRISTMAS 

Kere si mesi, odun de. 
Odun olola.

A season of remembrance. 

Eliciting avid memories of our deliverance. 
Evoking the thoughts and purpose of His birth.

A season of love. 

Into a sinful world, a...

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See the procession. Yonder they come'
None plays a flute- no one beats a drum.
Just a small rag-tagged group of a dozen or so.
Who, for three years, have preached wherever they go.

They know this ministry will...

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Dark gray metal and bullet holes
and you can’t walk on the streets,
the wailing and moaning
and the mothers cries,
the soldiers laughter as they smoke another cigarette.
And the rape and the slaughter
just another day in a genocide.
And...

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The 
early
morning
birds they.                                ...

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Sweet were those childhood times
No worries no fear, just a carefree life
Mother’s lap seemed the treasure of world
Rejoicing each day with heartfelt joy
Happiness needed no reason, it was inside
Talking the heart away while spreading smile

No...

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As the ravens fed Prophet Elijah by the brook
you brought gentle words to nourish our souls.

Like the paintings of Monet, Van Gogh and Degas
Your creative artistry of poetry touched our beings.

As the great works of...

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His message to Mankind was divine love, much louder than 
the desert wind hissing through the tall palm trees;
they heard Him, but sadly contempt built up when
they defiled the Temple by selling and trading instead...

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I
We celebrate Labor (LABOUR)
This year, with more PRAYER

II
I prayed briefly for my country, the people
Singing the "Pater Noster" - FATHER IN HEAVEN:
In the wee hours, as I awoke, thankful
As born-again believers ought to feel, say...

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When I say “I know undying love “I mean I'm loved no matter what and nothing will change that.
When I say "I'm saved by grace" I mean I've been given new life I don't deserve,...

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I had read a short story by Alexander Pushkin once , about a greedy man , who was told 
that the total land area he could cover by galloping on horse back , between Sunrise...

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Americans love the day of Easter for all its pageantry
the Sunday outfits, the fancy hats and the chocolate candy
but Christians love Easter for what it truly represents
it's the Resurrection day of Jesus the Christ our...

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