Long Joel Poems

It's been four years since I've seen so much as an insignificant mountain creek. Been overburdened with comfort, now frantic with nature withdrawals, having to settle for photos found on Google Images: emerald pine trees,...

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It's been four years since I've seen so much as an insignificant mountain creek. I've been overburdened with comfort, now frantic with nature withdrawals and having to settle for photos found on Google Images: emerald...

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Mark 14:62 NIV?
[62]  “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
?Luke 21:31-32 NIV?
[31] Even...

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each of us gives in from a faithful friend,
Watch through the beaten tower
We give in way to soon...
This Newest piece, "The utmost for his highest."

covers all known bases to fuel the fan in
look deeper in...

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Glory unto His written word
That brings forth light 
To shine on darkness
And create light within 
that was in darkness 




They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the That was the...

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We have all been given access to unite
To no longer walk in confusion of the night
Sadly, many who claim to be of Jesus church
Still building own ways for their souls search
So much division, hate, confusion...

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There is a large cattle property in the Northern Territory of Australia
   where the bores are named after Famous cricketers and that prompted 
    this piece.

    ...

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Back when the strange appeared uncommon, 
I knew I was just beginning 
To scratch the surface of the truth.
So I got myself a shovel.

As I dug deeper, I discovered my scent so jaded
As to not...

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Those wonderful stories of God
My grand ma used to set me at the kitchen table
And tell me bible stories
Some bout Cane and Able
One present gifts and praises to God
The other was jealous killed his brother...

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" A Drum Major - Martin Luther King, Jr. ... "

( Rom. 13: 7 / Joel 2: 28 )


A Man Stood Up For Courage
In A Time, Others Condoned Evil
A Man Stood Up For Honor
In A...

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Q Why does Bob Barber want us to stop calling it,"the pre-tribulation rapture?"

A  "Because of the mid-tribulations, who believe the rapture won't happen until
      the mid-point of the tribulation,...

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Q:  What's the time-line of human history?

A: God created the world in six days 24 hour days.  Six times
     one thousand years equals actually 6,000 years of human history.

Q:...

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Q  What happens when they are saying, "Peace and Safety?"

A   then sudden destruction comes upon them as labor pains upon a pregnant
      woman.  And they shall...

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Spy vs. Poet - pen trickery

(A collaborative poem by Serena Storm and Joel Thornton)


Dissimulating cloak – an apocryphal script 
Ah, I see "I" the spy has stumbled upon new tricks 

Disloyalty - The Perfidy -...

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In Simple words
The devil has no horns
She wears smaug balm, Oh, Lord of the Rings 
She sleeps in El Dorado Street, the Hotels of Svengali
She lives on Babbit lane, and reads Currer Bell
She loves Billy...

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 I n "The Holy Bible"In" "JOEL" 2:28 it says: And it shall come to pass afterward , that I will pour  out my spirit upon "ALL Flesh": In  THE HOLY BIBLE"...

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Joel just collapsed into the brown dirt,
clutching his face in both of his palms,
cried,”Running Moon, the day that you ‘died,’
was the day my life started to go wrong!

“I drank for days, mourning for you so,
It...

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At the remote Carmacks trading post,
during eighteen hundred and ninety-four,
a teenage child, a scared-looking half-breed,
timidly entered through the front door.

Joel Claughtrey barely noticed the young man,
and was far more concerned with whiskey,
he took a long...

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Have you ever felt such a silken mist? A shower of rain that can cleanse the soul? Have you ever reached up to touch God on the face and He converted your heart instantly? Have...

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A wise soul once said to me, "Woman where is your confidence?"
The kind of confidence that is needed to fight the battle between good
and evil.
If I am wanting to pick up my sword, in this...

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For all that day the frantic chase went on,
until evening’s gloom started to spill,
even in the middle of a warm August,
Yukon nights can give a man a chill.

And the gang stared to complaining,
all three of...

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Like when Texas passes a law of if you get an abortion, you’ll get jail time and fined. 
Like when a man can rape you, do no time, turn you in and collect a reward,...

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Hot August, 1974, I was back for my second year at college,
having just settled into a new place at Anita Apartments,
right next to the guys’ apartment complex called Tanner’s.
My first night, we answered a knock...

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The day would pass in blissful brightness, with our brains on auto-pilot. The stories we'd tell and the memories we'd conjure up from years past, one couldn't help but think we were all running on...

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Amiana was so very happy
When she finally got to go
For a wonderful visit to see
Her happy Grandma Flo

They both got right on the ball
Since many years had passed
Without any visits at all
Now the time was...

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