Long Leander Poems

Sometimes people aren't who they pretend to be
At times, family can be your worst enemy
Be careful who you call your friend
Because you never know who you're letting in
They could be a wolf in sheep's clothing
You...

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Through trials and tribulation, good times, or strife
Make sure you keep God number one in your life
He is the only One who can save you in a troublesome time
Trust in the Lord and everything will...

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Oh, how he struggles through storm swollen seas,
lost in the thought of his lover and he.
His toil made clear as he searches the night
for the flickering promise of her candle light.

Tossed by the waves as...

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You are the true definition of the word beauty
Shinier than a diamond, more precious than a ruby
Everytime I think of you my knees get weak
I want to call you cotton candy because you are so...

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When trouble arises do not fret or frown
For it is only the enemy trying to hold you down
Hardtimes are only stepping stones, trials in yous life
Depend on God, He will deliver you from strife
No one...

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Asters     Bachelor Buttons     
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Oliver is the cox of the LTA mixed cox four team, 
And graduated from Warwick Uni in Philosophy, 
Where he started rowing at once in his first year, 
Soon to become the cox of lively...

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Precious Lord hold my hand
Give me strength and help me stand
I am doing the best that I can
To overcome the obstacles that are at hand
People are watching, hoping to see me fail
But with You, Father,...

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The devil tries to set you up so you will fail
Because he wants you to live with him in hell
He uses tricks to take over your mind
Beware and don't get caught in a bind
He makes...

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Leander Skumfeldt

1864-1916

Truly my friends

Dying was my greatest fear, while alive.

My most dreaded

Most detested of future experiences.

Dying, finally, was my greatest achievement

My greatest joy!

My highest calling!

The summit of my scant human existence!

Old Whittier town,

I have missed...

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I love You Lord with all my heart, body, and soul
You are my Savior and You are in control
My mind, O Lord, belongs to You
I want to live how You would have me to
I place...

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Father protect me, for I am Your child
My love for You is great and my feelings aren't mild
I know I do wrong and I apologize
Nothing that I do is unseen by Your eyes
Satan is my...

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N ature sings, and
A pril sweetly breathes life to
T ender buds on trees. . . and from
I nside the fertile womb
O f earth,
N ew seedlings' heads emerge,
A wakened by their mother's song, nourished by the...

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Sweet you look in warm rain
Peeling the soil for chocolate chains
Recalling Vincent van Gogh
Inklings of green mailbox
Nestling molecules of paradise
Greeting us in the melting ice

In the flute of your green wood
Soft Grosbeak in the neighborhood

Comely...

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Leander loved Hero, who lived on the opposite side of the strait, and would swim to her each 
night, but was drowned in a tempest. Hero in despair cast herself into the sea.*

What body this...

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Legendary lovers lay low,
Lurking longingly like lorikeets,
Languishing beneath a clump of larches,
Lena flirting with Leander
Lunching on lotus flowers,
Lost bearings to all.
Liquored up into a dual lullaby
Listening to a lay from Lake Lethe,
Eyes lit in lambent...

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