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Rear view mirror
Objects, objectively put, are closer
than they appear. But it doesn’t say it all.
With the fair signs that spewed forth once turning to
a slew of pre-twitter pseudo- tweets since.
I once put it down In form Octa-Tri :
In rhyme scheme: aab, bb, ccc .
(“ At the wheel
At night. Uneasy feel.
Narrow misses, though, in nobody’s midst.
Rows of reflectors mark lanes glaring through the mist,
Comforting coolness and sultry night coexist .
Cell service zones change, ding-dongs the phone
Heart fluttering alone
Night unknown”.)
A row of earthy images it failed
rather than showed ,images with eerie
librations and weary nutations .Which
was not Physics, but physiognomy of life.
Like when bashed by kiddy badasses and
basic arithmetic, or when up higher ,
combative but math a behemoth
all the same, and guided perfunctorily
often, and rarely with the right intent.
In the peccadilloes- round, the Tintern
Abbey Sycamore also loomed dour sans
creativity , but the three trees on
the low sky made sense , and then on to
T.ds. equations and tedious times
soured by sleep and steep sloth.
Ingenious in fair measure , now turning
ingenuous on the proving grounds , after,
in the space of a couple of cusps of
light and sound mom was no more and we
whimpered and simpered under a dad who cared
but did not seem to, in his straight-faced mode
Then came falsely flashing , faintly fuming ,
slapdash years of machines and mega hertz,
eggs and vegs, sex and senescence to remain
for ever weighed down by the wayside whey.
Bringing-up-kids-banality apart
( fed mainly on meds for just cough that recurred);
preferring palm-frond’s loftiness cum
deprivation to urban up-for-grabs
benefaction; and the mess of docs, deaths
and a mossy crock of living pain since.
And all the dicey way , never patted
but p(f)anned; tweaked , untweaked ; harmed, ex-harmed;
banked on , debunked ; short-changed, sort-of-changed ;
lumbering on , alive and a-slumbering
and if anything wondering if it’s
not all the mirror’s prim fault
which never once showed my face.
August 5 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Ezekiel 5-8
Key Verse – Ezekiel 5:13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken [it] in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY ACCOMPLISHMENT ZEAL
Lord God, You are my accomplishment Zeal
along Your weighing scale
Thank You for setting my soul in Your love that does not fail
As You change me to walk toward Your statutes’ trail
Away from abominations, tempting to make me wail.
Lord God, You are my accomplishment Zeal
along Your watching pity
Thank You for consuming my pride, showing arrogant intensity
As You free against loftiness to practice sincere humility
Away from destructions of being haughty.
Lord God, You are my accomplishment Zeal
along Your winning prayer altar
Thank You for protecting my faith against evil’s mortar
As You besiege we within Your guarding of truth-Gibraltar
Away from desolation of deceiving worldly star.
Lord God, You are my accomplishment Zeal
along Your warning Word
Thank You for guiding my ways through Your Scriptural record
As You strengthen me to serve well, tied to Your grace-cord
Away from wrath of devouring false teachings’ sword.
Lord God, You are my accomplishment Zeal
along Your waking alarm-movement
Thank You for sanctifying my heart against sin-pollution’s defilement
As You bring me to Your forgiveness’ peace of contentment
Away from counsels that trouble my commitment.
Lord God, You are my accomplishment Zeal
along Your working mighty hand
Thank You for lifting up my spirit toward Your visions, heavenly grand
As You lead me to Your sanctuary where I can biblically stand
Away from wickedness with its selfish and greedy demand.
Lord God, You are my accomplishment Zeal
along Your whispering voice of compassion
Thank You for seeking my heart and its chambers to check my passion
As You move me to worship You midst fulfillment of Your great commission
Away from provocations of fleshly and carnal mission.
August 5, 2023
August 1 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Jeremiah 48-50
Key Verse – Jeremiah 48:31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY PRIDE CONFOUNDER
Lord God, You are my pride Confounder
Who keeps me in Your protection
Thank You for saving me against transgressions’ corruption
As well as from wicked curses and deceit-causing dysfunction
For me to overcome iniquity’s affliction.
Lord God, You are my pride Confounder
Who props me through Your grace
Thank You for freeing me against suffocation of selfishness’ embrace
As well as from shameful imprisonment brought by fleshly race
For me to stay in Your perfectly designed plan, devoid of faulty trace.
Lord God, You are my pride Confounder
Who sanctifies me by Your righteousness
Thank You for guarding me against wallowing in derision’s filthiness
As well as from fatal blow of arrogance and loftiness
For me to repent, confessing to You my haughtiness.
Lord God, You are my pride Confounder
Who fences me around Your security
Thank You for driving me against running after vanity
As well as from humanistic counsel and intellectual fallibility
For me to seek always Your wisdom’s authority.
Lord God, You are my pride Confounder
Who preserves me in Your care
Thank You for shielding me against adversary’s persecuting stare
As well as from despicable foes and discouraging despair
For me to conquer fear while Your Gospel I share.
Lord God, You are my pride Confounder
Who forgives me along Your holiness-might
Thank You for purging me against devouring sin-blight
As well as from fruitlessness and dryness of carnality’s struggling plight
For me to humble myself before, instructed by Your truth-light.
Lord God, You are my pride Confounder
Who seals me with Your love’s settlement
Thank You for upholding me against oppressions of worldly allurement
As well as from tormenting anguish and vexation of sheer self-fulfillment
For me to serve You along faith’s empowerment.
August 1, 2023
Sitting there late last night!
I took everything in with my deepest breath about me.
I could quiver feeling the warmth sinking slowly in,
I was covered over distances which I could now see.
I had left myself.
I was gone again.
I was above and beyond the clouds,
Soaring deeply with every one of my though,
Higher and higher I rose,
Reaching loftiness’ I have never once felt.
I was a bird in flight!
Stunning with privilege I had brought.
Feeling myself from deep within!
Standing there that night,
The radiance beamed all around me so I took this in.
And lo and behold, there I went again.
I could feel myself while locked deep with my thoughts.
I was absorbed inside by everything surrounding me.
I felt the depth that my eyes could never ever once see.
Loosing all truth of myself, every sensation my soul had caught.
Further and further I rose, reaching capacities I had never felt.
I’m a feather in the air,
Gathering sensations inside of myself.
I lay there that night, mind, body, and soul with me.
I was calm with the breeze,
Inside of myself,
Feeling myself!
And once again I was a bird in flight soaring so high and much too free.
I was locked sound with my deepest thoughts.
More and more I rose and impact for impact I felt.
Feathers of a bird in flight and one of me I have surely got.
Ever since that night, many, many things have come to me.
One by one, gathered by the sensations carried all over me.
Touching inside of myself, again, again, and again!
Higher and higher I climb to reach the very tipsy top.
Gathering it all, I am more of me when more of me can be felt.
I am the breeze in the air touching the many feathers these birds have brought.
Many feathers just from sitting here, but each the soar of the wind has surely caught.
I’m a bird in flight gathering all that is real or not and all that is captured in of my-self.
I am surely the feather that fell from the very top,
Because I am now what then I surely was not!
I am simply that feather in the air falling loose and free inside of myself.
®Registered: 1997 Ann Rich
August 9 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Ezekiel 21-24
Key Verse – Ezekiel 21:9 … Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY SWORD SHARPENER
Lord God, You are my sword Sharpener against my sinfulness
Thank You for melting my transgressions by Your righteousness
To be refurbished with Your cleanliness
As I set my face toward Your reigning holiness.
Lord God, You are my sword Sharpener against my pride’s fury
Thank You for consuming my loftiness in Your glory
To be delivered by Your meekness-victory
As I fuel my humility with Your sacrificial story.
Lord God, You are my sword Sharpener against my desperation
Thank You for smiting my frustration through Your compassion
To be disciplined by Your dealing sanction
As I enjoy my inheritance with Your constant inspiration.
Lord God, You are my sword Sharpener against my carnal achievement
Thank You for sanctifying my heart from guilt’s judgment
To be purged by Your checking accomplishment
As I confess my fruitlessness for servanthood-fulfillment.
Lord God, You are my sword Sharpener against my deceitfulness-blight
Thank You for correcting my heart from arrogance-flight
To be girded by Your wisdom of Scriptural insight
As I submit my ignorance to Your caring delight.
Lord God, You are my sword Sharpener against my futility
Thank You for plucking off my filthiness and impurity
To be washed by Your blood-whitening chastity
As I entrust to You my trust that desires faith’s miraculous reality.
Lord God, You are my sword Sharpener against my selfish choice
Thank You for hindering my ways that listen to perversion-voice
To be directed by Your excellence-poise
As I open my ears to Your Word, conquering unbelief’s noise.
August 9, 2023
,,, ---…C l o u d s…--- ,,,
Wondrously enchanting
clouds have pulled my sight above…
Greeting me with “Behold our beauty”
clouds constantly check my appreciation-appraisal
engaging me to thank the Supreme Being beyond the sky…
Captivating me since childhood days
clouds present images worth pondering
kindling my desire to know their magnificent Designer
verily artistic Who keeps on showcasing varied shapes daily.
With science exposing their essence
clouds welcome me to the enigmatic loftiness
they are placed, enthralling me toward their Creator
wisely omniscient to display them for functional learning
and compassionately reaching-down to offer His redeeming grace.
In their stature midst the firmament
clouds invite me to explore the celestial
pulling my soul to fly with freedom wings
against skepticism, and unbelief hindering
cheering my spirit to soar for heavenly pursuits
divinely propelled by the Saviour Whom I dearly trust.
Inspiring my grateful heart
clouds radiate hope and praise
along biblical “clouds of witnesses”
blissfully upholding me against trial
strengthening my will to win patiently
the race set before me, while looking unto
Jesus Christ, the Author and Finisher of my faith*.
*Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
July 30, 2021
9th place, "Finding Your Muse" Free Verse Poetry Writing Premier Contest
Sponsored by Regina McIntosh; judged on 8/2/2021.
July 6 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Isaiah 5-8
Key Verse – Isaiah 5:16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY RIGHTEOUS SANCTIFIER
Lord God, You are my righteous Sanctifier
Who listens to my song of praise
Thank You for fencing me around Your grace
With Your holiness of glorious rays
To humble me from loftiness’ race.
Lord God, You are my righteous Sanctifier
Who enables my purification
Thank You for drawing me from vanity’s corruption
With Your counsel’s direction
To deliver me toward Your presence of jubilation.
Lord God, You are my righteous Sanctifier
Who regards my pleas’ urgency
Thank You for enclosing me around Your mercy
With Your caring clemency
To heal me from ailment of iniquities’ persistency.
Lord God, You are my righteous Sanctifier
Who soothes my weariness
Thank You for letting me enjoy Your peaceful blissfulness
With Your comfort through Your forgiveness
To make me choose You always against carnality’s weakness.
Lord God, You are my righteous Sanctifier
Who prevails over my heart’s vanity
Thank You for meeting me in prayer midst Your sovereignty
With Your protection-propped serenity
To establish me upon Your security.
Lord God, You are my righteous Sanctifier
Who witnesses my testimony’s record
Thank You for calling me along Your wisdom-cord
With Your strength asserted by Your Word
To instruct me to walk on Your paths of truthfulness-ford.
Lord God, You are my righteous Sanctifier
Who favours my worship in Your sanctuary
Thank You for guarding me against worldliness’ misery
With Your seal for my faith’s victory
To drive me from dimness toward eternal glory.
July 6, 2023
From loftiness one becomes lowly
. and from lowliness one becomes lofty.
Consider the highest of the peaks;
. it has nothing but rocks and snow only.
Consider the lowest of the plains;
. it is filled with every kind of life.
Consider the biggest of the behemoths;
. the thoughts of its mind are all about
. food alone.
Consider the the smallest of the mammals;
. it can be shrewder than any creature.
Consider the tallest of the trees;
. it is the first thing that a lightning
. strikes.
Consider the shortest of the shrubs;
. no fiercest northern wind can uproot it.
Consider the heaviest of the clouds;
. it is the soonest water to fall.
Consider the slightest of the vapors;
. it shall continue its rise.
Consider the mature palm branch;
. it is brought down by its heaviness.
Consider the new and fresh leaf;
. its lightness lifts it up.
Consider the size of the elephant;
. by it, this animal would be the first
. a hunter notices.
Consider the smallness of the ant;
. with it, only a few is interested
. with it as a food.
Consider the fruits on the trees;
. most of them are useless when they fall.
Consider the crops on the ground;
. they are more useful where they are.
Still, consider the large watermelon;
. its stem cannot lift it up.
Then, consider the plum on its tree;
. its weight raises it high.
Consider the mass of the rock;
. it falls straightly to the ground.
Consider the lightness of the feather;
. it settles down gently.
And consider the top of earth;
. it is made up by mud and dirt.
Consider the bottom of the ground;
. gold and precious stones are found in it.
For the Great I AM has more grace
. for the humble than the proud;
. pay attention, you lofty ones,
. for there is wisdom in meekness!
“She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.” Jeremiah 15:9 of the King James Bible
Languish not, oh my soul, in depths of loneliness
Lean on the Lord, welcoming by His love
Leading you toward victorious leaps.
Languish not, oh my heart, along deceit and lies
Learn from God with His truth of light
Liberating you by His vibrant laws.
Languish not, oh my faith, toward failure’s lingering
Listen to the Saviour’s Word, indeed lively
Lifting you up against commitment-lull.
Languish not, oh my devotion, upon care that’s lukewarm
Level-up toward service zeal and reaching-out loftiness
Let Christ lengthen your patience-line.
Languish not, oh my strength, on bed of losses
Loosen up against restless lamentation midst God’s Lamb
Luxuriate with the “Lion of Judah” with divine laugh.
Languish not, oh my spirit, in destitute so lowly
Leave hopelessness and gloom lurking
Look to the Almighty and joyously live.
November 8, 2023
Dramatic Monologue in alliteration
1st place, "NO 1257 NEW POEM ONLY" Poetry Writing Premiere Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 11/13/2023.
2nd place "Labyrinthine, Languish, Letter Words" Poetry Writing Contest Chosen Word: Languish; Sponsored by Constance La France; judged on 11/9/2023.
I know you love many things,
You need a lot of them,
Large, Broad, wide, vast,
Diverse, smooth and sublime.
Like every life
You also need a space
Boundless,
like the vast expanses
Of the boundless sky
over the desert
In the moonlit night.
In my heart,
A desert without you
There is but
Vastness of sand,
loftiness of cloud,
Pervasiveness of wind,
Boundless earth,
Wideness of vision and
Fickleness of mist.
The house you need
To accommodate you,
Whole of your desires, and
All of your pains and pleasure,
Is this heart with
Ascent of limbs,
Broadness of mind,
Calmness of composure,
Depth of looks,
Smoothness of breath,
Sublimation of soul-
Without a border,
a barrier, a severance,
a hurdle or any obstruction
The kind of space
You would love to have.
The magnanimity of
Spacious, distant sky
would clear up the
Dust of annoyance
At your heart.
The dream in my life
Will be a sand bank
A couch for you
To repose upon.
The thread of your fantasy
Will find a spool of cloud
To wind around
The orbit of my thoughts.
The cascade of your
Lofty sentiments
Will attain an altitude
To pour down like the
Droplets of rain.
And this is why you would
Dwell for all eternity
Within me and
My heart-
A holy shrine for your soul,
A wide global vision for your eye,
A perpetual abode for your life and,
A sweet home for you as a whole.