Long May 25 Poems

Translation of « On est les oubliés » (They/We are the neglected and forgotten lot)
by the songster-poet Gauvin SERS
(For the last two years, this young unassuming Frenchman, full of verve and disarming airs has been...

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Justice
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Soul Consciousness
Sponsor: Catie Lindsey


I have a soul.
I share a spirit.
I am now whole.
May my heart hear it.

There is a constant inner connection between the spirit of our souls and our physical bodies. As we embrace...

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FLY FREE AND HIGH: BUTTERFLY


The 
  BUTTERFLY 
    Flutters
       By

       A flying      rainbow ...

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The Watch man on the Wall is Erick Stakelbeck and I consider him to be one of my mentors!
Russia and Red China flew nuclear armed weapons over Japan recently while Joe Biden was in Tokyo...

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Jesus Contest
Sponsor: Anthony Slausen


Crying to herself she fell asleep…
When she awoke she knew it to 
be true…
He had been there.
Holding her hand all night as she
wept for the loss of her dear sister.

My sister had...

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Christian Poem Contest
Sponsor: Christy Teas

Crying to herself she fell asleep…
When she awoke she knew it to 
be true…
He had been there.
Holding her hand all night as she
wept for the loss of her dear sister.

My sister...

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May 25 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 25-30

Key Verses – Psalm 25:1 -2 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. O 
my God, I trust in thee: let me...

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How blessed are we to enjoy our relationship* with the Lord
     Since we’ve been bound to Him with His salvation-cord
          We can...

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WHY AM I HERE AND FROM WHERE DID I COME - INDIVIDUALITY

I am a lifespan.
The future goes beyond that.
Anyone gives him or herself one hundred years even when he or she lived only fifty.
I am...

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     When I was about eight years old we lived in an old  house.  It had three stories
 
plus an attic and like any old house it had creaks...

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I’m sick of hearing that guns don’t kill --
Without an assault-style weapon in his hand
no bullets would have been fired in Uvalde, Texas.
Nineteen children would be alive and happy;
Two fine teachers would be grading papers!

Trample...

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Now the curtain black, and there's no light
NO light shining
Then out of nothing, you make it right
You show the light, the light shines so bright
The light
Form dust into clay, you made the night and the...

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The Boogeyman
Sponsor: Nayda Ivette Negron

He’s a creepy and crawly shadow from the light,
     squeamy and haughty who awakes in the night.

Screams from the child who becomes afraid,
    ...

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THE X-FACTORS

I was told that structure forms from idioms.
That to construct vision is a way of seeing what needs to be done.
This is when norms of humanity are formed.
However, do the norms of God supersede...

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My muse opens my eyes to starlight, when in darkness I would cower.  
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ETERNAL FLOW

                                long ago...

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Flow with the stream, merging to the river gone awry.
The vivid fantasy I'm invested in thwarting rhymes.
The woodland, as foreseen, had no limit to the sky.
Allow for beautiful breathing; I miss parts of my times.
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Shaken from my restful dreams, 
the earth's plates were violently shifting.
Foundation cracked, falling below our realm,
I felt my weightless spirit lifting.
Tranquil dreams returned in euphony, 
I fell fast and slow without fear or pain.
Others all...

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Go on and

Tell
I can't any longer
Keep it to myself
Tell
Come on and
Tell
of the love
Tell this love tell  that I love, I love the Lord
I love Him so
That I'm not ashamed to tell the whole world
gonna...

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Get Your Dr. Seuss On! Contest
Sponsor: The Seeker

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A FAT SNAKE???

Snakes are squirmy and sassy and naughty,
snakes are wormy and creepy and haughty.
They sleep and hiss and eat all day,
they creep and...

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We endeavor vigorously from dull dawn to dusk,
As we fly from bloom to sprout in quest of nectar,
Men stand to amass by swapping honey for bulk,
The hive will be mostly empty and left slightly ajar.

As...

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May 25 Scripture Meditations Based on Psalms 102-104

Key Verse – Psalm 103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR PITYING ME

Thank You for...

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I can feel your pain

Oh, I can feel your pain
you try so hard to hide
but I know you feel it inside
Oh, I can feel your pain

I know just how you feel
when darkness fills your soul
When...

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Christmas time haiku -
“tableaux d’une exposition”
post-it notes on walls

Long Tooth
May 25, 2016

The painting here is a beautiful portrait of Mussorgsky the composer of the famous classical work 'Pictures At An Exhibition.'

This haiku is a very...

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