Long Neff Poems

Hannah, I haven't seen or heard you cry
not in the gray of winter day
or in the cold silence of our prisoner nights,
the others can hardly keep up with you on the marches
your face is changeless...

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Cyrus Neff
1842-1914

You will never find me and the missus, 
Not back here amongst the roots and the scrubs!
We are among the forgotten dead of Mt. Olive Cemetery!
Our graves have disappeared, completely
Eaten away by time and...

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THE PRINCE OF PEACE
I sit in early morning
Waiting for your voice
The birds are singing the trees
I really have no choice,

But to thank you for this beauty
That surrounds me everyday
The trees and birds and flowers
I don’t...

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THANK YOU LORD

Wake up my child
Come and see
The beauty all around.
The mountains and the tree tops high
The birds are echoing in the trees.
The butterfly touches the flower
Pollinating every hour.

The bees are buzzing all around
The birds...

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THE OCEAN

I hear the roar of the ocean waves,
They call to me, it’s all the rave.
The birds they all do seem to gather
By themselves they never scatter.
The waves are lapping at the shore
The ocean seeks...

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THE ANGRY SEA

The eye of the storm is lurking at sea
Is it Gustav or Hanna waiting to be?

The angry waves ravage the coast
The people must leave
Without any hope.

The stronger the storm
The darker the night.
When all...

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ON MY KNEES AGAIN

I thank you Lord for giving me
A chance to thank you on my knee

When at night I do forget
I wake and know I will regret
To thank you for this very day
I pray...

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THE SEA
The waves are slapping against the shore
The night air chills the sea
The birds have left the beach
This time
Are they hiding from me?

I am walking hand in hand
Dear Lord
It’s only you and me
I thought I...

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THE DARKNESS LOOMS

Another night the darkness looms
Another day, a rose that blooms.
When hope seems lost to you and me
The glory fades I hope you’ll see.
I look to you above oh Lord 
I pray to you...

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DON’T BE AFRAID MY CHILD

The birds are waiting in the trees
The sun behind the clouds,
The bushes out in front of us
Are swaying in the breeze.

The rain is gone now,
Don’t shield your face from me
Don’t be...

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Is that your voice
I hear dear Lord?
Are you calling out to me?
All the blessings that I have
I promise not to hoard.

A still small voice
In the middle of the night.
It’s louder now,
I still have a choice.

I...

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GENTLE RAIN
I long to hear the gentle rain
as it drizzles down the window pane

The sun is under cloud today
the birds are hiding too.
the trees are swaying in the breeze
I thank you Lord on my knees.

I...

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COMING HOME
 
The sun cast a shadow
across the floor.
Its day break you see
and I’m alive once more.
When at night 
I fall asleep
The moon and the stars do seem to creep.
I hear the crickets and the...

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