Long Protectively Poems

POTD 7th Mar 2018

I trust you like the music video clip which enhances the poem

Like dark molten honey caressing her tongue
and soul food for taste buds addicted to caffeine
Coffee has its own excitation
The book has...

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Just the very thought of him, like an artist’s stroke of his
Paintbrush, sealed a promise of a lifetime of tomorrows.
I finally had found myself and, knew my purpose in life.

The instant you were within sight,...

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Once i was a prince in your eyes my every wish granted
        even before I could wish it
eevaa peerankal muuvaa maruntu
the hot kuul boiling complaining in the chessman...

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“Hyacintho Caelum” 



salvus me
per poetica
Hyacintho Caelum
advenit
sicut turbo
in pluvia

red life reigns
poetry awakens
opening 
gifts again

a gain

Life 
mysterious 
calls us all forward
metronome time
constantly calling 

the call 
it never changes

the poets’ Majesty
pleasure through 
the wrecking balls
dropping white and 
black...

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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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It’s Sunday morning, about 8am. My BF Peter and I we’re doing our laundry. Most of the time, we spent in my dorm common room, sitting side by side on a red corduroy couch, while...

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The Aged Man
                            Authored by Chuck Keys


There is...

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March 13 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Ruth 1-4

Key Verse –Ruth 1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard...

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This is Mine, All Mine                              ...

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The routine ride home from a neighboring town, seemed different today.  
As I glanced at the dirty, sandy spot left on the usually spotless black leather seat beside me,
I felt almost ashamed of the...

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Capsizing the Costa Concordia

Divers wreathe silently through
the submerged corridors of a 
140,000-ton wreck. Little fish
dark haphazardly through
the juxtaposition of tilted ballroom,
granite bars fixed in place.
Black waters lit green by headlamps
provide a surreal spotlight
for a loveseat drifting by
A...

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The slow rising sun just behind the row of pines.
The quiet bending branch reaching over an ice-frosted bridge.
An early morning walk down by the snow covered creek with 
your lover's arm protectively hooked around your...

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I am amongst a cold, barren desert
left unconquered by all who tried to seize in winter
I cruelly laugh mockingly at their repeat offender failure
I am as red as rust, traditions strong
nature a guide, taking like...

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Weeping Ash
Mourn for me tonight, Weeping Ash;
Break my heart and all my hopes crash.
Let your gnarled knuckles crack and creak;
Let your contorted mouth still shriek
Silently. 

Come under my dark canopy
In the storm’s hidden harmony.
My dancing...

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August 18 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Jeremiah 26-29

Key Verse – Jeremiah 26:13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God...

PRAISE BE TO GOD...

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Most mornings I can be found in my backyard,
checking milkweed leaves I protectively guard.
I collect them to nourish and nurture til the day
butterflies emerge, dry their wings, and fly away.

I smile at the sight of...

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Silver and gold; silver and gold -
our friendship is a sweet treasure -
a bounty of gladness always to hold.
Silver and gold; silver and gold -
a value of two-heart measure.

Your concern cushions my every footstep.
You never...

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Poem 1 in the Chosen One Series

(The Nativity story through Mary's eyes)

As we set off on a journey towards Bethlehem, 
our nerves were beginning to unravel.
My Babe was due at any moment 
and it was...

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I am giving up on poets for
a day – not poetry! just needing a break 
from Communal Escapism: I mean, it is
nice to write of meadows and bird songs – 
of the past, how things...

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Silver and gold; silver and gold -
our friendship is a sweet treasure -
a bounty of gladness always to hold.
Silver and gold; silver and gold -
a value of two-heart measure.

Your concern cushions my every footstep.
You never...

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What's cooler and juicier
Than a long-striped rime of green,
Whose internals are fortified with
An explosion of mesmerizing desire?

Or a total circle of green without stripes,
Protectively enclosing the best of eats,      ...

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April 26 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 2Kings 18-19 

Key Verse – 2Kings 18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the...

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I held in my hand a little seed.
It was so small and yet had so much potential.
I gently placed it in some soft fertile soil.
I covered it over and looked in awe.
Every day I tended...

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Wondrous family bond
Braced by love-anchored parental duty
There children abide in safeguarding refuge
Sweet home I witness as hedge, protectively beauteous.

Along lovers’ lane welcoming friends and couples
Delighted while feasting in grand magical moment
Near water garden where I’m...

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Shimmering shadows across the meadow trail
Dancing in the afternoon sun, glancing fondly
Toward the woodland coolness so invitingly,
Beckoning me to stroll beneath the canopy
Of overhanging branches hovering protectively
Like mothering arms holding the distraught.

A place to find...

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