Long Rekindling Poems

One afternoon Martha the mother of Jack, who was in her early eighties, told an amazing story about her son while having coffee in the parlor with her neighbors; it was a weekly gathering to...

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Sometimes
When we have a loving relationship
Life gets in the way
The pressures of work money worries
Piles of unpaid bills
Not enough time for each other
The relationship erodes and folds
You try but you go separate ways

When we were...

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The days swiftly passes by like lightening  rod exploding in  the sky, the winter breeze fades away, ushering  in the living Spring and I watch the universe at work rekindling  the...

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I can feel the sun warming my body and the universe telling me that it is sorry, the clouds are rolling by and the burden is lifted from the sky. The traffic is rolling and...

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Those practicing Tantra urge us to celebrate,
albeit in an aspect of childlike trust and surrender,
whilst Buddhists lay emphasis on emptiness,
essentially negating play of aversion and desire
and as for fundamentalists, lost in the scriptures,
lost in labyrinths...

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As Winter fades to Spring
And the joy of the season inspires
Hearts to sing and birds to bring
Rekindling of heart hopes, dreams
Feelings of praise that fall gentle
Against the bursting pods
The green that begins to wash
Away the...

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How did you know for this place I was bound
did you know how I longed to be found
are you here to hide me inside,in a place safe and warm
sheltering me from the rage of this...

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Toward God and His way to assured salvation
…affirming eternal power of regeneration
…asserting priceless redemption
…awakening through miraculous new creation…
His believers are we, trusting Him for our transformation!

Toward God by His Word that resounds His tender mercy
…refreshing...

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Your Word assures me Your salvation
…Affirming Your power of regeneration
…Asserting Your work of redemption
…Awakening with Your miracle of new creation.
My God, fire me up through Your Word for my transformation!

Your Word reminds me of Your...

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Written: March 10, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Ink Empress

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Preserve your integrity,  
embrace the distress within,  
and uncover its essence.  
Dive...

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THE CHOICE

HE WAS asleep
Between space and time
The first light on the world
Floated idly
On him
He was just born.

His folded hands
Glowed a pale pink
To keep the fire of life
He wondered if he was really awake.
Is it the...

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       As I am growing older and life becoming lonelier,
       The past beckons, and though I had almost tossed it out,
  ...

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Light Did Shine From Her Smile, Such Grace

She graced all with her gentle ways
she so loved to help the poor strays;
There resides softness in her voice
thinking well of all by first choice,
Light did shine from...

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I am....
An Ashanti warrior A Bantu dancer 
I am a Yoruba royal clothed in my Asooke 
Dancing Adowa and kpalogo to tunes from wulomei and masekela  

I am proud Masai 
Standing around manyattas, 
Jumping...

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I am emotionally unstable, 
From being wrapped in the clutching grips of this mental psychosis.
I am now vulnerable to the plague of self infliction, 
driving me towards one of my many addictions.
Allow me to pick...

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The affectionate mother, whom I loved has long left
her earthly dwelling to flee
to a Paradise extrasensory peaceful;
and surrounded by angels,
she tenderly flashes an effulgent smile and looks upon  
me and whispers many prayers
for a...

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If God’s omnipresent, we must see Him,
feeling His love and light in each heartbeat,
else we roam rudderless at ego’s whim,
twirled about by fate, feeling incomplete.
Upon making God search, our earnest wish,
we begin by slowing the...

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In my world there is a perfect love.
In my world there is a perpetual sun.

Come to me.

Look for the incandescent moon,
blossoming into full radiance,
casting sheen to the sky of night.
Smell the delectable pungency of cedar,
canopying...

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We fell in love but could not see how roles for us would change.
Until a child was born to us, and the “us” was rearranged.

In came a little child and my role became “producer.”
With so...

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Playing soccer as kids for their very first time,
he only five and she just turned six.
She simply looks his way,
and the ball is passed without any tricks.

The other lads look on in disbelief,
as the passes...

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As military medical personnel and National Guard troops from every state and territory deploy to fight COVID-19, we are all so grateful (I am much more grateful because I have two daughters on the front...

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REALLY

I ------JGL-------------- do solemnly swear
to tell you of all that I see and I hear,
invite you inside that dark space in my mind
allow you ten minutes to see what you find.

The errors of learning, childhood...

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Dimensionless boundaries seem to please
Till the existence of some soul finally cease
The modern world registers human reach
Technology still humble to break its peace

Heaven made of splendour beyond we think
The journey to space gave imagination a...

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Exploring the suburbs at Melbourne
Glad are the late nights’ burnt

Bustling Bourke Street Mall
Epitome of a retail therapy’s call

The archaic Flinder’s Station
Scheduling warrants attention

Cho-chooing to Sydney
Never costs a kidney

The surmountable Clothes Hanger
Climbing it is not a...

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Some say it’s a Blessing and a miracle 
from above,
When strangers meet and fall in love,
A beginning of adventures full of exciting 
times, surprises, and thrills all await.
From every outing or date, something 
special is...

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