Long Stand fast Poems

They pursued it with vigor, they pursued it with crass
They hunted with valor and hope
They proceeded with a dose of good Knightly sass
They chased it with tackle and rope

Now King Arthur declared in a boisterous...

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'A magical lock?' Groaned Graygall in a voice of defeat.
    'We are doomed before even we are set to advance.
To defeat Trolls would be an almost impossible feat
    but...

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Continued from
‘CATONITA STRIKES - PART ONE’
A Freezer Mice adventure


When no-one was around they did the finger-clicking thing
And grew to human size in time for what the day might bring
Their guns were charged and ready and...

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With the Trolls passed out on the grass...the regrettable task
    now fell to the brave Talkalot.
He moved to the gate and taking a sip from his flask...
    he stared...

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I’ve unfurled the Southern Cross tonight and put it
On the wall, and as I gazed the longest while.. I thought I heard the
dingo’s call?  It couldn’t be as all
Round me were the sounds of...

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As frothing wakes unveil a racing tide 
a frontal surge unleashed intended taunt,
‘twas but a strafe to lead the prey outside
then strike a blow amidst the faring jaunt.
To draw first blood, then front them with...

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"Wolves"



Pulchritude is not a beautiful word.

Dark can be beautiful
when walking with wolves
hearing their stories
sad songs of love lost 
soft they begin 
and then hungry
for the essential missing elemental,
they can be heard harshly calling, 
after a...

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These are English translations/modernizations of Medieval poems written in Old English and Middle English.

Exeter Book Gnomic Verses or Maxims
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

The dragon dwells under the dolmen,
wizened-wise, hoarding his treasure;
the fishes bring forth...

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These are English translations of Medieval poems written in Old English.



The Battle of Maldon
anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 991 AD or later
translation by Michael R. Burch
 
…would be broken.

Then he bade each warrior unbridle his...

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Enclosed around parental safeguard
my personhood was exposed to freedom 
bound by subjection to authorities
which my mind never questioned
since I acknowledged such as the ideal… 

Then my sense of freedom was gripped with skepticism 
when attacked...

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Itinerant mercenary shrouded with penitent robe
Shining beacon for terrorists around the globe
Hermetic curmudgeon; gun-toting xenophobe
Zealous provacateur who for ardent jihadists did probe

Material wealth a means; establishing a caliphate the end
Seeking Arab-royalty's, sovereign-sheikdoms to rend
Scourge of...

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November 23 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Philippians 3-4

Key Verse – Philippians 3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord…
	
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY REJOICING’S REASON

Lord God, You are my rejoicing’s Reason 
because...

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BEAUTY: “Ruth is a woman of inner Beauty because she trusted in Naomi’s God for provision for them both.” (Ruth 4:1-10)

LIBERTY: "Stand fast therefore in the Liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not...

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The hustle and the bustle of the port is all around
The shouting of the merchants quoting prices by the pound 
The throwing of supplies over gunwales is all but done
The time has come for us...

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June 13 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 111-117

Key Verse – Psalm 111:1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and...

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To shield ourselves from the painful truth;
Illusions of hope we often see.
But, this is not for wise men's eyes,
Engaged in a struggle for liberty.
And as for me, I wish to know,
Though anguish the spirit may...

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November 13 Scripture Meditations Based on Galatians 5-6

Key Verse – Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 

MY...

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Sitting on here ye porch
Reflecting on what were thee past
A terrible and horrifying future was in thou forecast
Thou hast laid a future in which we live
Thou peers say revenge is in progress
But we must see...

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I come to you it with open arms 
I come to you to forgive my sin Oh, please my Lord 
Oh God,  my God I surrender all
Even now your glory beholds me and I...

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Jesus died for my sins
(According to the Scriptures)
He was laid in a tomb
(According to the Scriptures)
But He rose to life again
(According to the Scriptures)
Now He's coming real soon
(According to the Scriptures)    ...

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Let’s look at Spirits. Particularly the Holy Spirit.
Given by God to all He chooses, you have the power to hear it.
Sometimes it closes in on you, speaks to you, by the whisper of the wind.
An...

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When we first met I liked you from the very start
Realizing once we got together we would never be apart
We became so close real fast just you and me
It was like we were truly meant...

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Last night I dreamt of a man gifted,
with mind sound and friends the best;
others' hearts and spirits he lifted,
this dreamt man surely blessed.

Last night I dreamt of a man cursed,
with regrets like doors to the...

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Scriptures declare that believers be true
to be faithful to Christ always in His way
being not unequally yoked to unbelievers
obeying God's word stand fast they would stay

Righteousness can't compare with lawlessness
it's totally opposite having nothing in...

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2022 a new year for you 
a chance for a new beginning 
another opportunity  for selfish sinning 
perhaps this year will be more of the same 
a spillover of 2021's sick little game 
of...

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