Long Star of bethlehem Poems

In the May-time of my life
time bloomed each day a prickly boll –
but I, like the softest cotton within such a sharp seed  
swaddled in the purity of security 
for what seemed like eternity...

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“Gods Like Men”



you the small men 
who war like gods

mystery that never was
in a likeness formed

through the mirrors
of the soul of God

a darkness
and a light 

the next star rising
after Sunset comes the Morning

you the small...

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In a house high on a hill an old man grows weak, many years have gone, he lays in his old bed,
Back in the day, a dashing young officer with a brilliant red uniform he...

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Five Words of Change 

There are words that make my toes curl, my skin crawl and the hair on my arms stand straight up like taking off a polyester sweater in winter crackling with static...

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Jesus is the Divine Reason for Glorious Christmas Season

I wondered.. What’s Christmas tree for?
What does a Tree have to do with Christmas anyways?
Why should we have a Christmas tree?
I don't have a tree-I mean really-what’s...

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Jesus is the Divine Reason for Glorious Christmas Season

I wondered.. What’s Christmas tree for?
What does a Tree have to do with Christmas anyways?
Why should we have a Christmas tree?
I don't have a tree-I mean really-what’s...

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Oh fallen star of Bethlehem, your established moment shines,
upon canvas of harsh intent, descendent of heavenly design?

A mighty angel’s leading light to those befallen, pleasure-bent?
Are gleaming eyes  masking spites or, our demands, aspiring content?

Looking...

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Walking along a maze of muddy walls stepping over rotting young men their boots gone,
Taking the scenes for granted as this is all I know and cannot even remember my home,
The trenched walkways are like...

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Floriography

Allamanda in April slowly open its trumpets around posts that look like 
Buttercups of honey for bees to dive in to replenish their striped bellies
Crocus's yellow stigmas that flavour our food are a blessing by...

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Walking along a maze of muddy walls stepping over rotting young men their boots gone,
Taking the scenes for granted as this is all I know and cannot even remember my home,
The trenched walkways are like...

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I wonder if Christmas in heaven is similar to Christmas on earth
I'd imagine it's quite miraculous as they celebrate Jesus birth
I'd picture a choir of angels singing and dancing to harp and violin
All while rejoicing...

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Far off in a distant galaxy is a comet. It's tail can be seen for eons and eons. It spews a power like none other across the night sky. It is the same comet that...

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CHRISTMAS – AS WE SEE IT


A sparkling white crest of new fallen snow
A bakery window laden with freshly baked pastries
Children – sledding down a hillside or skating on a frozen pond
Sleigh bells ringing on a...

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CHRISTMAS TREE

A decorative tree, Usually
In the winter time
 developed in early modern Germany
Traditionally
A Christmas tree
Is a decorative tree, And usually
It is an evergreen conifer
One such as a Spruce, Pine or Fir
Christbaun
A Christmas tree
Taking of these...

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KINGDOMS OF POWER

man -  with his little sphere of influence,
claims mighty power, in his smallish hands.

mini empires, like stars from the universe,
like microscopic atoms - they march on -

stomping, squeezing, squashing, squelching - mere...

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The green meadows are vast 
The ocean of trees shadow will cast
The riding horses pick up dust
In the air falcon flies fast

The sunset above the lake is gold
The soft clouds in linen blue sky unfold
In...

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Can't seem to get off to sleep tonight, thoughts buzzing around my old head,
It's dark and quiet, the cat has gone out and the street lights have gone out too,
The odd car passes by maybe...

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Can't seem to get off to sleep tonight, thoughts buzzing around my old head,
It's dark and quiet, the cat has gone out and the street lights have gone out too,
The odd car passes by maybe...

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The Christmas Star

Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
How brightly you did shine!
Yet how you pale in comparison 
To child Jesus' light divine.

According to Christian tradition, the Star of Bethlehem, also known as the Christmas star, revealed...

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Twinkle, twinkle little star
The Star of Bethlehem--that's what you are!
Shepherds watching their sheep in the field
Saw angels on high announcing Christ's birth
The Messiah, Our Saviour--God's Only Begotten Son
So they followed The Star to worship The...

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A - After Thanksgiving, minds reset,
B - because about a month away,
C - Christmas will be our holiday.
D - Deliverance of peace it brings,
E - especially when we hold dear,
F - forever in our hearts...

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Like a rainbow is the promise for;
Never more
Never more God’s destruction of this earth by
Water
Never shall the floods cover

A star and planet tells of the story
Of the child whose glory’s present
And Star of David shines...

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Christmas Day
I’ve marked the calendar to count the days Fred
Christmas is barely a month ahead
I haven’t even begun to diet yet
Eating junk all year, how I sorely regret!

Dad stopped reading the paper and frowned
Christmas means...

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Walk along a steep cliff top over glades over Yew trees and brambles to Butter-Worth Head,
Walk through a wood and stand by a warm bank of the clearest spring a mezereon will blossom,
The old tacamahac...

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Walk along a steep cliff top over glades over Yew trees and brambles to Butter-Worth Head,
Walk through a wood and stand by a warm bank of the clearest spring a mezereon will blossom,
The old tacamahac...

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