Long Straightening Poems

STRAWBERRY SWEET 
Strawberry scent 
At the picnic place
Late in the afternoon
Birds singing up in the trees
With the joy of spring season`

The basket half empty all the pies gone
Red wine from one glass, but we had...

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Good morning Father, may I have a talk with you because to my self I need to be true. For Father I am living in a world of shadow and doubt and I thank you...

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Looking at the mirror 
with good day’s pleasure
I see slothfulness’ glamor 
taunting with delight’s leisure
Yet ready to attack sense of honor
defying time-worth’s treasure
So defiant; not a generous donor 
offering gift that costs much pressure!

I challenge...

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Looking at the mirror with good day’s pleasure
I see slothfulness’ glamour gripping me with delight’s leisure
Yet ready to attack my sense of honor for me to defy time-worth’s treasure
So defiant; not a generous donor offering...

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As a teenager, I was so lean and lanky.
My mother worried over my physical stature.
She believed that all the nutrients in my diet,
were rapaciously devoured by my hair.

From childhood onwards, I had long, thick hair
that...

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December 16 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 1John 1-3

Key Verse– 1John 1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly...

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November 14 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 2Corinthians 5-7

Key Verse – 2Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an...

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May 12 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Job 16-19

Key Verse – Job 16:20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY TEAR WIPER
				
Lord God, You...

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December 6 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Hebrews 3-5

Key Verse– Hebrews 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus. 

LORD GOD,...

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Big white clock is bored
With the uniformity of time
Flowing unnoticeably every day
Always the same tedious way
The clock has been sitting there 
From the dawn of the time 
Meticulously marking steps of
Hours minutes, and seconds 
Till...

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After the storm, my brother
(all gangly knees and elbows)
bore the brunt of its ferocious aftermath.

Every day after school
I watched his wiry biceps bulge a little
as his handsaw scritched against the tree
which had fallen diagonally across...

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A story I read about war and good luck charms…..
The Good luck charm

Standing on the dock in front of the troop ship 
His mother hugged him and fussed about Straightening his hat and brushing his...

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October 21 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Acts 16-17
	
Key Verse – Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE...

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October 23 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Acts 20-21

Key Verse – Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish...

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September 26 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Luke 12-13

Key Verse – Luke 12:21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY TREASURES’...

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March 24 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 2Samuel 9-12

Key Verse– 2Samuel 9:3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of...

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Warming lights surround you
Quilting the sharp silence
Outside dawn begins
Earth starts stretching 
Straightening out the knots
Caught from hours of slumber
Night moves on to blacken another sky
And Calmness stills the room
All is as it should be

As you...

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May 20 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 1-5

Key Verse – Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

LORD...

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I watched you this morning.

When the cool of the air settled on the morning buds
leaving only the hint of moist stolen kisses
as golden rays slowly caressed the dew from the petals,

I watched you.

Your Cobalt beauty...

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November 7 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Corinthians 7-8

Key Verse – 1Corinthians 7:7 … But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

LORD GOD, YOU...

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May 15 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on 2Chronicles 18-20

Key Verse – 2Chronicles 18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
	
FAITH...

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Because you’re a poet, that’s why 


Behind the thick crimson and gold thread curtains
he stands listening to the din of the audience
searching their seats for popcorn crumbs
while roaming hands brush against the legs
of those sitting...

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Staying in the ministry* of the Lord shows our genuine submissiveness
Since He has transformed us from sinfulness’ uselessness…
…Toward ways of holiness by His forgiveness’ effectiveness.
Indeed securing our soul along His merciful graciousness!

Staying in the ministry...

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Minnie was a moaner
She was always blue,
She had lost all her friends
Although she only had a few.

She moaned about the weather,
Especially when it rained.
She complained about her neighbours,
Who thought she was a pain?

She didn't like...

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The shadow of a tree 
has fallen on the morning garden.

It moves with slow steps
and leaves its trail of frost,
as if it were telling the time
as the day progresses.

The grasses, freed from its embrace
sing a...

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