Long Tenderhearted Poems

Sister
Love your brother ALWAYS

If you are older, hold your brother’s hand;
If you’re the same age as he;
Stay within his and God’s plans
Allow him a hand to hold, 
a shoulder to lean on, 
And an ear...

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I gotta let sorrow roll down my weary shoulders
Breaking down a billion boulders, revealing life’s folders
I hear the wolves howl at the after-midnight moon
I can hear them now – the predators scowl so soon

I’m walking...

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Split apart your ribcage, 
Unwrap me, for I’m left untamed 
Scrub away my filthy rage
Feeling this shame that must not be named 
“Let it go! Let it go!” – easy for you to say
Oh! Maybe...

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CHANCE ENCOUNTER
 
She sizzled softly through the crowd
white grin exuding cheer.
Between the lines it read:
please don't see what's not here.
 
He caught her eye and flashed a grin
carefully monitoring suave and charm.
Between the lines it...

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It is very impressive to go westward
in an early morning of midwinter,
because you will see a full moon 
that you have forgotten for a while
in the middle of the western sky.

[The westward moon is, perhaps,...

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Although the place where the dead go is called the world beyond,
some say that it’s located underground while others say that it’s located in heaven above.

Since the world beyond is not the real world where...

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Let my offender have full remorse
as he watches 
his own daughter grow.
Let her never know
what he did to me.

Let sorrow
pierce his heart like an arrow.
Let the Lord soothe the wound
and chasten him with the scar.

Let...

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Mr. Spider is an ugly looking creature. He has a hairy face and arms. However, the hairs on the top of his head are somewhat thinner than those on his face, and scattered all over...

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Around trust sealing our contract 
for blessings to share generously ---
--- heart of mine was settled
having never languished in doubt's qualm
upon steadfast prayer brace
tied by ministerial engagements.

With earnest faith
my anticipation yearned 
for return of investment...

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There is fire in your tenderhearted spirit
You are the stars,
Sprinkled in the ebony sky
Search for a dwelling place most charitable 

Don’t run away…

I’ll take some time to recover from a broken heart
I’ll remain in my...

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The light of Day and the darkness of night are like Metaphors 
For the light in our lives, but also the darkness where upset occurs 
Glimpses of light are like hope through life's struggle 
Just...

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Commended for being kind, I’m humbled
I praise the Lord Who has me enabled
To fulfill His will, even when stumbled
Confessing that there were times I grumbled.

God be thanked for my kindhearted parents…
Role models are they of...

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At such times of discontentment
I complain, murmur and fret
with sincere admission, I confess to God* 
Who remains attentive to my qualms
offering to me His sufficient grace.

In my fear, my heart yearns for comfort
midst fight-flight pursuit
thus,...

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We all have Christmas traditions that no matter how we change and grow…
harken back and remind us of Christmases long ago.

A certain ornament, a song, an aroma that can elicit a smile, a laugh…a tear
as...

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Father,
May your eyes be open and your ears attending to the prayers made in this place.
Consecrate this home, so that your name will be known here forever. Please make it a house of prayer. A...

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"And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
Ephesians 4:32 KJV

On my living room wall there hangs a plaque which reads
“Be kind”
Ephesians 4:32

Silly me...

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Watching friends come together after 50 years I remember thinking…how cool!  How they all met as strangers in their neighborhoods or school.

And I thought about how they all first met…was it awkward…tentative…or sweet? ...

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Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;
not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that...

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Princess Rebecca, Princess Rebecca, Will she ever date me
No need to speak French fluently; just say Oui, Oui
I fear thy will say No, No; please do not make me beg and plea
I Want To Date...

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We had dinner with two dear old friends at a restaurant yesterday…
Old friends reminded me of this old poem I bring back to life today:

They meet as strangers…unfamiliar…apprehensive…
their first meeting…tentative but sweet.
Which, when you stop...

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Do you do things bad when somebody does bad things to you?
Do you give an eye for an eye?
At the moment, it seems like the logical thing to do
But for the long run, you don't...

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Speaking That Which Is Wholesome and Good…

You must be careful to speak that 
which is good and wholesome.
Speaking like this will minister to others..
 In a way that will "bless them!"

May the words that are...

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Pardoned fully from iniquities’ doom
Heart basks in bliss midst serene delight
While guilt is vanquished by clemency-bloom
Gift of God offered with redemptive light 
Compassion at work along truth and right.

Forgiven* of confessed transgression gloom
Soul is ransomed...

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KJV. Eph: 4:32. And be kind one to another, 
                   tenderhearted,....

There is a legend that's been told
of...

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Rancour is a canker
That eats us from within
Bitterness and anger*
Are sure to cause chagrin

Malice is a chalice
From which we should not drink
It will turn us callous
With hearts tuned out of sync

Hanker not for rancour
Let love...

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