Long Testified Poems

Farmer Fred was out in his field making inspection
When I snuck up on him without detection
I stated my greetings with great voice inflection
Which caused Fred to jump in the opposite direction
Then he smiled and made...

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What if poetry soup just shut down 
with all your work before you edited
always copy you work even if you have
to go to the library check your 
titles as well sometimes 
identity thieves actually rip...

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??1 Kings 22:17 KJVAAE??
[17]  And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every...

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Global pride! Greatest story-theme worldwide! Oceanic!
Voyage liner - Atlantic! British cruise ship! Titanic!
Born in the yard of Harland and Wolf! Floated to venture!
Who did ever dream of a deadliest wreck- adventure?

Christened after Titans of the...

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Jesus or Father Christ trials and sorrow…
•	Left His Heavenly kingdom to come down to earth to be born in humble manger with animals
•	Was a target for murder from the moment of birth
•	Suffered from the death...

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Federal bureau of investigation 
My prayers are with the Mexican violent offender sent to break into my home finally stabbing five persons over 20 violent convictions blackmailed in exchange for favors removing a few of...

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he came to us on a woven beaded hamoc as a flower bedded excursion taunt to the sun
there was a man among men who would deliver a specific message to the masses with lashes
planted as...

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The Word WALK has a long history, going back to the beginning of time.
Even though I WALK THROUGH the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and...

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there comes a time when
people you once respected
reveal
or you discover
the real
person behind the mask

face facts
people who never wanted you
to do better
than them
are now wishing
that you would 
shut your mouth
stop your tweeting
delete your facebook
get out of...

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Fishers fish and merchants drift
But pirates lurk and seek to sift
They show their wealth with coins they spit   
While honest men give honest gifts 

A fletcher rises with the day 
His arrows up...

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This Biblical commentator and Ambassador for Christ is quite serious whenever
I stated:  "Just because you are born again, doesn't give you the license to sin!"

Dear friends now we are children of God, and what...

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Scribal notions these, and oh so sorrowful,
But, despite their seeming poignance they are not additionally puissant, no. 
I have seem them, wrapped in warmed and moist leaves:
No, not the leaves as pages of books, as...

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From his mama's own mouth, this story came
Her travail to carry him, a long trail
Of tears, loneliness, suffering and shame
A hunger for which hope made no avail
And then the hemorrhaging, her vital blood
Like common mud,...

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I sat back for awhile and heard all the whispers and all the tales,

How there's a shortage of good men and no more decent males,

How men are all dogs and we're only out for one...

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I dreamed I was dreaming one evening as I lay
in a garden with flowers thriving
In an old back yard I played in a mystical mood
In the dream I dreamed I was near an old house
The...

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Is it real or are you faking 
it? ;
Can you testify truly 
without a hit?
That it is as strong as it 
seems? ;

Even in the absence of 
every being;
You are poised to create a 
scene;
That...

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Red Man's Pain
By Linda Hays-Gibbs
Why is it not mine?
The black earth
Or the red clay kind
The swamp or mountain high
All the places where my  grandfathers lie
They used to roam free with the buffalo and deer
Before...

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About 9 years old was the child
when nightmare first they dreamed.
For many years this nightmare 
would often try 
her courage to subdue, 
but now her sleep is silent.

During the day she'd often play
with her dog,...

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The words struck cold fear in my heart.
What was I to do?  I didn’t know.
This was not supposed to happen,
so back to the doctor did I go,
and the words he told me there
were just...

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Risking it all
at the edge of the cliff-
edge of the water-
edge of life.
Debating,
replaying,
like the song stuck in your head
circling around and round like that pendulum-
the one you choked around your tainted complexion-
the blood blended,
colors of...

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How shall We Escape! 
If we neglect  so great a Salvation
Which at first began  to be spoken by the Lord  and was confirmed  unto us by them that heard him. God...

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The candle light never stopped burning for aeons ago,
A hushed rustle of applause testified to a widespread approbation,
That was on the day he was certificated in the University,
Indeed, he was a bookish arbiter of conduct;...

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Mabel Jones and her four kids, Tyrese, Sheldon, Christopher, and Myriah (each with different fathers) went to church every Sunday, and the kids attended bible school five days a week in the summertime.
As a family,...

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Assured by the Almighty, I wish to abide always in His authority
Blooming beautifully in His blissfulness’ bounty.

Cared for, I wish I could constantly convey compassion
Delighting the Director Who drives my divine devotion.

Enabled through Christ toward...

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A poor, wayfaring man of grief is good enough for me,
Because he lives the way he gives, without pomposity,
He gives the way he grieves for us, and leaves for us, to ride,
A ticket for a...

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