Long Unlocking Poems

As to the this and the that and the how and the why,
    I pass no judgement on the tale at hand.
And leave it to scribes to much later decide
  ...

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(One poet's vision of what being indwelled by Christ's heart might look like)        

What makes me feel loved isn't easy to say, 
And not because the heart of...

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Written: 21 July 2023 
Submitted to No. 1231 New Poem Only Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by Brian Strand 

Bridging the Unbridgeable Chasm*

As rises the wealth of nations,
As grows the limb of a township
So declines the flowers...

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Blind Man’s Five-Legged Dog Rap 

Yo, gather 'round the table, let me spin you a tale, 'Bout a blind man named Benny, he was never frail. Owned a dog with five legs, yeah, you heard...

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("The Visit", Part II)

How can she not know I'm standing so near?
Perhaps, she's expecting the same to reappear
Like before after her being to me kind and sweet,
Because of fear, I made a quick and hasty...

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This was my Seventh computer hacked stolen by jay townsend Johnson Henry hacking to personal information social security accounts bank a accounts severe breach cyberattack she even breaking into my home hacking accounts old cell...

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“Nightingale and Roses”

the heart burst open
like a canary cracks open its cage with a song
listening to the nightingale with roses
flying like a throatful soul escaping 
from somewhere deep within,
soaring out the cavern measureless to man,
that...

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Your devoted adoring Loving hands
Shields the abyss with trance
in utter bewilderment
As every hand is first an apprentice 
That slaves beneath The Temple Of LOVE
Your Loving hands have valor and daring
to weave my sorrow into a...

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In the quiet of the night, under a star-studded sky,
A portal opens to unknown realms, where dreams dare to fly,
A place where imagination soars like a vividly colored kite,
And the thrill of adventure whispers in...

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“I Am as I Am complete
Though ego opines otherwise
Invoking grace we feel God’s heartbeat 
What else does there remain for us to realise” Unseeking Seeker

When the sun and soul  
speak in seraphic silence,  
I...

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"The answer my friend is written in the wind, the answer is written in the
wind." Peter Paul and Mary.

"There is nothing new under the sun," Solomon from the book of Ecclesiastics.

"So let it be written,...

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Based upon San Diego's latest tourism video lyric,
"If your're happy and you know it, 
clap your hands." 

O If you love our Lord Jesus, why not show it?

O If you just happen to love our...

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Please listen to what I am truly trying to say unto you,
If not for the never ending grace, I still would be losing
face unto this very day.  

"But there by the grace of God,...

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Have you ever asked God, the reasons why?
Whenever you feel afraid? While vainly seeking
the very exact words to both say and pray?
Let not your hearts be troubled or afraid.

Whenever you may find yourselves without any
hope?...

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O Why not have a wonderfully blessed Resurrection Sunday?
By celebrating the very day that, our Lord and our Savior, 
Conquered death, hell and the grave, all by His resurrection
On the very first Sunday morning! Hallelujah,...

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"It's me, it's me, it's me O Lord standing in the need of prayer!
Not my father, not my brother but it's me O Lord standing
in the need of prayer!"  (2X)


Oh  my Lord !...

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He knew he would never find
another woman who was as smart
and as stupid as me
That was his reason
for hanging on to me for dear life
Keeping me around meant 
he'd always have a brain
Needing to feed...

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Here I go again, Another GOD send
                          
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O Let us sing! O Let us rejoice in our Lord Jesus Christ fore-ever more! Only He holds the golden keys unlocking our hearts door! And someday we shall dwell in the house of our...

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The loss of a parent is something you never get over. Understanding that you lost one of the only people in your lifetime who would die for you wanting little in return is unlocking an...

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Covered in darkness wearing a veil of evil.  The bride stands before her groom and a vile host of
wedding guests.  The heat and hate that filled the air was so thick that they...

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New Handcuffs
We had taken our boys out to a theme park one day
They could run around wild and burn some energy away
On the return trip from the gift shop they did ask to buy
A plastic...

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In the passage of time, my love has grown old without you,
A fragile flower, aching for the touch of morning dew.
Once, our dreams interlaced, and we painted sunsets bold,
Casting vibrant hues across the sky, a...

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Creations created, never outdated,
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Resemblance
by Michael R. Burch

Take this geode with its rough exterior—
crude-skinned, brilliant-hearted ...
a diode of amethyst—wild, electric;
its sequined cavity—parted, revealing.
Find in its fire all brittle passion,
each jagged shard relentlessly aching.
Each spire inward—a fission startled;
in its shattered...

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