Long Verities Poems

(In a Lush Garden Somewhere Out There)

The student stands where shifting sands of thought
Once firm with reason 
now elusive truths are sought.
Its splendor wanes 
a threadbare fading strand,
A quest for wisdom 
in this digital land.

Sage:...

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[Well, ShallowMan’s ne’er at a loss
for voicing shallow thoughts that gloss.
With trenchant wit he reaps the dross
when seeking sense in applesauce.

But to his aid flies FactoidMan
who always has a Fact at hand;
with him, who needs...

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The waters of the Holy Spirit stirred with strength
And commenced to churn itself alive inside the well,
Forming a new maelstrom so radiant it seemed to rise in special presentation,
Roaring its heartfelt existence known
Our prince roared...

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Through The Looking Glass
 
 
“As the moon peak its glory, a glimmer of shadow reigned
on her eyes as she saw the mirror to her soul”
 
Through the looking glass
A devastating mirage has been cast
Alluring...

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Into the gloom
by Michael R. Burch

Into the gloom, beyond the point of caring, 
past fascist rows that stare and blanch and cross
and watch us always, by the sunset's flaring, 
we watch our footprints vanish. Sponge-like...

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April 1 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Kings 14-16

Key Verse –1Kings 14:15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out...

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Where are you my sweet spring time,
I’m heart sink waiting for thee, oh beloved
Of all the seasons, thou ‘art my favorite,
For yours is the very breathe of life itself,
The Mystic Rose grows within your warmth,
Nourished...

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March 10 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Judges 13-15

Key Verse –Judges 13:3 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest...

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August 31 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Haggai 1-2

Key Verse – Haggai 1:5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY WAYS’ CHECKER			

Lord God, You are...

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The deep and sonorous voice of
his defeatist self-talk was paternal,
and torturous, 
reinforcing the force fed message,
"There is no happiness,
only gradients of misery,"
leaving him indifferent to the present,
careless of the future.

Reared in the shadows of perfection,
parental...

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IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY - LXXXII

    for Carlos Bousoño, the eminent Spanish critic, poet and professor
           who maintained that if...

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The innocent victim's are todays heros

I look up to the hills
Behold was cofusion
In it fullness of verities 
As it clouds are so dark 
Despite it colours
I realise it hold no future

I look up to the...

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There are places out in space
that beg the question of why,
abiding where dreams embrace
our infinite inner sky.

Stargazers pay attention
to sidereal pathways,
tracing every dimension,
some using astral math ways.

Scientists study each fact
and what their instruments find
of astronomic...

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February 5 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Leviticus 14-15

Key Verse – Leviticus 14:29 … To be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD.

FAITH IN GOD WHO CLEANSES US	

God cleanses us,...

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Teach them the songs of the land.
Teach them the rhythm of life.
Teach them the strength of the past,
That they may appreciate the beauty of the future. 
Children of today, nations of tomorrow.
They have the right to...

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We are quarreling over a graveyard of great ideas
Wandering under skies filled with flying political spears
Ideas are rotting under the soils dug by the unscrupulous
We buried our true identity and our mourning is pretentious

The commoners...

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December 27 Scripture Meditations Based on Revelation 15-16

Key Verse – Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast,...

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People around the world
Are smoking marijuana
Just like a coconut tree
Is god’s gift to nature?

But some men with power
They gone and make it illegal
When every one knows
The real problem is alcohol

Since the beginning of time
The tribes...

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Book-engagement to me is indeed a God-granted privilege…
Exposing me, through printed words, to realities I acknowledge
Imparting knowledge and wisdom since pre-school to post-college
Delighting my educational journey’s mileage!

Children’s books on alphabets, numbers, shapes --- my academic...

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"Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces"
                          ...

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Extricated from chains of religious fanaticism
Here am I, your dear heart*, blissfully exultant
Freely exalting the gracious Redeemer
Whose compassion reached out to your soul
Pardoning you against everlasting condemnation.

Quickened toward great revival from lukewarm fellowship
Here am I,...

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May 1 Scripture Meditations Based on Psalms 17-20

Key Verse – Psalm 17:1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

MY GOD, THANK...

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December 12 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Thessalonians 1-5

Key Verse – 1Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to...

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March 25 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Ruth 1-4

Key Verse – Ruth 1:8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly...

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The Crucifixion Of the Christ

Lo and behold, on this rood
On it once lay a great sacrifice
Of God’s only Beloved son
With his blood spilt on the wood
He washed away every vice
The cuffs of all our sins...

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