Long Watchfully Poems

In the midst of my sweet childhood days
I came across a gorgeous machine.
It was known by different names
But I called it my time machine.

A big roar, heard in the beginning
When I watchfully switched it to...

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February 1 Scripture Meditations Based on Numbers 15-18

Key Verse – Numbers 15:3 And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a...

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She searches the closets door to door trying to find a trace or a hint of something that is or that was of her life. All she found was cobwebs of dreams shattered and gone...

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January 27 Scripture Meditations Based on Leviticus 21-24

Key Verse – Leviticus 21:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled...

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Bat and Gat, on the porch, in the rain,
Lay in rest and surveyed their domain.
With it coming down hard,
Not much up in the yard
To keep hero cats entertained.

Then back at the edge of the woods,
Near...

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Time passes…
And things are left with no traces—
Be it a dream confusion in a cold forgetful night,
Sneaking and trespassing on an ancient boyish fright,
Or an old man mourning the pride
Of a brightly hidden straightforward sight?

You...

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Dark falls and savagery creeps watchfully like a royal tiger stalking its prey
Deceiving its unsuspecting victims
Put under a spell by its glowing, powerful eyes 

A soft soul
Sparkling eyes full of intent and wisdom
The true nucleus...

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March 18 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Judges 3-5

Key Verse – Judges 3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD,...

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Playing with the kittens
Full of scratches I was gettin

Sitting in the apple tree for hours
Dreaming of how God chose the colors of the sky 
Watchfully gazing
As the clouds passed by

Long walks on the farm with...

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“The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be...

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A powerful hunter, of varied species

Watchfully gazing, they perch on high

Eyesight of excellence, strong hooked beak

Awaiting your prey, vultures, a splendid relation

Incredible wingspan, as they take flight

Found near water, perched on feathered legs

Fish a-plenty, hunting...

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The wolf and the moon had a covenant
To meet whenever the sky is bright at night
There the moon exposes her radiant light
While the wolf howls, watchfully jubilant.

Constantly they meet for life-news’ sharing
Each is expectant, never...

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Indigenous forest so awash with trees.
Leaves strum a tune in the cool Autumn breeze.
Rustling rowans and galloping ash.
A rustic blanket for a well trodden path.

Plum tinged foliage,fleet of foot in the dance.
Melancholy movements has me...

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He looked down and found me tarnished and worn.
   He reached down and gathered me in.
He polished and cleaned, brought forth a new me,
   and He even forgave my sin.
He gave...

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A SUMMER WALK
Dr. Jim Martin

Leaving one morning for a predawn walk,
Accompanied by no one with whom to talk.
I quickly observe the stillness in the air,
And pause to enjoy the coolness everywhere.

I briskly walk, lost in...

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Simply watchfully looking
Awareness self aware 
Waves rising & ebbing
As hidden desires declare

There is no one here
Cognition heightened remains
Vibration which draws near
Possibly an egoic stain

Is-ness of being-ness
A mist with no attribute
Save throb of blissfulness 
Is-ness prayerfully...

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At The Feeder, January 18th

The fresh dusting of snow this morning
is now a lacy network of sparrow tracks
overwritten by the single trail 
of the marauding squirrel.  
The feeder has been frozen 
for two days,...

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Bird in a Cage

A small, gloriously yellow bird ended up trapped in a cage
Each day the confines grew more and more like home
Constraints seemed familiar
Lost were the thoughts of flying free and open space
Dreams grew...

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ABANDONED SNEAKERS IN THE STREETS

As we walked watchfully along the way,
a pair of sneakers lay silently in the streets;
abandoned by flight or neglect.  Their soles
have lost their occupant: gone to who knows where.

We cannot...

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Looking like first flakes of new fallen snow
After the mowing, white clover is blooming
And the honeybees are beginning to show.

Spring squirrels emerge to begin grooming
Grasses to soften their sapling nests,
Business in nature's backyard is booming.

Blue...

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Surmounting feelings of woe and sorrow
She seeks the Saviour along hopeful glow
Striving to discard shroud wrapping her doubts
Surely showing triumph for tomorrow.

Having indeed conquered depression bouts
Her heart smites melancholy with praise-shouts
Holding on to Christ’s assurance...

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Both were pets at home—
The cute parrot and the black cat.
We loved both—almost equally.
They too loved us beyond measure,
But didn’t at all like each other.
Each thought that the other was
One too many!
We did not encage...

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Angel of Sorrow, 
for your dark channels
of the past, 
the deceptions portrayed
and your mindful intellect.
Tread through ever-vast
embers of Autumn's
equinox, warily,
and always watchfully.
Your secrets kept hidden,
your wisdom your virtue,
for your dark temptations
of remembrance.

As grace and divinity
mesh...

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Gentle spirit, eye mindful, touch tender
Innate aliveness, dwelling in wonder
Head and heart melded, to Gods will submits
Loving; judging neither fault nor merit 
Watchfully leaving no hearts asunder 

Gods abode within, not someplace yonder
With this knowing,...

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From the crystals’ broken of lights
Or dead link-the souls’ marines 
By machine pip-out targeting apical  
Snares by the roads — 
Through of demolishing the tools that		
Throve flats up for peace  . . ....

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