Show Me The Way
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Falling away from the Church
No need to believe
Some would say . . .
All my help comes
In trust
In the Lord
No enemy shall harm me
The Lord is my armor
Guide me
Fill me
Holy Spirit
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Categories:
marable, blessing, destiny, devotion, gospel,
Form: Free verse
I Dare You To Praise Him
...Never really know what part of Sunday’s
sermon my mind’s eye will lock hold
What portion of the Holy Story will
ignite passion as Pastor’s lucid homoly unfolds
“I DARE YOU TO PRAISE HIM CHURCH!”
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Categories:
marable, blessing, devotion, emotions, happiness,
Form: Kwansaba
Parting Ways
...At this point she has exceeded her lifespan and the time has come for an upgrade. It sounds so impersonal to speak of her simply as a tool. She was a constant, from the saffron glow of dawn through ...
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Categories:
marable, bereavement, conflict, death, dedication,
Form: Clerihew
PRN
...On this day in ‘58
the passenger door opened
on a little red corvette
as doves flew overhead
His Majesty stepped out
in platform heels, and booty-
less pants, licked his fingers and summoned ...
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Categories:
marable, anniversary, birth, birthday,
Form: Prose
Bible Verse Number 1
...Bill Marable 10/25/2020
when given to fits of anger
when heated words are spirsed about
James said “Praising and cursing
come out of the same mouth”...
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Categories:
marable, blessing, devotion, evil, god,
Form: Imagism
That Annoying Neighbor
...That Annoying Neighbor
Why do babies fear their shadow
What of the dark stalker do they know
With tearful eyes
Their voice cries
For clouds to mask their foe
Bill Marable
2/3/25
8:21...
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Categories:
marable, baby,
Form: Limerick
Age and Wander
...Dealing with one’s mortality
Reveals a stark reality
As you age
You set the stage
For you own finality
Bill Marable
9/17/24 6:39 pm
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Categories:
marable, age, body, change, health,
Form: Limerick
Morning Poem 8324
...No breeze to start this day
Air as still as a snail In ponder
Oh! look a-yonder
Sunshine don’t need no wind
To usher her in
Obtrusive to night
Separation by light
Just as the Word say...
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Categories:
marable, beautiful, blessing, devotion, earth,
Form: Free verse
When Samuel L Jackson discovered his Lineage in Gabon
...“…. It’s a deep thing to find out that you belong somewhere.”
Roots
Dirt
Black
Time
Roots
Drums
Feted
Tribe
Roots
That you belong somewhere, is a deep thing to find out.
Bill Marable 1...
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Categories:
marable, africa, black love, celebration,
Form: Free verse