I Once Was Lost
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Inviting, like the first breath of spring,
energizing as the summer rain –
brisk like the winds of an autumn dream,
reviving as the sigh of a winter’s first snow…
laughing amid the shadows ...
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Categories:
more giving, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Free verse
A Little More Kindness A Little Less Greed
...A Little More KIndness, A LIttle Less Greed.
A LIttle More Giving, .... A LIttle Less Need.
A LIttle More Smiles, And A Little Less Frowns.
A Little Less Kicking a Man When He's Down.
A L...
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Categories:
more giving, appreciation,
Form: Ballad
A New Life
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Ezekiel 36:26 “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.”
H...
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Categories:
more giving, appreciation, inspirational, jesus, joy,
Form: Free verse
Value of Helping Others
...The saddest, maddest children usually find their way to my office.
I am the school counselor.
They arrive on their own, knocking, or just running in.
I always ask if they have permission.
Some do...
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Categories:
more giving, pain, teen,
Form: Narrative
Moments of Praise
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“One of the best gifts we can give ourselves is time alone with God.” - author unknown.
Stars reflect His amazing, His grace, His praises,
Are forever on my lips, rising like the ...
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Categories:
more giving, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Free verse
Love Surprise
...Your the biggest suspect of
Silently stealing the love
From my heart right into yours
But you didn't try to force
Any of your self on me
You did it so quietly
It was slow and innocent
I never...
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Categories:
more giving, devotion, inspirational love, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
Dolphin Magic
...Dolphin magic is the most powerful elixir, especially in the fall.
We knew the storyteller was a sage wizard who could see all.
How do we get some? We wondered aloud.
It comes from a full moon, an...
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Categories:
more giving, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Days of Atonement
...G’mar chatima tova.
Forgive me if I stumble
across the unfamiliar words.
We are not so different.
Each strives to do more good
than bad; at least to do no harm.
We pause for prayer and re...
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Categories:
more giving, blessing, holiday, jewish, life,
Form: Free verse
Into Darkness
...As I once again watched hate emerge from a person the other day
this thought occurred to me…
What if the world was suddenly plunged into darkness?
A darkness so thick no-one could see.
And what...
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Categories:
more giving, hate,
Form: Rhyme
The Poem of Prayer
...The poem of prayer are for those who suffer from life threatening illnesses and diseases and for everyone who suffers from a major tragedy and lost of hopelessness and sadness. What about the ones in...
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Categories:
more giving, blessing, faith, god, jesus,
Form: Free verse
I Will Walk Again
...By David J. Materazzi
Laying in bed
Can't stand or walk
The day has come
No more talk.
I see it in my mind
I feel it in my heart
I took the first steps
Now that's a start.
It's time to...
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Categories:
more giving, encouraging, health, inspirational, motivation,
Form: I do not know?
Faith Without Borders
...I believe in God
and in His word
I believe if used
wisely it's an effective
tool for
recalibrating
humanity
However, it is not
cut and dry
nor black or white
to me anyway
I evolved
wit...
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Categories:
more giving, allah, god, moving on,
Form: Free verse
Love Surprise
...Your the biggest suspect of
Silently stealing the love
From my heart right into yours
But you didn't try to force
Any of your self on me
You did it so quietly
It was slow and innocent
I never...
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Categories:
more giving, change, love, sweet love,
Form: Rhyme
Today's the Day
...Today's the day, or so I tell myself,
That my apathy begins to wane
The day I forget who I've become
And start my life anew
Today's the day that I lock my pain away
Garnered by years of life...
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Categories:
more giving, confidence, emotions, life, strength,
Form: Free verse
Gold Plated
...I knelt at the river sifting.
Mud, water, rock.
Mud, water, rock.
Mud, water,....
It caught my eye
Woke me from my open-eyed dream.
The glint was possibly just the sun,
Winking from kissing th...
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Categories:
more giving, anxiety, betrayal, break up,
Form: Bio
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