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A harrowing drive on the Schuylkill Expressway

...A harrowing drive on the Schuylkill Expressway
(route 76) both heading into
(and a small number of hours later
exiting) center city Philadelphia
to Schwenksville on May 19th, 2024.

Yours truly...

Categories: olivet, adventure, america, angel, anger,
Form: Free verse

Golgatha's End

...From Gabbatha, before the judgment seat,
a winding, tortured road: Golgatha's end.
His flesh in shreds, he staggers on His feet,
rough timbers grate excoriated skin.

The lines from Jesse's root...

Categories: olivet, good friday,
Form: Quatrain

Hocus Pocus

...centuries living and walking amongst creatures
reminded to accept our different eclectic features
seeking prophetic teachers
where are the righteous preachers
overwhelmed, we are by distractions
...

Categories: olivet, judgement, life, magic, nature,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

In His Light - the Mirrored Hourglass Style

... ~ In His Light~
( Mirrored Hourglass )



LOVE TRUST LORD PURSUE HIS WAY

Lord won't leave you alone

His mercy will show

When with Lord stay

IN HIS LIGHT

You'll walk 

Y...

Categories: olivet, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form: Free verse

The Church of All Nations

...The Church of All Nations

Therein at Mount Olivet in Jerusalem,
Where eight aged, gnarled olive trees are pressed for oil,
People of faith the world over; come to accoil
For mercy in ato...

Categories: olivet, christian, dedication, education, religious,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme

The Beautiful Smile

...THE BEAUTIFUL SMILE


They called her the lady with the beautiful smile
She seemed to flash it all the while
Welcome to Olivet we're glad you're here
The church of warm welcome filled with chee...

Categories: olivet, best friend, death, devotion,
Form: Rhyme

Thelma Leeson

...Thelma Leeson.......
is in a nursing home, dementia will take her,
 and I will recite this at her funeral.

Thelma Jane was a Leeson and she was premmie born
Size of a sauce bottle to a te...

Categories: olivet, adventure, mum,
Form: Ballad

Good Friday

...GOOD FRIDAY

We all call it Good Friday
It was really good for the sinner
Death won round one
But on Sunday, we crown the winner


	Kyle Giddens
	Pastor, Olivet Baptist Church
	Dublin, Geor...

Categories: olivet, christian, good friday,
Form: Rhyme

A Man Called Pilate

...A MAN CALLED PILATE

A man called Pontius Pilate
In order to prevent a riot
Had Jesus killed
The Scriptures fulfilled
Now Christians need not be quiet


	Kyle Giddens
	Pastor, Olivet Baptis...

Categories: olivet, christian,
Form: Clerihew

Mt. Olivet Cemetery: Nashville

...The monstrous spires uprise
But never touch the skies,
Vain, earth-foundationed monuments
To Life’s impermanence.

Expensive markers war with Time
Where lichen mosses climb
And cover up each h...

Categories: olivet, history
Form: Verse

Mt. Olivet Cemetery: Nashville

...The monstrous spires uprise
But never touch the skies,
Vain, earth-foundationed monuments
To Life’s impermanence.

Expensive markers war with Time
Where lichen mosses climb
And cover up each h...

Categories: olivet, history
Form: Verse

Dressing For the Lord

...when you attend church
It does not matter what you wear
God is just glad
that you showed up there
church is a place 
where you go to get inspired
It's not a fashion show
depending on your atti...

Categories: olivet, devotion, faith, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Light Verse

From Gazing To Amazing

...why are you sitting in the church looking all a dazed
looking at the pulpit with a confused gaze
some church goers in all actuality
need a good healthy dose of spirituality

every Sunday the Tat...

Categories: olivet, devotion, faith, hope, inspirational,
Form: Narrative