Son Paradise Poems

Friends I admit this is true,
"Good News" in the Bible read.
Though its blessings rarely explained,
News worldwide, Christ said ... spread.

News of God's Heavenly Government,
Christ commanded,...

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What if He appears
As the trumpet cheers
With a train of angels
When judgment labels;
Will you hear that saintly sound?
What will you be?
Mortal forever, or immortal eternally?
Where...

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Love from the mom who brought you
Into this world, invited you 
To believe in the good, the inspiring,
All the joy and beauty – the enchanting,
The...

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I have taught, written, and spoken in the giant marketplace of Km.
I would speak and write in Egypt's marketplaces and all around its rim.
One day...

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I MUST EMBRACE THE ENTIRETY OF MY EXISTENCE

I must quietly acknowledge my tenacity and strength,
deny the words and actions of narcissistic
controlling forces, and individuals who...

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I remember nights on the south side porch 
After a full dinner & nothing on TV
We gather to sit talk and listen to cicadas cry
High
Into...

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Am I the only one, 
the only one left to carry this cross 
through these wasted lands, 
these blasted glass riddled sands.
This cross of madness....

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Many times during my life my heart has been shattered,
by friends I thought loved me who betrayed that love;
with souls black and decayed and...

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It stands alone four square, white-washed straw-thatched, 
small window panes, black frames, and out back chickens hatched, 
pecking weedy ground around a single willow.
Set just...

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 to my son, Tito 


A handful of sand in the angel's palm,
how often you strummed and sifted the metaphor 
of Long Beach (since you...

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Dear Lord. I know that every day has 24 hours blessed with sun, moon, and stars. Yet, every day, many people barely survive and others...

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 The sun will come
Gloom be gone
God's Kingdom
The return of His son ...

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Caution taken (lathering
     exposed epidermis with sun screen)
     against harmful innocuous
     rich (Times...

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I'm in the thought process of mankind
Live and died, Live and die
I'm in the midst of them
Lived and die, live and die
To be whole again
To...

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SENRYU dedicted to Charlie Smith: May 7, 2017.

idyllic orchard
many fruit trees – but a tenth –
His tithe, we stole, ate

Adam and Abel 
saw life and...

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