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TAKE A HIKE

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There were times when I was young…when I got on my parent’s nerves…
when I did things they did not like…
when they wanted me out of their hair they might tell me, “Go take a hike”

Of course th...

Categories: pisgah, nature,
Form: Rhyme

Balaam, the so-called non-Israelite prophet of the LORD, Numbers 22:2 part four NIV

...Balaam's Second Oracle Numbers 23:13-17  part two

you will only see a part but not all of them.  And from there, curse them for me. 
So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, an...

Categories: pisgah, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose

Exodus

...With thy staff and robes came a princely Jew,
  a prophet, a Levite son in exile;
for out of the blood and sweat of sinew
  did that journey begin on the blue Nile.
Who brought to bear God’s ...

Categories: pisgah, bible, jewish, journey,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Gambler

...The steely-eyed hombre stepped down from the stage that sultry afternoon.
He looked about with disdain, then swaggered to the Cripple Creek Saloon.
His hat lay low upon his brow and swung low was a...

Categories: pisgah, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

The Ballad of Prospector Pete

...Prospector Pete had roamed the hills fer years searchin' fer some gold.
He and his faithful burro, Fred, were both growin' weary and old.
He'd looked fer color in many a mountain and stream in Colo...

Categories: pisgah, humorous, irony,
Form: Ballad

The Ballad of Prospector Pete

...Prospector Pete had roamed the hills fer years searchin' fer gold!
He and his faithful burro, Fred, were both growin' weary and old.
He'd looked fer color in many a mountain and stream in Colorado,...

Categories: pisgah, funny,
Form: Ballad

Mount Pisgah

...At the foot uv Pikes Peak sprawls the old minin' town uv Cripple Creek.
They wuz nigh on fifty-thousand folks thar when minin' wuz at its peak!
Ol' Bob Womack, a cowpoke, struck gold in Poverty Gul...

Categories: pisgah, funny, historywinter, lonely, winter,
Form: Rhyme

Lead By Faith

...I know where my heart is.
Why do I feel so torn apart?

Maybe I should get back to the start.
At a young age this girl had me sparked.
Me, having girlfriend after girlfriend.
Her, having boyfri...

Categories: pisgah, girlfriend-boyfriend, new year,
Form: Rhyme

Interrogation

...And I 
From the Nebo of my knees
Searched earth, sea and sky
In vain
For what I need I already was
And what I am to be I am
Creature of his hands
He who is
And never was
And never can be to ...

Categories: pisgah, faith
Form: Free verse

Moses

...MOSES 
MOSES 
  
A man used to love his flesh made to withstand the caresses of his woman. 
Desert dwelling wrapped in clothing of the linen type. 
His leather sandals were not chapped or aged. ...

Categories: pisgah, devotion, faith, family, children,
Form: Free verse

From Pisgah

...On trails of tears and paths of sorrow,
Beneath storm cloud, or sunny sky,
“Tomorrow is the rainbow’s end,”
Has ever been my rally cry.                                      
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Categories: pisgah, introspection,
Form: I do not know?