Rock Of Gibraltar Poems

I depend on the rock of Gibraltar
No rock like this 
I know
No rock, no rock, no rock
With  waters flowing so
No rock with waters flowing row
No rock to stabilize my mind
No rock is all I have ever stumbled at
No rock...Read More

Oh,  Lord you are the Solid Ground 
I stand on
In it in awe Lord you are 
The Firm Foundation
Oh Lord 
You're my Rock of Gibraltar
You are
More than just my all-time mountain 
So I stand at the truth 
And I...Read More

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What is love?

The North Star guiding
a lost seafarer home
or the Siren’s song luring
him to the rocky shores?
Is it frolicking in the moonlit nights
in a field of flowers
or trudging across
an arid, scorching desert?
Is it a freeway to bliss and joy
or a...Read More

If Nigeria was a book, what type of book would it be I wonder 
Would the story be great, I ponder? 
Or would it be dull with no thrills like a cloudless night without stars 
Would it tell of the...Read More

For This Is The Story, An Old Poet Sought Not To Miss
 (Part One)

I've ate Eden's last apple, coveted Jason's* golden fleece
chained myself in caverns of darkness, begging no release
refused mighty crowns of power, fed myself painful feasts
crushed my beating...Read More

It's a dull and rainy overcast day
A day to stay in and be cozy
Gaze out the window and dream of stuff
As you start to feel quite dozy

Time to write some clever rhymes
As you don your creative chapeau
Bout magical places and...Read More

The Rock of Gibraltar stands steadfast,
A landmark to show men the way,
A sentinel post of the ages, 
An emblem of quaint bygone days.

And so stand the old guard among us 
Whose deeds ever echo through time.
They blazed a sure path...Read More

RECIPE: “Poulet Roti” French Style - Ballade Le Chant Royal 6

(NOTE: This French “ballade” is being composed on permutations of the number ONE repeated twice, I.e., 11. Eleven syllables to the line in iamb or anapeste, interposed with dactyls, I...Read More

An Academy Awards Affair
(To remember???)

When playing game called Academy Awards
You must learn how to use many chords
And then I started to play song's notes
People left and had to jump in their boats.

To many was really an amusing affair
But for others...Read More

 When You're Gone

My darling precious Mamacita
before you go,
before your last breath is drawn,
I just want you to know
how much I love you so.

Please forgive everything 
your errant child has done wrong, 
and all the times I disappointed
and let you...Read More

What is love?

The North Star guiding
a lost seafarer home
or the Siren’s song luring
him to the rocky shores?
Is it frolicking in the moonlit 
nights in a field of flowers
or trudging across
an arid, scorching desert?
Is it a freeway to bliss and joy
or...Read More

                 "Standing Up To Not Fall Down"


            Principles, Integrity, Honor and Faith,
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I have seen the Rock
and I don't mean Dwayne Johnson
Rock of Gibraltar
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What is love?

The North Star guiding
a lost seafarer home,
Or the Siren song luring
him to the rocky shores?
Is it frolicking in the moonlit night
in a field of flowers
Or trudging across
an arid, scorching desert?
Is it a freeway to bliss and joy
Or a...Read More

No Halter and Will Falter

An ego likes leading you to the altar
And may be big as rock of Gibraltar
She had forgotten to wear her halter
Then both of them started to falter.

Interesting

James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
River Sea Plantation
Bolivia, NC
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I have a sweet dream of one perfect love, 
But in my dream always, push comes to shove, 
God is the object of my affection, 
But where, most precious heart, does this leave you? 
If God wins my vote in...Read More

Pride & Arrogance’s Wedding

Pride was looking for a partner to share his life.
He found Arrogance and asked her to be his wife.

 This would be the grandest affair no one could beat.
Anybody who was somebody would fill the seats.

Sarcasm would...Read More

If I were the president
Of the this great legacy
We call our home,our country
Left to us long ago
By our long departed great fathers
I will strive with all my heart
To build with it a monument
Dynamic yet stable
Solid and strong
Like the great rock...Read More

My journey through life has seen so much
far have I traveled and much I have done
seen so many things that most others never do
the rock of Gibraltar, with teems of scary monkeys
traveling out we sailed through the Suez canal 
wondrous...Read More

I Want to Give God My Best!

I told God I want to give him my best!
He said to trust him to 
care of the rest!

I asked him; “where is a good place to start?”
He said; “Come to me with a...Read More

It's an overcast and rainy day
A day to stay in and be cosy
Gaze out the window and dream of stuff
As you begin to feel real dozy

Time to write some clever rhymes
As you don your creative chapeau
Bout magical places and scary...Read More

Create In Me A Clean Heart...

Create in me a clean heart, Oh God, 
and renew a right spirit within me.
May my flesh be crucified... 
so that YOU... others may see!

Please don't remove from me
 your presence, or Holy Spirit.
May I...Read More

I was innocent, my heart was pure,
Until you stepped in, with your remarkable allure,
You influenced me, made me pine,
For things that weren’t mine
 
Gullible that I was, I thought with my heart,
Regardless of the plan to tear me apart
I let...Read More

You see I had lots of respect

NOW you are begging for attention 
and a reality check, so try me,
Try me like satan tried jesus,

Your trying to unleash all that steam 
but you only sound like a tea kettle, 
you claim...Read More