Short Admonishing Poems

One
Father
Holy God
Eternal Light
Moving upon earth
Setting captive souls free
Admonishing all men - come
Find sweet sanctuary in me
Abundant rest, refreshing breath
Having no beginning and no end...

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Raging against tomorrow
blaming yesterday
Running in place—admonishing grace
denial on display
Cursing the past indentured
the future waits in vain 
No place to hide—the truth inside
the moment left unnamed

(The New Room: September, 2023)...

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Bigger in my memory
smaller in my inclination 
Regret a distant calling card
admonishing my name

Vacant in my recollection
bedded in my hopefulness
Joy a future invitation
—Heaven to proclaim

(Christmas Wishing: First Book Of Prayers- December, 2022)...

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I dreamed a chihuahua was on our front porch 
Speaking with Barak Obama's voice
Calmly and evenly admonishing Rhonda and me: 
"Even were I tall enough to reach the knob, 
I have no thumbs, and couldn't open the door, 
so you're going to have to let me in yourselves."...

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Stinking, dirty money
Foul, festering money
Putrid, gassy money
Rotten, disgusting money
Oppressing, cruel money
Castigating, merciless money
Admonishing, finger-wagging money
Subjugating, stone-faced money


Aah, money…
That your kiss is so sweet,
Your embrace so sensuous,
Your possibilities so tempting…
I am dirty with your scent...

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If you're William, then you're Billy.
The one I knew was damned silly
Sick but climbing the hilly
Hard steel, if you sought his Lily
But soon wasting the same Lily;
Orders obeyed willy-nilly...

Do you like to dilly dally?
Still your acts with his must tally:
He wouldn't be facing Nelly
And you watching fancied Nelly
Or he admonishing Kelly
And you lying on your belly!...

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Your Heart is
Big and Mysterious,
My charming Husband.

Beating hard on a bike ride
Pulling our family onward
You listen to your earphones.

Besting me, admonishing me
Yet believing in me... Your faith
is Jewish/Buddhist/Christian.

Amused during thrillers
Belittling the monsters I fear
Sarcasm is your weapon.

Breaking stride, you smile
I know what you want
You're my patron.

You're my person....

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Do you have a secret
that’s never been told
Deeply within you
like long buried gold

Do you keep your own counsel
for no one to hear
While staying intrepid
admonishing fear

Do you treasure those moments
in spite of the time
As words born an orphan
adopted in rhyme

That one treasured secret
alive roaming free
Transcending the silence
—of what’s yet to be

(The New Room: March, 2023)...

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Responsive to God's call for praise-filled voice
my heart exclaims grateful hymns* that rejoice…
trusting that He favours faith-anchored poise
propped by blest obedience of servant choice.

*Colossians 3:16 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

August 30, 2021
Edited on August 30, 2022...

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