Forgiveness Space Poems

Another age passes unmeasured.
Giant calms; in placid time waking
guilted warmth irradiates. Unbroken
calm aether heralds the next age.
Past embers cooled in God’s eye,
forgiveness of imagined betrayal.
But...

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Narrow Margin 2-12-24 This or That Vol. 23 Poetry Contest - Edward Ibeh
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Narrow Margin

Between finite and eternity
 A thin sharp wire divides,
Footsteps that often stumble,
Arms...

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The Space Heater

I am sitting on the porch
watching the birds at the feeder
my husband just filled. 
He is a sweetheart, 
and I am blessed.

I was...

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There stood from the dawn of the ages, 
The Son of God in all His Glory. 
Opening and closing the curtains upon the world’s stages....

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I was a renowned, NASA scientist, with my face always turned to blue stars,
As eyes are ever drawn to a flaming sunset, as to colorful,...

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Seemingly

Nothing appears as me

Without nothing me is illusion..

Seemingly

Nothing can be missing

But never lost...

Yet nothing is a word 

Among all words

The erasure of which may

Also help......

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What is sorrow, when the strong hand of love
     lifts you up and redeems you from despair;
and saves you, then guides...

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Loose Magic

Pee-a-boo, I see you...
Got your nose, 
and not your toes. 
Skipping rocks, 
and bubbles in the park. 

Eye contact from across the room, 
notes...

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Spaghetti

The meat, 
the cheese,
the sauce.

The smiles,
the laughs,
the wine.

The music, 
the song, 
the moment... 

The vow of forever!

Then...

You and I, 
and the garlic bread!



A. Foster, Ann...

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The Cat

It is late, 
nearly half-past nine. 
You are asleep beside me.
The clock on the wall is too loud. 
I need to buy another. 
This...

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Questions

What defines... success?
Is it how many people you know. 
Is it where you have been, 
or where you will go? 

Is it who you talk...

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U

It is cool here. 
Is it hot there?
You have not written. 
I have not received...
a letter.

Do you think of me?
I remember you. 
I can not...

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Why can't I exist 
Without feeling guilty for
the space I take up?...

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A full moon shines brightly                    ...

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To live, to bleed that drop of blood;
To die and wake up at hell’s door;
Something within my soul quakes, reaping the salvation, heaven’s sake;

…before the...

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