My God, Thank You For Drawing Yourself Near Me
...October 9 Scripture Meditations Based on Luke 24
Key Verse – Luke 24:15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
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Categories:
thoroughness, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Hindu Anarchy Coming To India: Canto I-Farmers Farewell
...A common confrontation between
Man and animals
From the wild, are pigs roaming farm lands
Destroying the crops
Of pöor farmers, it’s indeed a
Problem in Indian states
With forest borders, acu...
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Categories:
thoroughness, betrayal, culture, farm, poems,
Form: Free verse
My Old Stomping Grounds
...I recall driving past the place I used to live;
it triggered a flood of old memories.
Oh, I just had to drive back there!
And with the ...
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Categories:
thoroughness, house, imagery, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Juvenilia: Early Poems V
...Juvenilia: Early Poems V
Poetry
by Michael R. Burch
Poetry, I found you
where at last they chained and bound you;
with devices all around you
to torture and confound you,
I found you—shive...
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Categories:
thoroughness, poems, poets, teen, teenage,
Form: Rhyme
Poems About Poems Iii
...Poems about Poems III
Radiance
by Michael R. Burch
for Dylan Thomas
The poet delves earth’s detritus?hard toil?
for raw-edged nouns, barbed verbs, vowels’ lush bouquet;
each syllable his ...
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Categories:
thoroughness, poems, poetry, poets, visionary,
Form: Rhyme
Chimed Upper Room
...*Image of Hallmark Channel by Giphy.
Chimed Upper Room
Chimed new day shines...eagerly corrects an upper room looks,
An attic improving rapidly...promotes roams of dil...
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Categories:
thoroughness, happy, memory, sad,
Form: Sijo
Our Delightful Daughters
...~Our Delightful Daughters~
D- for their dedication, that never wavers
A- for their awesome attraction that draws attention
U- for their understanding, deep and abiding
G- for their ...
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Categories:
thoroughness, blessing, child, daughter,
Form: Acrostic
These Hallowed Halls
...These Hallowed Halls
by Michael R. Burch
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A final stereo fades into silence
and now there is seldom a murmur
to trouble the slumber
of these ancient halls.
I stand by a window where oth...
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Categories:
thoroughness, aubade, depression, desire, first
Form: Verse
Achievement Thoroughness
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Faced with daily multi-tasks’ pressure
we need God’s help of divine measure
making us fulfill each chore as great treasure
turning work-rigor into labour-pleasure.
Gripped by vari...
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Categories:
thoroughness, christian, devotion, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Bleeding Before Rome -2
...Yet at this very moment the cathedral was crumbling
down upon the cries of foresaken refugees,
the monastery's walls wobbling from war's wreckage,
and as the black bursts billowed into sun drenc...
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Categories:
thoroughness, culture, heart, war, world
Form: Epic
My Christmas Thoughts
...Today, we had an in day. Fran curled up watching some movie or other. I tidied up the gardens after the recent wind and rain. Then I prepared dinner and put it in the oven.
So, here I am sat at my d...
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Categories:
thoroughness, christmas, thanks,
Form: Free verse
An August Personage
...Long have I painted him in my memory
This great man who speaks volumes about faith.
Bishop John Scalabrini whose name rings now a bell,
Becoming God’s grace to be revered and called blessed.
Mirrore...
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Categories:
thoroughness, inspirational,
Form: Narrative
Faith and Fanaticism
...Unless we finally stop branding
one another as pagans or infidels
and as heathens or barbarians,
we shall continue to imperil
ourselves day in and day out,
with gen...
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Categories:
thoroughness, passion, peace, people, day,
Form: Free verse