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Prayer When Disaster Threatens
Oh Father God, disaster threatens
Do not put me in jeopardy
Turn to me quickly
Oh Jesus Christ, disaster threatens
Yes, quickly turn to me
And appose Thy remedy
Oh Holy Spirit, disaster threatens
Whispers of doom visit nightly
Before I fall, rescue me!
-01/22/2014
(Dumarao)
*My Prayer Poems Collection
Promote my Charles to the next class.
I know The Idiot did not pass.
Yet, I’d tell ears you have to,
Whether to it or not prone to…
Hundred percent sure you need it,
No need digging collective pit:
Your school from head to toe Private;
Rather few of your staff Graduate
Among them A Clark Porter,
Who is eyeing my young daughter
Some while walking on Doughnuts snack,
For mischief-making quite a knack;
One I saw bubble gum chew,
On her blouse stains from a rushed stew…
My patronage likely to cease;
And Donated School Bus seize.
Pay attention to your inner voice, fight or flight will be your choice!
Haiku of this storm
(2/10/21, for Jim)
February ice fear
forecasts no motion —
a tear starts its fall
pup’s eyes plead
with her legs splayed —
deck wood freezes worst
wintry front
pushing through outside
my winter body lullaby
poems come
invading sleep
my tongue forgets how to speak
snow clouds break
deafening silence
my sighs echo
all frozen
trees creaking in winds
the stars do not know
snow plays,
today ice threatened—
bird feeder untouched
white lace from trees
white doilies cover the ground
these prayers, these dreams
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(c) sally young eslinger2/10/21
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There is a greasy odor in the air
At the window
across the room
the diaphanous wings of a fly
peal off accompaniment,
--a staccato--contradictory notes
to the stretched rays of a dying afternoon sun
falling on the face of my otherwise muse
And in her countenance
all I can see
is the potential of a growling dog ....
She threatens demons
with her imposing chocolate eyes
puffy rose lips
a dance of her hand
She commands shadows to turn to pearl
her honey hair long and rich
flecks of light
Tames imaginations
dwelling in the dark
She smothers them in her pillow
She dreams of crayons and ice cream
She smiles and monsters melt
Guardians are linked around her bed
Shh...
Do not wake her lest she see
what we know
and become afraid
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