The Sins of the Fathers
...Years ago
I heard someone say children have a God given right to judge their parents
Judge not that you be not judged
I thought the statement was harsh, maybe sarcastic, wrong headed
But I di...
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Categories:
unreservedly, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Robert Lloyd Sherriff - Australian - Spirit of Creation
...Robert Lloyd Sherriff - Australian Poet, Author, Actor, and Model: American Historian.
Robert Lloyd Sherriff - Australian Poet (Born: 8th July 1954)
Robert Lloyd Sherriff - Follow if you want t...
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Categories:
unreservedly, angel, appreciation, bible, courage,
Form: Imagism
I give you time, that white wizard
...I give you time, that white wizard,
Noble and eternal in its incomprehensible march of seasons,
Not just any time, but time to triumph, to laugh, to ascend,
Time cut from the magic hourglass to sa...
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Categories:
unreservedly, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Innocence
...Why, as we grow older
do we lose the innocence of youth
are ageing and innocence mutually exclusive
is it because innocence affords us no protection
leaving us defenceless
easy victims
and so w...
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Categories:
unreservedly, innocence,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Invention of Love
...The Invention of Love®
By Mark D. Stucky
When did God invent love?
Does God still hold the patent?
If patent protection expired,
is love now public domain?
How could...
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Categories:
unreservedly, devotion, emotions, love, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Poetry Soup 2022
...Poetry soup
Offering gifts of
Eloquence and rhetoric
This emancipation of candour
Revitalized in common goals when
Yielding seeds of open-mindfulness
Specifications spontaneously unshackl...
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Categories:
unreservedly, writing,
Form: Name
Prayer
...Prayer
Clasped were her hands, bowed was her head.
Standing in front of the idols, she invoked her for the beads she had to shed.
Unashamedly the precious pearls overcome her vision.
Here she wa...
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Categories:
unreservedly, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Re-Gifted Blessings
...I have a pantry where I keep my blessings,
each one a precious gift.
The daily deliveries never stop,
although I sometimes overlook them.
Some days the shelves seem empty,
but when I find t...
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Categories:
unreservedly, bible, blessing, giving, joy,
Form: Free verse
Home Visit
...Ah! I said
I’ve visited you twice
In the sea of Oneness
Which I too am
But yet
It’s your turn now
And so it was
The Universe descended
Through the crown
In me
Unlike the previous surge
Unl...
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Categories:
unreservedly, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
The Immortal Flame
...The immortal flame on a cold and frozen night
Guide our lives through fire earth and ice,
To the unknown depths consume in the light,
We feel the warmth and comfort in Christ.
To offer ourselve...
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Categories:
unreservedly, allegory, anxiety, endurance, god,
Form: Sonnet
Sunday Morning
...Sunday morning
I like to go home
to the village in the mountain
and the dog that loved me unreservedly
but she wanted to reinforce our bond
stroking her head whispering sweet words
I like t...
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Categories:
unreservedly, age, animal, blessing,
Form: Blank verse
Revival 2 Point Ohh
...Admittedly a little bit of me can see I have an ability
missing ambition to mission living submissively in submission,
If I believe built into me
a skill too free
up my sleeve capability
I'l...
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Categories:
unreservedly, desire, hip hop, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Faces In the Train
...I have been used to living alone for so long
I am determined and easy going but headstrong
This morning was rather strange because I was on the train
I woke up with people gallivanting around me i...
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Categories:
unreservedly, anxiety, city, conflict, deep,
Form: Narrative
What You Are, What You Mean To Me
...What You Are, What You Mean To Me...
Oh Wife! You are my life,
around which I spin my daily axis -
My work, dealings, obligations, routine is as a nexus,
Interacting connecting life with grati...
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Categories:
unreservedly, dedication, destiny, devotion, husband,
Form: Narrative
Living Eternally In Christ
...There is a life eternal to live
but so many pass it by
living solely for this world
when at the end of it they die
God has provided life eternal
for those that will trust in His son
receiving...
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Categories:
unreservedly, death, jesus, life,
Form: Rhyme
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