Poetry – Page 44 – Another Fearless Year

March 16, 2016

Doubting Thomas

Do you insist that you must see the nail-scarred hands before you believe Do you doubt the evidence before your eyes of daily miracles, intricate life, blue skies Then let me point to the change in me from angry and mean to kind as can...

Empty

Clinging firmly tight-fisted grip on meager things valueless things won’t let go Missing out on the costly blessings God would bestow Do you not realize you are empty of needful treasures of love and grace because you cherish nothing that lasts ____________________________ For the Poetics...

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March 14, 2016

Life to the Full

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10 (NIV). Like most people, I want to live life to the full I once believed I could find it with...

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March 12, 2016

Teach Me

Teach me, Lord the way I should go I will follow You so peace I’ll know Show me, Lord the things I should do I’ll rely on Your Spirit so my errors are few

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March 11, 2016

The Battle

In the wilderness Temptation fights my resolve To follow Jesus

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March 10, 2016

The One-Eyed Wonder

I tell my dog to stay so he promptly sits He just wants to play It’s a battle of wits A quick game of fetch fits with the cat’s added comedy when he jumps and flits It seemed like quite the tragedy when the poor dog...

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March 10, 2016

My Dear Son

Twenty-one years ago today You came into our lives You brought love for each day By tens and twenties and fives For you I’m writing a rhyming verse Because that is the good kind Though I know you’re not averse To stories intertwined I am...

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March 9, 2016

Forty Bits of Verse

An idea to my mind was sent for Lent To share heaven’s Light I’ll write Some might be long, others terse forty bits of verse Some might be great, some are worse There are days it’s hard to write at all Other days out words...

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March 8, 2016

The Notebook

The small notebook languished at the bottom of a dark drawer its pages filled with lists of vegetables, partial poems Ingredients lists for salads and stews long since cooked and eaten but not necessarily forgotten Poem bits inspired late at night by verses careening through...

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March 8, 2016

Oblivious

The drunkard grins from ear to ear Oblivious to the pain he inflicts on those who love him Numb to the pain buried six feet under his cold cold heart Bartender, bring me a double That and a grin will drown all his troubles _____________________________...

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Another Fearless Year

Category: Poetry

Doubting Thomas

Empty

Life to the Full

Teach Me

The Battle

The One-Eyed Wonder

My Dear Son

Forty Bits of Verse

The Notebook

Oblivious

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Doubting Thomas

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Empty

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Life to the Full

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Teach Me

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The Battle

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The One-Eyed Wonder

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My Dear Son

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Forty Bits of Verse

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The Notebook

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Oblivious

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