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Born of a woman every day; We are never alone in this world. The family of humans Reborn every day. Continue reading With you
Born of a woman every day; We are never alone in this world. The family of humans Reborn every day. Continue reading With you
As crude as the priest put it, The answer he gave made sense, Although I questioned the expression, The answer … Continue reading A life giving word
Reading poetry is what I’ve been doing more of recently as a writer of poetry must read it to see … Continue reading Powerful poems
Kind of nice, but bitter The taste of convenance Easy. Homemade. Over there, not. Nowhere to find. In the place … Continue reading Bittersweet to hunger
A straight line I go alone Steps along the way The spring is infectious Buoying me every day Veering not … Continue reading Strait through
I better write this While it is not compelling me, but Impelling me to. While not knowing why, I have … Continue reading Feeling today
The rain is about to fall. So, they told us. But it didn’t come. They all breathed a sigh of … Continue reading Alive
The day long A miracle at the end She saw everything all white And not a drop of negativity passed … Continue reading That day passed into
Weatherboards, straight across— A roof, four walls. I see. Over there, I see you. Close and near. Not in that … Continue reading We
I looked up. peace overcame the dreary sky. the clouds left behind, a ray of light broke through Shining bright … Continue reading Looking up
The plan is this. That it goes to plan. What is the plan? No pain in the game that’s lived … Continue reading Ways
You think you know it all. I got to help you, son. The other guy is coming with a message … Continue reading Help me see
God loves us more than we can love God God gives more to us than we could give to God … Continue reading The giver
God did his work And I am proud of the work he made. It was awesome that he rested after … Continue reading Labour’s love
Deft defying acts, skills she said. Looking good. Cool. Beautiful. Got to, when getting the coffee. In front of you. Continue reading Keeping up Appearances
Whetting my appetite on a diet of malnutrition things I am supposed to not eat but eating them anyhow no … Continue reading Integrity
A palatable easy rock sound coupled with some interesting philosophical lyricism leading more to unbelief than belief, in the face … Continue reading Stuck
No, not laughable Breezy, uplifting and touching A hint of how much I love you She’s rich but not annoyingly … Continue reading Appeal
Free verse is all porridge and poetry Mixed and thrown together like a whirlwind of expressive rage Hot in the … Continue reading Porridge and poetry
It is this way, so the illusionist said to the one he called the magician. The illusionist saw it no … Continue reading Illusion
Commercial intent, he said. They said his nose was out of joint, Because he smelt commercialization. “You just hate anything … Continue reading Smelly
How does one understand today’s poem “The Persian Rug”. Although it may sound like red carpet service for politicians despite … Continue reading Understanding “The Persian Rug”
Persian rug for a sow, Not fitting the soul, Dark and dead, With the sin that he did. He said … Continue reading The Persian Rug
More than deluxe And a tip of the hat There’s a love transcending love That I got to have It’s … Continue reading I will
In moments, words were said, Were they two divergent things expressed about the same thing? One moment straight as an … Continue reading All I need to know
An oppressor they called him; Two thousand years of oppression! And women are down? Blame it on the Apostle Paul … Continue reading The friend
Upside means the sunny side up, The bright side of life, The brighter side. But there’s the upside down, The … Continue reading Upside
Uncomfortable he yelled deep down inside subtler than a scream but more telling of his distress than a deep down … Continue reading Day’s in
As the intersection of two souls meet, One soul hopes for more than meet and greet. She took a risk, … Continue reading Risk
The calm sea comes to the busy street, merging into stillness, The tide rises to the moment And all is … Continue reading Being
I am not hiding In this shell. In this shell Is what I am really feeling. I don’t need to … Continue reading Down real
Not exactly magic this service of mine, They got me throwing, flipping pancakes At the Café Dime. I wait around … Continue reading Struggling to the way
The media recently seems pretty up beat about the future with Joe Biden, the G 7, and overcoming Covid. That’s … Continue reading Background to today’s “Come Back” poem
Hope because of you, Hope, I need you. Hope, visiting me, Hope encouraging me. Love needing me. Hope seeing the … Continue reading Choosing me
The world is running, Going forward, Hopes it will stay, Getting better every day, Around the corner, something bright, News … Continue reading Come back
He started the weekend on Weds. And ended on Monday midnight. Wth a head full of air, And seamlessness of … Continue reading Excited for the weekend
Almost sleeping, but aware. Almost dreaming in the light, during the lamps of day. Reverie. I have been pondering in … Continue reading Lan of Nod
Dearth ahead. Me, seeing it, seeing you there, My head above the undergrowth. Just able to hear Just can see … Continue reading Reflection
Is your name a pretence? By you, but who are you? You are, aren’t you? A distinctive scowl and careless … Continue reading Changes
You give more than you can— Every day you give a widow’s mite. What more can you? Rich man: Why … Continue reading Widow’s mite
I was alone when it happened. But I felt a calm around me. As if taking this pain without feeling … Continue reading Drifted
The sky turned on me, I looked, and saw Arrows shooting down, piercing me one by one My soul bent … Continue reading Guilt
I see the rugged hill Where my saviour was Once crucified Blessed are the poor in spirit, Jesus said On … Continue reading Am I Poor, am I Rich?
My first published poem was in a church newsletter and it should have been left for the back page as … Continue reading In safe hands
He held the card and read it, “Not her again” and threw it in the neighbour’s garden patch. She was … Continue reading All right
It was a long year. All that thinking, The ins and outs of precision, Measured as it was. All for … Continue reading Balance
Putting the much loved poem on the back burner was the logical next step. This after desperately searching for a … Continue reading Persevering with the poem that’s a labor of love
How can they offer the world hope if their houses are filled with lonely people? I lift my heart to … Continue reading Lonely
I’ve been watching you, the way you’re so fine It’s not that I want you or need you at all … Continue reading Waiting for you
State of the world Without you to say so would make a better world What lies behind those words of … Continue reading State
Life is wide, within our reach, inside of it, our lot. We are not without grasp, inside this realm, Someone … Continue reading Love
Reading some of the romantic poems and literature that comes out of India, I saw a lot of heart brokenness … Continue reading Romance stories from India
Empty: a state of being without. Empty: a state of being without because of lack. Empty: a state of being … Continue reading Lost: Empty
Where does one go when The light goes dim And the ones who Matter won’t listen to The ones who … Continue reading Of the day
I need you, But I can live without you. I remember you, You’re beautiful As I watch you go by… … Continue reading Beautiful
The quality I see before me Is a quality I cherish most That non-violence is the virtue That liquidizes the … Continue reading Non-violence
In the maelstrom of bustling street-life, I am unperturbed, Content in my way and yours But we are all going … Continue reading Is this all?
Street sight is long, Run by the forlorn. A cloud settling across, Street mastered by a turn, as ghosts come … Continue reading After