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How Many Tears Let our eyes draw from the river's outpouring; the priceless tears of penitents โ€” let not our eye's liquid be still. The moisture that creates rich soil of a soul watered with the weeping of repentance. Such a fountain to bathe in! Tears as the gift that express both love and remorse โ€” love born from gratitude. Our tears become holy dew when we find Jesus waiting at the well. He...

December 29th poem: How Many Tears

Dec 29, 2024
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Shaved In the spring we would give our Cocker Spaniel a close shave to release him of the matted fur from winter past. Becoming too light for himself, he bumped into doorways and furniture, looking like a naked chicken, exposed and ashamed. He shivered with the chill of lost cover โ€” so sheepish, he ran and hid behind the couch. I would gather him up and wrap the Afghan around him to warm him and...

December 28th poem: Shaved

Dec 29, 2024
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Hermitage You never saw me. I wasn't here. This lone wolf, sneaking through the underbrush on a word-smithing retreat. It's neat to be in the seat of creativity, hiding inside and sliding โ€” biding my time, with nature filling in the blanks. I was going somewhere, anywhere but here. Now, the trees, the bees, the knees of brush and foliage, rest with the doe and the deer mouse, breathing life into...

December 27th poem: Hermitage

Dec 29, 2024
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Hymn I heard a sound in the dense jungle of today soft as silence โ€” a mute song carried along on the river of bliss into my heart, into this mind. It rose from the abyss; light of laughter shone into my soul โ€” an illumination of love, through my essence with the darkest thoughts of loneliness and pain โ€” there the single note filled the space resonated with my psyche and left me only JOY. by ...

December 25th poem: Hymn

Dec 26, 2024
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This was posted on September 18th of this year. But because it is Christmas Eve, I think it is especially fitting that I recognize the blessed event commemorated every year and the God who loves us. God Bless us, Every One. A Baby Too Jesus was a baby too; round and soft and frail like you. Mary cuddled him close and warm while Joseph kept him safe from harm. Shepherds came, Him to adore. Wise men...

December 24th Poem: A Baby Too

Dec 24, 2024
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Friends It's nice to have a friend like you; kind and generous, faithful and true. Some friend come and some friends go. But you're still here and so I know. we'll be friends 'til old we grow. Like lovers and spouses, we age and so we've known each other's faults and sins. We share each other's losses and wins. I'm not too elegant, but I'd like to say, " Thanks for being my friend, today. " by Ann...

December 22cd Poem: Friends

Dec 23, 2024
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Erica Her eyes are so blue and she has that strawberry hair. Those dimples, that grin, it doesn't seem fair. Then they say, " Oh, she's Irish." And that's supposed to say it all. She does the darnedest things, like dancing with the dog, planting seeds or jumping off a log. Sometimes she touches butterfly wings. Then they say, " Oh, she's four." and that's supposed to say it. She stomps her feet an...

December 21st poem: Erica

Dec 23, 2024
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Throw Away Your Golden Mask Its pale amber glistens in moonlight, falling across the bed we used all winter. The pace of city life - its rush of hours, took away those silent colors we cherished while we were together. I am the still, falling rain โ€” the silent, glistening snow now settling into darkness; hiding behind my tarnished mask. In the city, we let others look at our pearls and gold; we ...

December 20th Poem: Throw Away Your Golden Mask

Dec 20, 2024
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I'd See This Anywhere I never saw a green bean dance, nor saw a pumpkin curtsy; yet every time I get the chance I join them in a swirly. I didn't see the onion glance upon the cows of Derry, nor did I say they had the chance to steal from Mrs. McLeary. I didn't see the meanness in a freezing summer morn, yet wondered at the way the trees all looked forlorn. I never learned the tragedy of chickens ...

December 19th poem: I'd See This Anywhere

Dec 20, 2024
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