ramonathompsont posted a new Poem titled The Christmas Cross 15 weeks ago
The wish is yours to grant
Here and now in this holiday season
Every good thing you say you are, you can be now
Can't you just picture it?
Heavenly help sent from above
Reach out and help your fellow man
It's more important this year then any... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 9TH POEMS: On That Friday Night/Saturday Morning In July, 1974 15 weeks ago
I do not know which weekend of that July, or
when---before or after midnight---this happened:
You, Jesus, called me by my given first name;
You called me from sleep to step outside to view Your stars.
Without disgust, or mockery, or shame,
You... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 1ST ORTHODOX POEMS: Pause To Rejoice In The Orthodox Faith 15 weeks ago
I thank You, Jesus, that my Faith has reached a fuller bloom;
and I know that from Your three-barred cross, You conquered my death
so that I need not fear to draw that final breath
which will be, for me as for all Your redeemed a transition
into... [read more] |
orangejumpsuit posted a new Poem titled Stoop kid is afraid to leave the stoop 15 weeks ago
City block fairy tales
a tale of two cities
one where they are in beauty parlors all day
braiding and weaving, waiting for government assistance like we used to wait for god
compacts written in stolen blood and crude chains
then the... [read more] |
joy posted a new Poem titled DAILY GRATITUDE GREAD-GRANDDAUGHTER 15 weeks ago
I am grateful for our
daughter
granddaughter
great-granddaughter
niece
as we draw closer and closer to the moment of her birth
for all the joy and wonder she’s already given our family
before setting foot upon the Earth.
[read more] |
joy posted a new Poem titled JOY OF ANTICIPATION 15 weeks ago
May we be blessed to understand…
in the time before any creation…
how much joy and comfort and delight
there is in the anticipation. [read more] |
joy posted a new Poem titled OUR ACORN IN THE SNOW 15 weeks ago
There was a dusting of snow in North Carolina…
where our first great granddaughter is due to arrive any day.
and as we wait down here in Florida
for that call or text to come our way.
and this time in limbo seems to move little... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled @ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; High School Memory, Two "Steady" BoyFriends After The Friday Night Game 15 weeks ago
Quarterback, he has thrown record distances.
Now, naked with you (the class nerd), he stands (your
(request) for your hand's rhythm. Soon, glistening
strings of his e'lated sweetstuff fly across
the carpeted floor.
Starward-Led [read more] |
catherine posted a new Poem titled tryin' to get by 15 weeks ago
Something about your lip filler
makes you look like a mess
makes you look like a train wreck
makes you look like you could set the place on fire
and all us fuckers had it coming to us anyway
something about your sky-high false lashes
and... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 9TH POEMS: At Mark 4, 39-41, I Obtained Understanding 15 weeks ago
[Genesis 50:20]
The spiritual paradox of this ravenous illness
is that it creates in my chaotic soul a stillness
in which my self-satisfaction fails and ceases;
and I realize how much more (though a Catholic Christian) I need of Jesus:
how much... [read more] |
Teytonon posted a new Poem titled Blake, stay awake 15 weeks ago
A funeral director named Meyer
Decided he would retire
The problem that faced him
Who would replace him
And help the people who die? Er..
Meyer had a nephew named Blake
A young man in need of a break
Lost his job as a clerk
Was... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 1ST ORTHODOX POEMS: θυσίαν αἴνεσις, In Anticipation Of My Own Repose In Christ, Probably Sooner Than Later 15 weeks ago
I thank You, Lord Jesus, for the way Faith prevails,
as it brings out of chaos, numerous---but now well ordered---details.
that now provide a matured interpetation.
I thank You that, after my final taken breath
on earth, I will see You as You are:... [read more] |
Teytonon posted a new Poem titled Don’t forget the vet 15 weeks ago
We've set aside a day
The last Monday in May
To honor those who have died
In the armed forces worldwide
A day to remember
And honor the dead
We've set aside a day
The 11th of November
A day to remember
Those who... [read more] |
Teytonon posted a new Poem titled Tired of the tried and true? Try something new 15 weeks ago
It's an expression short and sweet
Let's say you happen to meet
Someone you know
You might say 'How are you bro?
What's the word on the street?'
Time for that expression to take a backseat
To a new one I feel packs more heat
I've... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 1ST ORTHODOX POEMS: Personal Variation On The JESUS Prayer 15 weeks ago
Lord Jesus Christ, my Bright and Morning Star:
have mercy upon me the sinner.
The light and warmth my soul needs, so that it may thrive,
exist only in You, Love being Who You are.
Starward-Led [read more] |
