Sunday, November 23, 2008
DYING TO GO-----IN HONOR OF MY DAD
IN HONOR OF MY DAD, HIS LAST WORDS WERE "IT WON'T BE LONG NOW, I AM READY TO GO." DYING TO GO SINCE I WAS A LITTLE BOY AT THE CHURCH RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD I HAVE HEARD ABOUT HEAVEN HEARD ABOUT THE STREETS OF GOLD ALWAYS WANTED TO GO THERE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY GOAL HEAVEN IS A SPECIAL PLACE WHERE I AM...
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
I DON'T THINK I SHALL EVER KNOW
MY SECOND ATTEMPT AT THE NEW STYLE OF YESTERDAYS' POEM, 8 SYLLABLES PER LINE, LAST LINE OF EACH STANZA THE SAME. I DON'T THINK I SHALL EVER KNOW A GIFT THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF ONE WILL NEVER HEAR THE WORD NO WHY SOME REJECT SUCH A GREAT LOVE I DON'T THINK I SHALL EVER KNOW EVEN WHEN REACHING THE...
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Friday, November 21, 2008
MY HANDS ARE UNABLE TO MEND
DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY MERKIE POSTED A POEM AND EXPLAINED THE RHYME SCHEME AND INVITED EVERYONE TO TRY IT. EACH LINE HAD 8 SYLLABLES AND EACH STANZA ENDED WITH THE SAME LINE. I HAD NEVER TRIED TO JUST SIT DOWN AND WRITE A POEM, THEY HAVE ALWAYS JUST COME TO ME, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY, I HAVE TO...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
I SPOKE YESTERDAY OF HOW MY MOTHER HAD PASSED AWAY LAST THANKSGIVING AND HOW I MISSED HER, AFTER WRITING YESTERDAY AND SHARING THE POEM "WHEN ALL THE CHILDREN ARE HOME" I GOT THE NEWS THAT MY MOM'S TWIN SISTER'S DAUGHTER, MY 1ST COUSIN ELIZABETH HAD PASSED AWAY, BROKEN HEARTED I WONDERED AROUND...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
HAPPY THANKSGIVING---"WHEN ALL THE CHILDREN ARE HOME"
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR, BEFORE ALL THE ACTIVITIES BEGIN, I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE MY HEART, MY MOM PASSED AWAY THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING LAST YEAR, IT WAS ALWAYS HER FAVORITE DAY ALSO, IT WILL BE HARD NOT HAVING HER THIS YEAR BUT I THANK GOD FOR...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
JESUS BEATS EVERYTHING I'VE EVER SEEN
JESUS BEATS EVERYTHING I'VE EVER SEEN I'VE SEEN THE MIRACLE OF A BABY WHEN IT'S BORN I'VE SEEN THE MIRACLE OF THE WAVES UPON THE SHORE THESE EYES HAVE SEEN SO MANY THINGS BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT JESUS BEATS EVERYTHING THAT I'VE EVER SEEN JESUS BEATS EVERYTHING THAT I'VE EVER SEEN AND HEAVEN IS SO MUCH...
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Monday, November 17, 2008
I'VE NEVER FOUND HIS THRONE EMPTY
I'VE NEVER FOUND HIS THRONE EMPTY I'VE NEVER BEEN LEFT ALONE HE'S BEEN THERE EVERY MILE HE STICKS CLOSER THAN A BROTHER HE HELPS ME FACE EVERY TRIAL NO VALLEY HAS BEEN TOO DEEP THAT I COULDN'T TOUCH HIS HAND I'VE NEVER FOUND HIS THRONE EMPTY ON HIS PROMISES I KNOW I CAN STAND I'VE NEVER FOUND HIS...
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
THE OLD MAN, LITTLE MARY, JESUS AND ME
"A POET'S ONLY REWARD IS AN UNKNOWN HEART, ONCE BROKEN, BUT NOW ABLE TO MEND, OR TWO MISTY EYES THAT PAUSE LONG ENOUGH, TO SAY I WISH THAT I HAD KNOWN HIM." KENT PHALEN MATTHEW, MARK, JOHN AND LUKE THE OLD MAN, LITTLE MARY, JESUS AND ME I REMEMBER THE OLD MAN WHO FIRST TAUGHT ME IN SUNDAY SCHOOL I...
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM GOD'S LOVE
NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM GOD'S LOVE WHAT IS MAN? THAT GOD WOULD BE MINDFUL OF HIM WHY WOULD HE SEND HIS SON TO DIE FOR OUR SINS FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT WAS REASON ENOUGH NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM GOD'S LOVE NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM GOD'S LOVE NOT A MOUNTAIN OR A VALLEY NO OCEAN IS...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
MY HEART CAN REST AWHILE
MY HEART CAN REST AWHILE AS I TRAVEL DOWN THIS LONG ROAD SOMETIMES I BECOME SO TIRED SO MANY HEARTACHES AND YET ANOTHER TRIAL NO OASIS IN SIGHT YET I KNOW ALL THE WHILE THAT IN HIS LOVING ARMS MY HEART CAN REST AWHILE IN HIS LOVING ARMS MY HEART CAN REST AWHILE IN HIS LOVING ARMS I FIND STRENGTH FOR...
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