POEMS FROM THE HEART

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Saturday, September 13, 2008

MY VISION OF YOU

THIS IS ANOTHER POEM FROM THE COLLECTION THAT WAS WRITTEN LONG AGO. THIS ONE IS A DIFFERENT STYLE. I REMEMBER MEETING AN ARTIST WHO GAVE ME A BOOK OF POEMS WRITTEN, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT BY A POET FROM SOUTH AMERICA, I CAN NOT REMEMBER HIS NAME, BUT I LIKED HIS STYLE OF WRITING, THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL POEMS THAT I WROTE USING THAT STYLE, THEY ARE QUITE DIFFERENT FROM MY USUAL STYLE. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, I WILL BE POSTING IN THE COMING DAYS, THANKS KENT MY VISION OF YOU Images, on a screen,... Sign in to see full entry.

WE COULD MATCH THE BEAUTY OF THIS PLACE

SOME READERS HAVE ENCOURAGED ME TO SHARE SOME POEMS THAT I WROTE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, AT A DIFFERENT TIME AND PLACE. I SUPPOSE IT WILL DO NO HARM, PERHAPS EVEN THESE CAN BE USED TO MAKE SOMEONES DAY A TINY BIT BETTER, THAT WOULD BE NICE. I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT MOST OF THESE AND HAD NOT READ THEM IN YEARS, MOST HAVE NEVER BEEN READ BY ANYONE, IT IS KIND OF STRANGE BRINGING THEM OUT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. I WILL BE POSTING SOME OF THESE IN THE COMING DAYS. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. KENT WE COULD... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 12, 2008

I AM A POET AND A DREAMER

I RECEIVED A COMMENT FROM ONE OF MY READERS ASKING IF I WROTE ANY POEMS ON OTHER THINGS. I REPLIED THAT SINCE 1991, WHEN I WAS SAVED, I HAD LIMITED MY WRITING TO INSPIRATIONAL POEMS AND GOSPEL SONGS. I STATED THAT YEARS AND YEARS AGO IN THE 60'S AND 70'S I WROTE OTHER POEMS, MOSTLY LOVE POEMS OR NATURE POEMS. BUT THAT I REMEMBERED MOST OF THEM BEING KIND OF PITIFUL AND TEAR JERKERS, IT SEEMED THEN THAT I WAS BROKEN HEARTED MOST OF THE TIME, BUT I TOLD THIS PERSON THAT IF I COULD FIND SOME OF... Sign in to see full entry.

USE ME TO TELL THE STORY

NUMBER 14, READ THEM ALL, I PRAY YOU WILL BE BLESSED. USE ME TO TELL THE STORY I SPENT SO MUCH TIME DRIFTING LOST UPON THE SEA I WAS SINKING DEEP IN SIN BUT YOUR BLOOD WASHED ME CLEAN YOU CAME AND RESCUED ME ON MY KNEES EARLY ONE MORNING AND NOW I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR USING ME TO TELL THE STORY YOU SAID TO TELL THE STORY TO ALL WHO WOULD HEAR AND WHEN I NEEDED YOU YOU WOULD ALWAYS BE NEAR WHAT GREATER PRIVILEGE FOR SOMEONE SO UNWORTHY THANK YOU DEAR LORD FOR USING ME TO TELL THE STORY I... Sign in to see full entry.

THE OLD MAN

NUMBER 13, READ MORE, THE OLD MAN THE OLD MAN ONE SUNDAY EVENING THERE CAME A KNOCK UPON MY DOOR, IT WAS AN OLD MAN, A BUM WITH HOLES IN THE CLOTHES HE WORE. HE SAID, "I WAS WONDERING, IF YOU MIGHT INVITE ME IN." "I'M SO TIRED AND HUNGRY AND MY BONES ACHE FROM THE COLD WIND." AND I SAID, "OH, I'M SO SORRY BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME." "I WAS JUST ON MY WAY TO CHURCH, AND I JUST CAN'T BE LATE THIS TIME." THEN AN ANGRY VOICE CAME DOWN UPON US AND IT FILLED ME WITH FEAR. IT SAID, "WHY RUSH OFF... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

I'VE JUST GOT TO MAKE IT

THIS IS THE TWELFTH POEM I'VE POSTED IN THIS CATEGORY, I WILL BE ADDING MORE DAILY, READ THEM ALL, I PRAY THEY WILL BE A BLESSING TO YOU. I ALSO HAVE SOME IN THE RELIGION CATEGORY, CHECK THEM OUT. I'VE JUST GOT TO MAKE IT LORD YOU KNOW HOW I LOVE YOUR BEAUTIFUL WORLD OF NATURE THE MOUNTAINS, THE FLOWERS THE STREAMS AND THE SKY NOW I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT CITY YOU'VE PREPARED AND ALL OF THE BEAUTY THAT IS WAITING INSIDE I'VE JUST GOT TO MAKE IT I'VE JUST GOT TO MAKE IT IT'S ALL THAT MATTERS... Sign in to see full entry.

ONE NAME THAT IS GREATER

ONE NAME THAT IS GREATER WHAT IS THERE IN A NAME SOME BELIEVE THEY'RE ALL THE SAME AND I'VE HEARD IT SAID THE SWEETEST SOUND IS A PERSONS OWN NAME AND A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD SMELL JUST AS SWEET BUT THERE IS ONE NAME UNDER HEAVEN THAT JUST CAN'T BE BEAT THERE IS ONE NAME THAT IS GREATER THAN ALL THE OTHER NAMES COMBINED THERE IS ONE NAME THAT IS SWEETER AND GROWS SWEETER ALL THE TIME THERE IS ONE NAME WE CALL ON AND LIVE FOREVER MORE THERE IS ONE NAME, JUST ONE NAME IT IS JESUS, MY LORD ©... Sign in to see full entry.

WILL YOU BE WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO BE

WILL YOU BE WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO BE ONE DAY SOON HE WILL BE COMING AND HIS FACE WE WILL ALL SEE WILL HE RECOGNIZE YOU WILL YOU BE WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO BE WILL HE HAVE TEARS IN HIS EYES OR WILL THE ANGELS REJOICE AND SING WILL HE SAY I'M SORRY I NEVER KNEW YOU OR WILL YOU NAME BE ON THE GIFT HE BRINGS WILL HE TAKE YOU HOME WITH HIM WILL YOU JOIN HIS HEAVENLY BAND WILL HE SAY COME WITH ME CHILD WILL YOU BE ABLE TO HOLD HIS NAIL-SCARRED HAND WILL YOU FEEL SWEET PEACE AND JOY WILL HE SAY TODAY... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

THE SON WILL SHINE ON ME

THE SON WILL SHINE ON ME AT TIMES I THINK I CAN'T MAKE IT BUT HE LETS ME KNOW I'M NOT ALONE MY JESUS IS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP ME WHEN I JUST CAN'T MAKE IT ON MY OWN HE HAS NEVER FORSAKEN ME ON HIS PROMISES I KNOW I CAN STAND JESUS PUT HIS LOVE IN MY HEART I PUT MY LIFE IN HIS HANDS I WILL LIFT MINE EYES TOWARD HEAVEN AND A SIMPLE PRAYER I WILL SAY AND THERE WILL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS EVEN ON THE DARKEST OF DAYS AND WHEN LIFES WORRIES CONSUME ME AND MY BLINDED EYES CAN'T SEE HIS LOVE WILL LIGHT... Sign in to see full entry.

EVEN IN THE VALLEY

EVEN IN THE VALLEY WHEN YOU'RE IN THE VALLEY KEEP YOUR EYES ON HIM DON'T BE DISCOURAGED LEST YOU FALL INTO SIN AND DON'T LOOK DOWN CAUSE THERE IS STILL A WAYS TO GO JUST KEEP YOUR EYES ON HEAVEN AND STAY ON THE NARROW ROAD EVEN IN THE VALLEY HE CAN STILL POUR OUT A BLESSING EVEN IN THE VALLEY YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN EVEN IN THE VALLEY HE LOVE CAN REACH YOU EVEN IN THE VALLEY HIS GENTLE HAND WILL PULL YOU THROUGH EVEN IN THE VALLEY YOU CAN STILL PRAISE THE LORD YOU CAN STILL JUMP FOR JOY WITH... Sign in to see full entry.

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