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I Hunger
I Hunger Away from the paths I usually walk, I hunger. My mind clear, grains green all around me, I open my heart, my mind, my soul today. Fill me up.
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Loving My Sons
I was struggling with some things this past weekend, but it was a joy to have both sons and my daughter-in-law at home on Friday and Saturday and some of Sunday. I was blessed. Loving My Sons I...
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Take Heart
Humura Take heart beautiful one. In our Father’s eye, you are beautiful and whole. From brokenness, you are restored when you speak to God. By grace, you are restored. Hopeful, may you be filled...
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Hunger
I wrote this short poem during a fast day. It is where I was that day. I Hunger Away from the paths I usually walk, I hunger. My mind clear, grains green all around me, I open my heart, my mind, my...
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My Sons
It is good to be pleased with one’s sons, I think. . . . . . . . My Sons, Who Please Me Will I sound blasphemous to introduce My Sons: These are my sons, in whom I am well pleased. Will I sound evil to...
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I Hunger
I am repeating a poem from last August. I Hunger Away from the paths I usually walk, I hunger. My mind clear, grains green all around me, I open my heart, my mind, my soul today. Fill me up. (C) Tom...
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Remembering John
I have been remembering my old friend John. John, in Days Gone Far Away This John seemed like some harsh philosopher when I first met him hiking home in sixty-nine. In those early days, I rarely saw...
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Fear Not
I am reprinting a poem from January 2011. See you next week! No Worries Today I am grown, I have listened, I have faced terrors with calm and boldness. And yet I fear this day. I fear that I may...
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Top Posts of Poems in 2012
These were my poems in 2012 that received the most views. I’m not sure how significant this is though, since I don’t actually have many followers: Manna in My Life, April 25 Peace, Not Alone, April 22...
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My favorite Posted Poems of 2012
These were my favorite poems from 2012 (at least as of today): 5. Abba, Thank You Today October 30, 2012 4. Peace, Not Alone April 22, 2012 3. Brother Paul, Father Paul April 28, 2012 2. Word, Law...
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Cold Early Prayer
Coffee long gone, cup dry-stained, and Frost etching across these thin-paned portals, We hear voices, poems clearly ascribed across years. Three o’clock high, and pain crushes his spirit, fragile bones...
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Refreshing
Working through three more stanzas of Psalm 119 from February 2012: K. Knowing Integrity Your hands created me and you know me. Knowing me, Lord, you help me to know me. Knowing you, Holy One, my...
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Deep Dark
At the Cross In the deep dark early this morning, skies so black and veiled, we saw little clearly, and felt the dark fall on each of us. I was there at the cross, overcome with grief and guilt and...
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Fear
Reblogged from shelbycourtland: Wherever I will sleep tonight, I'll get another bedbug bite. No comfort shall I know, in cots, row after row. No peaceful dreams for me. No cocoa, no hot tea. Just a...
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So Costly
god exists… (Photo credit: loungerie) So Costly Grace so costly, the cross is constructed again, true life found in grace. God is at the center, caring, other-person concerned. This life is given...
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Love
Love, Fabric Of real people, we care for festers; Practical, more than just ethical, we dirty our hands. We ache and cry at the end of the day. Like Christ, we love the real person. More a doing than...
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In Great Beauty Judged
I was studying Psalm 50 last week, and perhaps just browsing some through my Bible and through my personal journal, when this piece just kind of flowed out. In Great Beauty, Judged God has been with...
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Strong
This poem received good feedback in September, but I noticed in statistics that not many people read this blog entry. That has led me to re-post it today. Strong and Courageous How can I be strong and...
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Listening Warm
It has been a bit warmer these past couple days. And we have some sunshine. But even on the rainy mornings, I am warmed. Listening Warm There is brilliance in the sunrise this day, and I listen. I...
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Mana
Manna in My Life Not so hungry in my belly, I still love My morning manna. Some mornings I put nut spread on my matzoh, and taste and texture combine to thrill me. And better than hard rolls in the...
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