Tag Archives: Love

How I Got My Title

  How I Got My Title Watching Ann as she looked at this, wanted that, came back to this, studied the watches, admired the pack of multi-coloured briefs… Kind of matched my mind. It too was flitting from thought to … Continue reading

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I’m Gonna Love You Anyway

  I’m Gonna Love You Anyway I’m gonna love you like the good Lord Jesus You may not be ready, you may not be braced, But I’m coming at you for that loving embrace, And I’m gonna love you even … Continue reading

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Living with a lesser light

    Living with a lesser light Living with a Lesser Light is a Quick Poem written off Guest Blogger Serena Sinclair’s  O is for One Perfect Moment, #AtoZChallenge of APRIL 20, 2017 This is the poem that prompted Friday’s guest blog … Continue reading

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My Jesus Poems

    My Jesus Poems Apparently written in Istanbul, Dec 1963 In a letter forwarded by little sister Marjorie, Feb, 2013 I Stood Where Jesus Stood I stood where Christ stood, I sat within His cell; And at the Garden … Continue reading

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You Don’t Owe Me

  You Don’t Owe Me We lived, we loved, perhaps too hard… But now we part, I hold the card. You think that you have hurt my heart. But you don’t owe me. I’ve only done my little part, You’ve … Continue reading

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A Thousand Pieces – Part Three

  A Thousand Pieces – Part Three GUEST BLOG By Arden Nering Parts are breaking down and refusing to go The gas is getting old and the oil’s running low We try to do all the things that we can … Continue reading

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There is poetry in service

  There is poetry in service There is poetry in service, There is love in nursing care, Tenderness tends to trump clumsy, There’s dignity in fixing her hair. And service is an ode to the poet Who lives in your … Continue reading

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