Christ in Post-Christian Culture
Hello fellow addicts I am your disease,I will never let you sleep or put your mind at ease,I will always be here no matter where you go,I am smarter than you and I am in control,Family, friends, and loved ones they won't matter anymore,I'll take everything you got and still want something moreI was there …
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Can I be realjust for a moment?(If I linger I mightstart hating myselfall over again.)I stand before you,a boyfriend, butnot a partner,appealing toyour kinder side. You reach for me,seemingly annoyedbut not meaningto endangerour entanglement.We wallow inour emotions—they seem to formwho we are whentogether. We don’t know how tobe apart. Fromthe startthere was nothingother than us;no …
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I wrote a poem once while sleeping, Each line flowing into the next, flawlessly fitting, As easy as knitting (remembering Grandma). It was as if I could not stop, I could not fail. Although the words were like building blocks, As if I were erecting the world’s greatest skyscraper, It was not about architecture. It …
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Some people go their whole lives without ever writing a single poem. Extraordinary people who don't hesitate to cut somebody's heart or skull open. They go to baseball games with the greatest of ease and play a few rounds of golf as if it were nothing. These same people stroll into a church as if …
My good friend David J. Bauman has been a poet for longer than I know. I had the privilege of working with him at the Priestley-Forsyth Memorial Library in Northumberland, PA for about a year before he took a position at the Plains Township Library. Seems I met David at the right time in my …
I wrote a poem once while sleeping, Each line flowing into the next, flawlessly fitting, As easy as knitting (remembering Grandma). It was as if I could not stop, I could not fail. Although the words were like building blocks, As if I were erecting the world’s greatest skyscraper, It was not about architecture. It …
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Sadness seems to demand gray; Brighter hues just get in the way Of wallowing, of wading through misery. Does mood really affect color choice? You wonder why you’re stuck all day In a dull mood, dark, lost. You’re “in the blues,” in a funk, Your favorite color long gone, out of reach; The brightness of …
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I received a copy of a post today with a great poem in it. I just had to share it with you. If you enjoy it,check out more at https://memorphilia.wordpress.com. I think you'll really like Red Birds posted May 8, 2015. Walk me home Where the lights burn In an orange haze Through the icy …
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What makes someone a poet? Is it all about rhyming and sounding flowery? Maybe it has to do with making profound statements or painting a picture with words. Does it involve moving people to tears or creating an emotional surge? Could it be all of the above? Yes, it could. Some of my favorite poems …
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