Love is kind, it thinks before speaking
Harsh words that damage tender hearts.
Love speaks kindness with a soft voice
That sooths hurting emotions.
Love has compassion
Love builds up others
Love is giving
Love cares
Love is
Kind
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Today is National “Love is Kind” Day.
I think it’s a day we should celebrate every day!
https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-love-is-kind-day-july-27/
I am my mother’s face in the mirror,
As I speak her favorite quotes
To myself, that “This Too Shall Pass”.
I am dad’s voice echoing,
“Don’t Forget, Smell The Flowers”.
I am God’s Spirit,
Reflecting Him
To the world,
At this
Time.
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#NaPoWriMo 2020–Prompt: Self Portrait Poem
This will be the 7th year that I will be participating in #NaPoWriMo April Poetry Poem A Day Challenge.
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Things
Things lost
Things broken
Things we’ve found
Things of beauty
Things chosen in haste
Things we’ll treasure forever
Things we let go to slip away
Things broken by their use or misuse
Things left behind, forgotten, unwanted
Things dreamed about yet never received
Things dreamed about that we’ve achieved
Things we never wanted but got
Things that rose up like weeds
Things we kept to appease others
Things we threw away
Things we’ve loved
Things we miss
Things lost
Things
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Who are you that sits on a self made throne,
That’s padded with a pillow of pride,
Wearing a robe of perfection?
Your know-it-all attitude
And hastily pointing fingers,
Fill the air with dread,
As you speak words
That tear down
Someone’s
Dream.
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I wrote a poem today inside my head,
It’s positivity chased dread.
It’s words uplifted and carried,
Those dreary thoughts that tarried,
And freed my mind to see,
The joy awaiting me,
In a new day,
Where I may,
Start new!
True?
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That silver cage that surrounded me
Had now become my closest friend.
I’d come to depend on it.
It was ready to support,
Always there for me.
How could I possibly
Decide to
Let it go
For a
Cane?
It had stood ready to help me in the night.
When I was alone it brought me comfort.
I did not have to worry,
It wouldnt let me fall again.
I was safe with it,
Yet, it held me back.
No! Fear held me!
So I took the
Cane and
Walked!
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Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem that stretches your comfort zone with line breaks. That could be a poem with very long lines, or very short lines. Or a poem that blends the two.
We smiled, chittering and chattering
As daylight filled with bright sunshine
Spilled upon us walking sprightly.
In the distance a lion roared
But the sound did not reach
Our quiescent ears
Dulled by sleep.
Our guard down,
The lion
Strikes!
Caught
Off guard
We scramble
To stand and fight
The enemy attack.
Unprepared for battle,
Head and heart vulnerable
To fleshly fear and worldly anger,
We attempt to vanquish our beastly foe
Unprotected. We cry out for God to help us!
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Based on 1Peter 5:8 and Ephesians 6:10-18
Fear envelopes like a wet blanket.
I shiver from cold thoughts filling my mind,
Flooding like a broken faucet,
Drowning me with anxiety.
I sit frozen with fear,
As darkness threatens.
Then light breaks thru,
My mind clears,
Jesus
Saves!
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#Decastich Challenge or #10LPC
https://darksideofthemoon583.wordpress.com/2018/02/16/10-line-poem-challenge-18-reversed-etheree/
Looking for a place to run and hide.
Health problems falling like Fall leaves
Upon my foundation of faith.
Above me threatening
Fears loom like dark clouds,
And Doubts circle around,
Causing a chill,
Til I hear
My Lord
Speak.
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He says in Psalm 32:7 that:
Once again the leaves beneath my feet
Remind me of Summer’s recent passing
Some dressed in fall colors
Freshly fallen over night
Not yet devoid of life
Speak of coming days
Full of crisp air
Bringing change
To me and
Them
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Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 