Poems

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FOR A PRACTITIONER

Joanne Mazna Garinger

I called for help tonight;your warm voice comforted me.

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DISCIPLESHIP

Pansy O. Alexander

The Master spoke,He questioned thrice, "Thou lovest me?

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SOUND OF RAIN

Margery Macdonald Cantlon

Run , run ahead, swift feet,firm hands are holding the mantle;nothing can cause you to stumble,nothing can stop the free running,glad cry of the eager heart.

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So often, Father, I have given thanksFor understanding better how to pray,For countless blessings: healings, lessons learned,The times of listening that revealed Your way;Oh, now my heart is singing gratitude!Today, in demonstration, I can seeThat although I, through love, have chosen You,You first, dear Father Love, had chosen me.

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TRUE PERSPECTIVE

Charlotte Bruce

The whole world is my family!No tight-knit possessive corecold-shouldering the rest:but circumference of universal thoughtincluding these—and these—and these peoplesof far-flung empires.

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ALL THINGS NEW

Vera Sohr Kelly

Now I can see that all things are new!The leaves for the healing of nationsglow in the morning dew.

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MILLSTONE OR MILESTONE

Peter J. Henniker-Heaton

A millstone or a milestone,Which shall it be?

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BARTIMAEUS

Gibbs Hofmann

Blind Bartimaeus, pitifully cryingFor mercy, did not shrink nor lose his poise,But cried the more in steadfastly defyingThe grumbling crowd's demand to make less noise.