Poems

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COMBAT ZONE

Harriet L. Bossard

Rid me, God, of tendencyTo fight my wayPast evil giants of the day;Mere human thrustNot strong enoughTo catapult the stoneThat renders error prone.
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MEASUREMENT

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

"How tall are you?

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MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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DIVINE POWER

Donald Heisler

Mistake, penalty—all mortal talkCan be erased, if one will walkWith Christlike thoughts of love, in light,Denying self and human plight.

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TRUE SERVICE

Imogene McCaig

Story of Martha! Still it speaks to usWho seem—so often!—in her very case,Cumbered and troubled about many things,Our thoughts, as hers, tread their harassing round:Cannot the Master see how hard our tasks?
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THE TWO GARMENTS

Florence Fraser Ludgate

The costly garment of self-pity,Intricately wrought, closely woven,Will not stretch or yield to any need.
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WHAT DO I NEED?

Carol Earle Chapin

A change?

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'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

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"RABBONI"!

Lyle T. Hammond

The simple name, "Mary," Jesus spokeTo the Magdalen Easter dawn.
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IMPARTIAL LOVE

Esther M. Scheck Peterson

What is love?
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THE WAY-SHOWER

Helen M. Childs

He mapped our path.
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DANIEL AND THE LIONS

Doris Kerns Quinn

Deep in the den, blocked by a massive stone,Daniel and the lions passed the night.
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LEAVEN

Myrtle Daugherty

A little leaven lifts the entire mass,given some time.
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BEHOLD:

Mary Dunham

You, moth on the screen door,Gazing with longingAt blue world of infinityWhere wings may climb and soar,But still hesitantly clingingTo old familiar barrier,Unsure of venturing, waiting,Unaware of the opened door.