Poems

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A certain dawn

David C. Kennedy

On earth, as it turns, we see the sun rise then disappear
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On the same side

Glynis Burgdorff

I thought we were on opposite sides.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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From Faculties indestructible

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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'...and having done all, to stand'*

David C. Kennedy

May I meekly bend when the winds push hard, may I bow as low as I must go, may I kneel in patient waiting, listening, thankful, till Your strong arm lifts me up.

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Troubleshooting

William Stafford

On still days when country telephonewires go south, go home, go quietly away intothe woods, a certain little brown bird appears,hopping and flying by starts, following the line,trying out each pole.
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Heaven everywhere

Bea Roegge

"t" looks like a crossand acts like a cross,for when added to "here"
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WHAT A DAY!

Emmanuel Nyakoni

This is my day,Yes, this is my day.

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Shared reflections

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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You can be sure

Bea Roegge

I wakened, fearful, in the dark,But did not seek a lamp.
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Borne upon wings

Whitney Woodruff Moody

On single stanchion worn silver smoothby seasons' steady turning he pauses.
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The enemy within

Pam Chance

I went to Berlinto see what Lovewould show me, and myown walls came tumbling down.
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Comfort

Brian Kissock

Shortly after the terrorist bombing of 1998 in Omagh, Northern Ireland, the homeland of the author of this poem, Brian Kissock, recorded these words as a healing response to the grief that followed—including his own for several good friends who were lost in that tragedy.
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Psalm: God's beauty

Hugh Pendexter III

Thou art beautiful, oh Lord, my God,Beautiful beyond the mortal dreamThat feebly imitates infinity:Blind atoms hurtle aimless through the voidOf solid matter; and gadding galaxiesCavort in billion-year-long cartwheelsThrough vacuous immensities of space;More beautiful than helical capriceOf molecules entwined in DNA.
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Trusting

David C. Kennedy

Must we lend a handto guide the orbiting moon?