http://www.poemsabout.org The best poems and quotes Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:56:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Other fields, other groundto till, to tend, to watch, to shepherd other flocksoffering welcome, hope,a vision of God’s lovein other times, other placesOther work, for the kingdomfor God’s glory, the hope of mankindsharing gifts in unplanned waysfollowing the call to servewherever he may leadJune 29, 2008Matthew 10:40-42,1 Corinthians 3:5-9and sermon ... http://www.poemsabout.org/other-fields-raymond-a-foss/ Impossible questions, real-life questions rang through the church this week, hard painful impossible questions of lossof death in sudden and agonizingly long waysof young lives lost to cancer, to SIDS, of questions and loss for so many who knew themwho knew their parents, of the cascade of memorythat we all ... http://www.poemsabout.org/questions-of-the-children-raymond-a-foss/ A fence of wattlesPlaced just so in the mudshaped in labyrinthout in the currentby the landing, in the channelAn old fashioned toolSpring to WinterSentinels in the waterTended by the lone fisherAnachronistic in modern timesa fish weir in the rivernamed for an eel.1/1/06 17:10From my memory of the weir in the ... http://www.poemsabout.org/weir-raymond-a-foss/ v.8-18 L. M.God's gentle chastisement; or, His tender mercy to his people.The Lord, how wondrous are his ways!How firm his truth! how large his grace!He takes his mercy for his throne,And thence he makes his glories known.Not half so high his power hath spreadThe starry heav'ns above our head,As his ... http://www.poemsabout.org/psalm-103-part-2-isaac-watts/ The Props assist the HouseUntil the House is builtAnd then the Props withdrawAnd adequate, erect,The House support itselfAnd cease to recollectThe Auger and the Carpenter --Just such a retrospectHath the perfected Life --A past of Plank and NailAnd slowness -- then the Scaffolds dropAffirming it a Soul. http://www.poemsabout.org/the-props-assist-the-house-emily-dickinson/ Her baby was so full of glee, And through the dayIt laughed and babbled on her knee In happy play.It pulled her hair all out of curl ... http://www.poemsabout.org/young-mother-robert-william-service/ I would like to sing someone to sleep,have someone to sit by and be with.I would like to cradle you and softly sing,be your companion while you sleep or wake.I would like to be the only personin the house who knew: the night outside was cold.And would like to listen ... http://www.poemsabout.org/to-say-before-going-to-sleep-rainer-maria-rilke/ WHERE now these mingled ruins lie A temple once to Bacchus rose, Beneath whose roof, aspiring high, Full many a guest forgot his woes. No more this dome, by tempests torn, Affords a social safe retreat; But ravens here, with eye forlorn, And clustering bats henceforth will meet. ... http://www.poemsabout.org/on-the-ruins-of-a-country-inn-philip-freneau/ How, in the light of morning,Round me thou glowest,Spring, thou beloved one!With thousand-varying loving blissThe sacred emotionsBorn of thy warmth eternalPress 'gainst my bosom,Thou endlessly fair one!Could I but hold thee clasp'dWithin mine arms!Ah! upon thy bosomLay I, pining,And then thy flowers, thy grass,Were pressing against my heart.Thou coolest the ... http://www.poemsabout.org/ganymede-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/ It is yourself you seekIn a long rage,Scanning through light and darknessMirrors, the page,Where should reflected beThose eyes and that thick hair,That passionate look, that laughter.You should appearWithin the book, or doubled,Freed, in the silvered glass;Into all other bodiesYourself should pass.The glass does not dissolve;Like walls the mirrors stand;The printed ... http://www.poemsabout.org/man-alone-louise-bogan/