poetry – Page 2 – innocence abroad

we are all like peter

By: littlepeace April 21, 2019April 21, 2019

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do you love Me, friend? do you love Me, dear peter? oh, do you love Me? it’s Easter morning and we are all like peter — what will you reply?

in the midst of death

By: littlepeace April 20, 2019

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as i was driving through the spring sunshine
i noticed a red bud tree by the roadside

no one would believe

By: littlepeace April 19, 2019April 19, 2019

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they say you didn’t look like much
at the best of times

washing day

By: littlepeace April 18, 2019April 19, 2019

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i didn’t know what maundy meantas i crept into the sanctuaryand sat alone at the end of the pew

brave words, dear peter

By: littlepeace April 17, 2019

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i’ll never leave you …

something more than moses

By: littlepeace April 16, 2019

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bring me a dish of bitter herbs
and a cup brim-full of sorrow’s tears

cleaning day

By: littlepeace April 15, 2019

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when the Son came home …

the colors of sunday

By: littlepeace April 14, 2019

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the world is awash in cream and lavender the invading violets have marched across the lawn flanking the driveway in a company of purple and circling the tree in the meadow in a fairy ring of amethyst and white beyond the fence the neighbor’s lilac is just starting to break into bloom; the fruit trees…