The Village Blues

The Village Blues

 

by Seah Greenhorn

(poem with copyright)

 

 

 

This world
a market.

All's
bought or sold.

Time, energies
mind, body or soul.

Price
pebbles and rocks
or silver and gold.

Atmosphere
musically

black
or rosy.

You decide the rhythm or tune.
Where the notes are played.
The location. The room.

Heart's desires puppeteered through
eyes focused

or opened wide
to
circus performers whose
slight-of-hand picks pockets
unsuspecting

upon selfish demand.

Initially

piqued by stalls
wherein lies
mirrored walls
of vice and fire.

Then

fail to notice
now only lint lines
pants once ladden
with heavy treasures.

Light and empty now
once flightiness rose

stole all
during fleeting
and temporary
pleasures.

Thought
hands of clock
spun on your side.

Found darkening hours
camouflaged
as lovely seconds
sadly sapped
revigorating powers.

Left you alone.
No beauty to cover a naked hide.

So there you lay pasted
on the docks of doom

wasting.

Away goes
the shadows and moon.

A sun too bright
depletes you more
as dry your throat
and thirsty your core.

Given a drink to rejuvenate you
your hand reaches

for quenching water
from a boat sent
or dehydrating
alcohol and beers
from passers-by lent?

Which is more valuable?
To what do you hold dear?

Your choice to choose
since you are parched.

One generously offered.
He's done his part.

Which,

in the end,
will help nourish you;

lift you up.
Encase your feet
in comfort shoes

after removing your
toes stuck in muck
found as quicksand-like land
on muddy grounds

or the
pavement
of performed nightly

Village Blues?

© a day ago, Lucretia Mccloud   

The World A Better Place

The a world A Better Place ...

by Seah Greenhorn

(Poem with copyright)

By ... Religion, politics, community, tolerance, education, intelligence, love transcending racial barriers? Kill arrogance; hatred, be unity-carriers? Sing 'We Are the World' 'til death strangles our lovely merriers?... Eight million interracial strong live moral lives a united throng praying end wickedness, crescendo in song: Better By God's Kingdom - - All Eternity Long!

Hi everybody,
This is my first contest and i am very excited to read all your entries..

Okay, so all you have to do is :

write a poem IN NO MORE THAN 7-8 LINES ,suggesting a way , which according to you would make your world a better place to live in..
Your poem could be about a social issue ,curbing which could do wonders or it could be about the art of inspiring or motivating someone .It could also be about solving any tiring issue or complex issue with your family or simply winning back a lost love, who means the world to you...

RULES:

1) It should be within 7-8 lines

2)It could be anything but it should relate to the subject in some way. If your poem is adult, do mension it.

3)NO PREWRITES.

Not compulsory , but you are suggested to comment on others work and message me about 3 poems, other than yours, which appeals you the most.

Go Ahead !! Enjoy!!
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2001760?q=world+a+better+place&p=par© 43 minutes ago, Lucretia Mccloud    hope • spiritual

John Milton's Lost Treatise

John Milton's Lost Treatise

 

by Seah Greenhorn

(poem with copyright)

 

 

 

 

John Milton

of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained

Loved my many, and by others distained
propounded the 'Truth'.

London-born bred; well-off too
Masters Degree: Cambridge 1632.

Loved History and Literature.
Lived Politics through a Monarchy restored
with Charles number two
in 1660,

though now his life periled;
went into hiding; writing
A Treatise on Christian Doctrine
complied from the Holy Scriptures

alone.

Which, unfortunately,
even 150 years later,
in-sighted controversy
in theological and literary circles

as powerful words against noted traditions
are prone to do.

A bishop
immediately pronounced the manuscript
a fraud after found;

refused to believe England's noted religious poet
would pen against cherished church doctrines.
Obviously, the real writer's mind scrambled eggs; not very sound.

Surely, he'd not reject the Calvinist doctrine of predestination in favor of free-will. Teach: the body and the soul... One... that dies?
Resurrection to both heaven and earth a future prospect? And

the Trinity, not true, according to the Bible instilled?

Milton indeed propounded the truth, though human failings tripped him too:

Divorced, un-scripturally;
though, on-a-whole, Milton presented the Bible's view.

Tried to stick with them whole-souled as in:
On Christian Doctrine.

He obliges its readers to measure their own beliefs against the unerring yardstick of Biblical proof.

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2007683?q=John+Milton%27s+Lost+Treatise&p=par© 20 hours ago, Lucretia Mccloud    misc

My Crag

My Crag

by Seah Greenhorn
(Poem with copyright)

As ice upon my heated skin

when blazing from fires outward and in,

then floating pass jagged rocky shores

through calming cool rivers

healing my blistered sores,

you bind my wounds by balmy winds

that lift me high

to mellow among dark starry skies

above false evil friends to fly;

you value me

this I know,

even when my words gone blind

do not show how wonderful

sublime 

your comfort

treasured as air

as I surface

life's drowning torrents. 

You are the Crag

that Proves To Be

my solid ledge

above all my stormy seas

of humanity's adversities.

Personify Nature- or literally describe a person's nature 


Just got over a slump in writing, so I felt like celebrating with a contest. 

Two types of poems are allowed: 

Poems that give nature human qualities, or poems that tell me about a particular person.

It's a vague prompt so don't feel trapped by the guidelines. 

I'm fond of short freeform, but quality rhyming is also acceptable.

Thank you! Psalm 18:2: "Jehovah is my crag and my stronghold and the One who rescues me. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and my horn of salvation, my secure refuge."© 4 hours ago, Lucretia Mccloud    spiritual

Ride Them Like A Pony

Hi Everyone.

Think about these words and see if you cannot identify with the sentiments:

"As for me, my feet had almost strayed; my steps had nearly slipped. For I became envious of the arrogant when I would see the peace of the wicked." Ps. 73:2,3.

"Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and washed my hands in innocence. " Vs. 13.

"But my heart was sour, and deep inside I felt sharp pain." Vs. 21.

Alright...

You've thought about it. Maybe some are thinking..."Oh...not me!" and others, "Yes! They (the unrighteous or dishonest or the just plain wicked) seem to win all the time. Why should I try and be righteous or good?" ... And then maybe others are thinking, "Yes, I felt that way before."

None of these feelings are wrong. Feelings arise inside us sometimes like a bubbling brook, an active volcano, or are deep inside us as a dark well.

However they exist is not important, since we are individuals with our own fingerprint dispositions.

How we act upon them is important.

Controlling our feelings, can be like breaking in a wild bucking horse. They may throw us off their sweaty backs sometimes, but we must hop right back on, crawl onto, or get some help ... whatever way is necessary.  But we must show them who really holds the reigns.

Get the feeling I've been viewing some Ponderosa? ...

Okay, so what is the point of the above verses today?

We have a destination; a particular goal...

"But as for me, drawing near to God is good for me. I have made the Sovereign Lord Jehovah my refuge, to declare all your works." Psalm 73:28.

This is how the author of the above mentioned verses ended his discouragement. With that reminder.

Sounds doable? ... It is :-)

His Awesomeness

Today, I felt a bit overwhelmed with life and all it has to offer. Looking around at creation; amazed at the tiniest of things and their intricacies and I thought, "How will I ever know all that I need to know?"

It was like I walked up to this growing immense mountain and decided that I must gobble it whole. The thought made me weak. I felt immobilized from all activity. 

Then I read this...

"Understanding the Almighty is beyond our reach; He is great in power, and he never violates his justice and abundant righteousness. Therefore, people should fear him. For he does not favor any who think that they are wise." Job 37:23, 24.

I don't need to know everything...just what is important at the moment and for my eternal future. And that is to get to know the Almighty even more, but in small bites.

I feel much better :-)

DECISIONS...

Hi Everyone!

Read a scripture and commentary I thought you may appreciate. Until I am settled, my posts will always try to be uplifting, though a little less of me bursting through....I apologize. 

Hopefully that will be fixed soon. Unless I want it otherwise....Pray about it.

Am I in your prayers? ... You are in mine:-)

Trust in Jehovah with all your heart and do not lean upon your own understanding.—Prov. 3:5.

Decisions! Decisions! Every day we are faced with many of them. How do you feel about the typical decisions that you face? Some people are eager to decide everything for themselves. They insist on their right to make their own decisions, resenting even the thought of someone else deciding for them.

However, there are those who dread having to make decisions beyond the routine things in life. Some turn to guidebooks or counselors and perhaps spend large sums to get the advice they feel they need.

Many of us are somewhere in-between. We realize that some things are beyond our jurisdiction and we can do nothing about them; yet, we appreciate that in many areas of life, we can make decisions according to our personal preferences. (Gal. 6:5)

Even so, we likely admit that not all the decisions we make are necessarily wise or beneficial.