Poems That Speak Words about Life
A Book of Poetry with Christian Viewpoints
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From the Poem: The Lizard Who Was Angry at Rainy Days
“Learn to tell yourself you will make the most of this rainy day, and look for the sunshine amidst the rainy day.”
“That’s preposterous!” replied the lizard. “How can it be a sunny day, and a rainy day at the same time?”
“No, no, you’ve got it wrong, lizard!”
“I said look for the sunny day within the rainy one.”
“That means look for all or the good that occurs in that day even though it is raining, and learn to be grateful for that good. If you do that soon your rainy day will look a whole lot sunnier, then you will never truly have to deal with a rainy day again! You would have conquered your anger and your problem by finding the sunny day within the rainy day!”
“That’s great! Replied the lizard”...................................................
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From the Poem: The Bird Named Cheetos Who Did Not Share
“Next time will you not be so greedy, and share some with a scrawny starving cat?’ “We have to eat to
you know.”
“O.k. Well I don’t see why not.” The scrawny bird also had another fault: He lacked the ability to see
Any potential harm coming his way because he was so easily fooled.
“Peer-haps, I mis-judged you. You are not greedy if you share, and are truly willing to share.
I am so—r-r-r-r-----ivy.” Pickles hissed.
The next day Cheetos where thrown on the ground.
Pickles ran into a crowd of fighting birds..............................................
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From the Poem: The Emotional Daisy That Needed to Learn to Grow
Far away, overseas existed a special place in the highlands.
It was the most beautiful field you had ever seen especially in the spring time.
It was lush and green, and full of dandelions and unusually enough a single Daisy grew here.
The Daisy felt shame because she was different from the dandelions.
She could not see the unique beauty that existed within her that made her, a Daisy.
She was clothed with golden petals, and a brown center.
She would often look around as the weather was shift from winter to spring to watch the dandelions blow away.
She envied them because although they were white, and could float in a cluster, the stuck together as the were carried away by the wind.
The daisy named Daisy did not realize that when the dandelions were carried away by the wind it was a form of death for them. They would land on the ground somewhere, and if they were lucky God would water them into the ground and they would die.
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From the poem If Only I could Remain in the Land of “Before”
As I cry myself to sleep every night,
Wishing things were different,
And gaining the strength to survive,
Only when I need it most,
Because God pulls through for me always,
When I need him most?
As I drift off to sleep,
And dream peaceful dreams,
Of a home full of laughter,
Newness of life,
Good memories of the past as they were forming.
And only in my dreams,
I can exist in somewhere in time,
Alongside my family,
As if nothing ever happened.
It is here I can exist again;
with my family that threw me away.
Laughing with them and loving others again,
Untainted by life,
Once again.
And when I need a break from re-living the good times,
Somewhere in my mind in dreams,
Somewhere in time,
I wake up within the dream,
And I find myself floating peacefully on a raft,
In a sea that is impossible to drown in,
For it does not really exist,
Except in my mind,
I rock back and forth,
Peacefully on the raft,
And fall asleep again,
With the sun beating down on me,
And I am with my family once again,
And we aren’t fracture anymore,
Because it’s a dream,
It’s before it really happened,
We are all loving each other, and enjoying one another,
As we were never able to do so well,
We are in life.
We are in the past.
Sometimes life causes so much pain,
If only we still welcomed each other,
That is all I regret,
Not what I said to them,
Only that they chose to walk away.
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About the Book
Poems that speak words about life highlight not only the good in life, but also the saddness of things that come people's way and the bad. When it highlights the bad their is saddness their and in saddness one is always able to turn a bad situation into a good one if they choose to do so. This is book filled with creative poetry some telling a story that illistrates Christian viewpoints and themes. Themes and scriptures built around creative unique poetry is cited at the end of each poem where it applies. Not all poetry involves the bible so not all poetry is cited, but all poems are united about some aspect of life or life experience either in a surreal way, a fantaical way, or in a literal sense.
About the Author
I am a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I attended and graduated from University Laboratory School (U-High), class of 1999; Southeastern Louisiana University, class of 2004; and Medical Training College, class of 2009. I attended the University of Louisiana at Monroe for one year (1999–2000) and Louisiana State University for one year (2000–2001), but I graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana (2001–2004). I have a bachelor’s of family and consumer science in the area of family studies from Southeastern Louisiana University, and a diploma as a medical office specialist from Medical Training College. I held a national license to bill and code from January 2010 through January 2012 under the National Healthcare Association. I have not done much in my life since college because I lacked a clear direction to take. Finding what I am good at such as writing, has brought clear direction to my life more recently. I have always enjoyed writing a short story or poem whenever I get inspired. I have enjoyed writing this book because I always enjoy helping others and trying to make a difference in someone else’s life! I believe that anyone is capable of making a difference in people’s lives from day to day, no matter how small it is. Don’t forget to ask yourself how you can help someone else in need today!