Poetry
The Holy Box
The Holy Box The Bible had been rolled away, The Holy Name of Jesus lay Like crumpled linen on the floor. A stranger stood beside the door. “You will not find him here,” he said “This is the dwelling of the dead. You put him in a holy box But he has shattered all the […]
No One Ever Cared For Me Like Jesus
No One Ever Cared For Me Like Jesus Words and Music: C.F. Weigle This song by Charles Weigle is the product of one of the darkest periods of his life. He spent most of his life as an iterant evangelist and gospel songwriter. One day after returning home from an evangelistic crusade, he found a […]
For Every Heart that is Breaking
For Every Heart that is Breaking, Twila Paris EVERY HEART THAT IS BREAKING – 1988 For the young abandoned husband Left alone without a reason For the pilgrim in the city Where there is no home For the son without a father For his solitary mother I have a message He sees you He knows […]
Wandering Pilgrim
Wandering Pilgrim, by Twila Paris. 1989 Wandering pilgrim, searching alone Weary from travel, so far from home You need a firelight inside you to guide you Oh, wandering pilgrim, look to the wonderful star Wandering pilgrim, please take my hand I’ve been a pilgrim, I know the land You need an escort beside you to […]
Round and round and round
And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We’re captive on the carousel of time We can’t return we can only look Behind from where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game excerpt from ‘The Circle Game’ by Joni Mitchell
Things
Every night I sit here by my window (window) staring at the lonely avenue (avenue) watching lovers holding hands and laughing (laughing) and thinking bout the things we used to do (Thinking of things) like a walk in the park (things) like a kiss in the dark (things) like a sailboat ride (yeah yeah) what […]
Wings of a Dove
WINGS OF A DOVE On the wings of a snow white dove He sends His pure sweet love A sign from above On the wings of dove When troubles surround us When evils come The body grows weak The spirit grows numb When these things beset us He doesn’t forget us He sends down His […]
WIND UP – Ian Anderson
WIND UP – Ian Anderson When I was young and they packed me off to school and they taught me how not to play the game I didn’t mind if they groomed me for success or if they said that I was just a fool. So I left there In the morning with their God […]
In Memoriam A.H.H
In Memoriam A.H.H. OBIIT MDCCCXXXIII. By Alfred, Lord Tennyson STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove; Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute; Thou madest Death; and lo, thy […]
Wind Up
WIND UP – Ian Anderson When I was young and they packed me off to school and they taught me how not to play the game I didn’t mind if they groomed me for success or if they said that I was just a fool. So I left there In the morning with their God […]
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