Category Archives: poetry

RESIDENT REACTIONARIES

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RESIDENT REACTIONARIES

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We have one “free” table

Where folks put give-aways….

The Property Manager currently

Said it had seen the last of its days.

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She said we had to put up ads

On the bulletin board to see…

And keep the stuff at home until

The board brought us remedy.

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There are , at the moment, Catholic Christmas cards…

Small cook books, cookies outspread…

Months of struggle by the Manager

A return to status quo has led!

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It’s not like in the old days

When ANYTHING put there’d be taken…

But imposing of contrary authority

No older resident has been shaken.

A GOOGLE THAT CARES

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A GOOGLE THAT CARES!

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Woke up this very morning

With a friendly letter to write…

To an honest new friend

Who asked me please to type.

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Was invited to the Internet–

Did I push something in transit….?

Walking to our Common Room

for a table and chair to sit.

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I went (of course) to Google,

And there befiore my eyes…

Was a “Happy Birthday Jonathan”–

Oh what a pleasant surprise!

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I’m aware it’s a search engine

With plenty of facts to stow…

But to see that on one’s birthday

Is more pleasurable than you’d know!

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–Jonathan caswell

HUMAN PERSONS

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HUMAN PERSONS

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English is a weird language

With lots of dips and curves…

Was it the Pope who said this phrase

Or one of his translators?

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We would say “human beings”,

Their personhood is assumed…

Despite pet owner objections

No other species we include!.

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A bone to pick about English–

Do you notice all the cliches…

Too many aren’t taught the basics,

And  richness slips away!

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I dispise proselytizers

Who will not good English learn…

Missing meanings in the Bible

Because of how phrases turn.

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I guess the uneducated

To the poorly educated go…

That’s why I.S.I.S. gains footholds

In most places that they show.

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A Muslim of my acquaintance,

Doesn’t know of the literary device…

Or how the Bible says what it says

‘Though he’s memorized it “twice.”

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Trying as a friend to explain this,

To him…he only argues…

If he really knew what he memorized

He’d open his eyes to Good News!

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Congrats to the Pope for trying

At the U.N., English to speak…

He proves the adage of Matthew five-five,

The earth is for the teachable meek!

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–Jonathan Caswell

PICTURES FROM THE SUMMER

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(Above Photo of Mrs. (Diana) Caswell taken Memorial Day,2015, by J.E. Caswell)

PICTURES FROM THE SUMMER

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Using film in a camera for us,

Doesn’t happen fast…

Developing is longer still,

Till autumn shadows are cast.

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Memorial Day, last winter

All come tumbling out…

Eight months is just too long to wait

Keeping our life’s hope stout!

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–Jonathan Caswell

SOMETHING HE’S ALWAYS WONDERED….

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SOMETHING HE’S ALWAYS WONDERED…

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Something he’s always wondered

And who that he could ask…

Do they keep a record of his browsing time?

Can he get it expunged

Or is it under lock and key

For word press to turn over in time?

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It seems to be

A separate log,

From the one in his computer he can touch…

He’s cut down his Reader load

But can he be bestowed

With his records–can it cost all that much?

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Now whom should I ask

For that special task

Or am  I on my own?

I’m so busy with the blog

I’ve forgotten how to log

Certain questions with which I’ve become at home!

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–Jonathan Caswell

SKY-BLUE-PINK EVENING

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SKY-BLUE-PINK EVENING

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Sky-blue-pink and purple

Bands across the sky…

Darkening in the setting sun,

Soon most light will die.

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Tinting things in its light

An intense peachy glow…

No more seeing sun tonight

Untill a rooster’s crow.

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–Jonathan Caswell

WHEN TROUBLES COME…by Carl Gooch

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When Troubles come

O Lord, it’s in your strength I rejoice,

And in your salvation that I’m blessed.

You have answered my hearts desire,

Your ears have heard my soul’s request.

Precious treasures you have given me;

You have wrapped me in a cloak of love.

I cried out from deaths door and you came,

Grace answered with mercy from above.

O Lord, splendor and majesty you bestow;

In your salvation your mighty glory shines.

You have smiled on me, and I am blessed,

It is upon your holy word this child dines.

My old heart now jumps with in me,

I dance like a young boy giddy and light.

I shall not be moved, I trust the Lord,

His love guards me through the night.

I will sing praises of your love and power;

My heart rejoices and my soul is at peace.

In times of great trial, when troubles come,

I’ll rest assured that your love will never cease.

Carl A. Gooch ~ 19 August 2015

ALL CELEBRATE LIFE!!!!

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ALL CELEBRATE LIFE (YES—AT FOUR A.M.) !!!!

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I don’t know why I want to

But I know I have to try….

Be thankful that you’re living—

The alternative is to die.

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I don’t know how you could celebrate,

Each one must themselves decide…

It seems foolish dancing alone–

You won’t know till you’ve tried!

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Give thanks to our Creator above

Who wants His children to know…

He has a lot to give in His love

If you would let Him say so.

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Have you danced in the dark?

Oh no—not the jig!

Your neighbors up and down the hall

May yell at the noise….YOU PIG!!!!

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Let your poor neighbors remain asleep,

While you qietly bless and give….

To someone who perhaps you may keep

And together in love you shall live!

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–Jonathan Caswell

DARK-THUNDERING MORNING

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DARK-THUNDERING MORNING

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Monday morning grey

With rumble in the air….

Forecasts are for little rain

But lots of afternoon fare.

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Storm coming in a steady front

Advancing through the night…

Three or more inches some may receive,

Prompting flash flood fright.

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We up on higher ground

Anticipate the storm…

Power poles are easily knocked down,

Then how will we stay warm?

–Jonathan Caswell

FRESH CHINA NEWS AT CHURCH

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FRESH CHINA NEWS AT CHURCH
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A couple of missionaries
Took a group short-tem overseas…
To the Peoples’ Republic
Of China to tour it
To see if there God still tarries.
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My own interest waxed early,
Not only Judson Taylor, surely,
Teaching English were friends
Of spiritual ends,
In college they went multi-yearly.
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My Christian brother, Steve,
A woman in China received…
As colleagues first
Then romance burst,
In the Lord achieved!
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They married and minister still
In some way by God’s will…
In China not
I assume they’ve got
Another role to fulfill!
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I missed that service today,
Blood sugar too high (not okay)
I had to rest,
I failed the test
And now they’ve gone away!
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–Jonathan Caswell