Whispers Etched in Stone
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Whispers Etched in Stone is a remarkable anthology of poems of varied, yet subtly different qualities. Simple reflections and personal thoughts on love, life, and faith. Elisa Morelli’s ardent wish is to share with others, life and its goodness in its many forms. She hopes to help others know why we believe.
Elisa Morelli
Uncle Freddy McGee found himself in a maximum security prison for 10 years. He had seen how many individuals used the prison system as a revolving door; repeating offenses that would later cause them to return to being incarcerated. He saw that to have freedom and remain productive he would need to invest time in making deep changes in his life. Today Uncle Freddy is married, father of a step son and two daughters, and three grandchildren. For over 30 years he has been on teams that provide mitigation, scholarships for education, mentoring, and community awareness. He has many hours in various training formats and has worked with some of the finest in the criminal justice system.
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Whispers Etched in Stone - Elisa Morelli
Copyright © 2018 by Elisa Morelli.
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This book
is dedicated to my mother,
Mary Helen,
and her love of poetry.
I believe the best way to enjoy this book
is to read through the Table of Contents
and look into a poem that catches your fancy.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Book I
The Building Stones
Lean to Light the Wick
A Proverb
Not a Problem?
Our House
The Noon Day’s Breeze
To Be In Position
That’s Why
The Race
Currency of Heaven
A Great Grief
The Hands of Time
Created Equal
Upon a Rock (Written in China)
Face Reflects Face (China)
The Heads of State (China)
Living in the Square (China)
Never Too Old
The Dreamer’s Remorse Responded
La Route de St. Jacques (Paris)
The City That Never Sleeps (Paris)
Age and The Sun
The Thorn
Change
The Freedom
The Dawning (China)
Lanterns (China)
A Child’s Reply (China)
The Great Ball (China)
Silk Worm (China)
The Regret (China)
Money (China)
Speak My Mind (China)
I Rest (China)
Beijing and Time (China)
Love Made Manifest (Britain)
The Little Yellow Bee (Britain)
Miracles and Wishes (Britain)
A Crest of Light (Britain)
The Trees (Britain)
Summertime Blessing (Britain)
Where Love Abounds (Britain)
Fall Changes (Britain)
Pilgrim
Lines Drawn in Pleasant Places
The Bad Day
The Bicycle Spoke
I Want
Our Motivation
Harvest in Abundance
The Plumb Line
The Impersonal Pronoun
On Manhood: Relating to ‘Sisters’
Book II
With Military Poems
Brick Number 11
The Battle
Call to Greatness
Thank You to Service
The Battlefield: Our Mind
Greatly Loved
A Word on Grief
Things Out of My Control
The Winds and The Waves
The Potter, The Clay
The B-I-B-L-E Without Religion
My Own Way
Life for Good
To Commemorate
The True Man
The Line
The Conqueror
Today/Tomorrow
Clouds
The Face
The Old and The Young
Retirement
The Snowfall
Some Sports Poems
Determined Action
Getting into the Scrum
What Circumstances Dictate
In Life With Teens
Are We in the Habit
The Temptation: The Hard Times
The Parchment
A Realization
The Calling
What We Live
If God Be King
But If There is More
The One Who Speaks (China)
The Emotions
We Call, He Answers
On Contentment
The Complaint
Easter Message
Nails 4 U No. 1
Pentecost Sunday
God All Around
My Double Mind
You Saw and Rescued Me
The Cry of the Poor (??)
Childhood Dreams
Light Tomorrow
A Community of Strength
Prepared
Motivation
Unmotivated Love
The Pinterest Point
Liability
The Parable of the Sower
The Bible
Peek a Boo
Dependence
The Sound of Love Calling
Book III
A Place of Belief
Life Without Fig Leaves
The Driving Force
A Word to the Weary
A Leaders Prayer
Little Put Downs
On Humility
The Great Commission
On the Fight
The Image Maker
The Building Foundation
Fashion That
The Worst of Times
Created Equal
A Leaders Prayer II
Shortcomings
What’s To Be Done
Thanksgiving
The Spirit
Look Ahead
A Veneer
Batting a Thousand
The Truth
A Protest
The Question
A Little Encouragement Here
The Bible: What It is Not
The Un-Changeables
The Contrast of Change
The Hard Line
Intellectual Property
God of Heaven
The Opposites
The Aroma Gospel
With One Play to Run
My Under Wear
The Dark Side
A Journal
Learned Obedience
Waiting Like a Lover
By Just One Word
Acknowledgements
I am grateful to my editor, Alan Highley, for helping with yet another book. He never seems to tire of the written word, and his editing gives a finishing touch to things. I am thankful for his encouragement, professionalism and friendship.
Also, a terrific addition to this book are the sketches of Miss Emilee Gallegos. Thank you, Emilee, for your thought provoking art. Your drawings have added so much to the black of the ink and the white of these pages.
Book I
The Building Stones
(Isaiah 60:15 -61:12)
Lift up the banner for the peoples!
Go through, prepare.
Build up, and
take out the stones.
How many stones do you have?
Just a pocketful.
But if I use one of them to stone you,
Then I have one less for the building.
Lean to Light the Wick
Lean to light