Bread and Butter: Poems of Life

By Jean R. Moore

From an early age, I wrote an occasional poem about many varied subjects. I love nature and animals, thus in my youth, I wrote about the world around me. As I got into high school and beyond, I began writing a little more regularly and began to narrow my themes to the religious. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the mainstay of my life, thus the majority of my poems are religious in nature. Jesus Christ is the Bread of life and this concept is reflected in my title, the butter in life, is everything else!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 11, 2008
• ISBN: 9781462817719

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Contents

SPIRITUAL

A COMMITMENT

A MISSIONARY

A PETITION

A SACRED GIFT

ABIDE IN HOPE AND PRAYER

ADDED UPON

AN INSTRUMENT IN THE HAND OF GOD

AN OPEN INVITATION

AND I WEPT

ATTAIN UNTO IN THIS LIFE

ATTITUDE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

BACK HOME AT LAST

BE BORN AGAIN

BE CREATIVE AND FRUGAL

BE YE PREPARED

BEFORE THE WORLD WAS . . . REMEMBER?

THE BOOK OF MORMON: BEACON FOR OUR DAY

BUT YET I KNOW

BUY THE TEMPORAL LAMP FIRST

CALLED IT BLESSED

CALLED RELIEF SOCIETY

CHARITY

CHARITY NEVER FAILETH

CHOOSE WISELY YOUR EXAMPLE

CLIMB HIGH

CONSIDER YOUR DEBT

COULD I ASK OF YOU A FAVOR?

COUNCILS; A HEAVENLY PATTERN

COVENANT BLESSINGS

CREATIONS OF GOD

DAILY INTERVIEW

DESIRE IS THE KEY

DON’T LET HIM DOWN

EMPIRE STONE ROLLING FORTH

ENDURE TO THE END

EXAMPLE THROUGH ETERNITY

FAMILIES ARE ETERNAL

GOALS FOREVER

GOALS OF YOUTH

GRATITUDE

HAPPINESS

HELP ME UNDERSTAND

HIS HOLY HOUSE

HONESTLY . . . . JUST THAT LITTLE THING . . . 

HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY

I AM NOT TROUBLED

I CAN ONLY SEE YESTERDAY

I NEED NOT FEAR

I TOO HAVE SUFFERED THERE

I WISH I HAD ALL THE ANSWERS

IN ALL THINGS, IT IS SHOWN

IN THE SERVICE OF . . . 

IN TUNE

IS THERE A PLACE?

JUST BY CHANCE?

JUST YESTERDAY

LANGUAGE OF THE SOUL

LET US SEEK LIGHT

LINGER IN THE MIND . . . 

LIVE FOR ETERNITY

LORD’S TIME

LOVE

LOVE MY SON

MAYBE IT’S NEAR

MISSIONARY PRAYER

MISUSED

MORE GRATITUDE GIVE ME

MORE MEEKNESS IN TRIAL

MORE PURITY GIVE ME

MUCH IS REQUIRED

MY DIVINE NATURE

MY GARDEN

NO MORE STRANGERS

NOT MERELY A MAN

OBEDIENCE

OF ONE HEART AND MIND

OPPOSITION

OUR FAITH IN CHRIST WILL SEE US THROUGH

PEACE BE WITH YOU

PRACTICING HOLINESS

PRAYER OF HOPE

PRECEPTS EVERLASTING

PREPARE TO RECEIVE REVELATION

PRIESTHOOD . . . A GIFT TO ALL

PURITY OF THOUGHT

PURIFY THOUGHT AND DEED

RECORDED IN HEAVEN

REJOICE IN THE ORGANIZATION OF R.S.

REMORSE AND REPENTANCE

RUN AND NOT BE WEARY

SEARCH AND GAIN WISDOM

SERVICE

SING HIS SONGS OF PRAISE

SO TEMPORARY

SON RISE

SONNET 2/73

SONNET 4-73

SPREADING SEEDS

STAND FORTH AND BE COUNTED

STEEPLES OF GLORY

SUPPER OF REMEMBRANCE

THE SWEET GIFT OF PROPHECY

TAKE NOTE

THANKFUL HEART

THAT I MAY HEAL YOU

THE DEBT

THE EARTH IS THE LORD’S

THE GIFT

THE LOSER

THE PURPOSE OF LIFE

THE REASON BECAUSE

THE STANDARDS WE LIVE

THE STILLNESS

THOSE WHO HAVE LEARNED

TIMELESS MAGIC

TO EACH OF US

TOLD AND RETOLD

TRIMMING OUR LAMP

TRUST IN GOD

WE ARE SISTERS IN ONE FAMILY

WEAK INDEED

WHAT IS THE WORTH?

WHAT OF THE GODHEAD

WHEN I AM HUMBLE

WORD OF KNOWLEDGE

WORTH THE GAIN

YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME

YOUR SLEEP IS NO MORE

FAMILY

FAMILY CIRCLE

STRENGTHING OUR FAMILIES

MOTHER, KIND AND DEAR

DEAR DAD

OUR OWN

MISSIONARY BROTHER

ETERNAL FAMILIES

DEAR BROTHER

THERE IS A TIME

MY SON, AN EAGLE SCOUT

BUT I DO

DEAR SISTER

I REMEMBER

FRIENDSHIP

A BROTHER IS WHAT I SEE

ALL OF THESE AND MORE

A FRIENDSHIP PRAYER FOR A MISSIONARY

DEAR TEACHER

ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP

EVERYBODY LOVES YOU

FRIENDSHIP IS A CIRCLE

GOD BLESS YOU PRECIOUS FRIEND

GREATER LOVE

JUST FOR YOU ON YESTERDAY

JUST MY SISTER AND ME

PACK OF TREASURE

SUCH A GOOD NEIGHBOR

PETS / ANIMALS

EMIR MY PRINCE

SHUMSHA

BROWNIE

LITTLE BROWN PUPPY

NATURE

CHARIOT WINGS

COTTON IN THE SKY

FROZEN CRYSTALS

GOLDEN SPLENDOR

I LOVE THE RAIN

I WOULD LIKE TO REMEMBER

MIGHTY SEA

PROMISED

RADIANT SUN

ROSES

RUSHING DIAMONDS

SUNSET

TALL AND GRAND

BALLADS

MYSTERY RIDER

THERE BY THE DEEP BLUE SEA

THE DRAGON AND THE SUN

ROMANCE

A RAINBOW PROMISE FOR ME

A WONDERFUL GUY

ALWAYS; MEMORY

CAST AWAY THE SPELL

CHILD WONDERLAND

CREATURES OF MEN

ETERNAL VOW

FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN

IN THE BOSOM OF ETERNITY

IT’S NO SECRET THAT I LOVE YOU

JUST MY HONEY AND ME

LATE BLOOMER

MIGHT WE HAVE MET BEFORE?

REMEMBER?

SET IN BLACK VELVET

SOME FLOWERS BLOOM

SPRING, SPRING

SUMMER NIGHT

TO ME, YOU ARE . . . 

VALENTINE

WHAT ARE YOU CRYING FOR?

WHAT WILL HE SAY?

SORROW

A THOUGHT OF SORROW

DEEP HORIZONS

DISAPPOINTMENT

HEAVY WORDS

I KNOW I COULDN’T LAUGH

I WALKED ALONE

NO LONGER

ONLY I

THEY WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND

TWO THOUSAND MILES

WHAT’S GONE WRONG?

MISCELLANEOUS

A PROUD PEOPLE

CAMP LACHENWALD

COMPUTERS

COMPUTERS IN VERSE!

DAS AUTO

ELEMENT OF TIME

GRADUATION DAY

HANDICAPPED

IS IT SPECIAL?

ISRAEL

JANUARY BLAHS, I CHALLENGE YOU

LIFE

ONLY

OUT AT LAST . . . IF YOU HAVE PASSED!

POWER AS A PEOPLE TO . . . 

RAINBOW BRIDGE

RAINBOWS IN THE RAIN

RECOGNIZE

THANK YOU FOR THE CABIN STAY

THE ARTS

THIS LAND A FREE LAND, AMERICA

VOICE OF A LAMB (a riddle)

YOU ARE GREAT

SPIRITUAL

A COMMITMENT

          A discussion I heard, now many years past,

Between two good friends, who traveled along.

And I have returned to this very path

To see what resolves have guided their song.

          Said one to the other, as they spoke years ago . . .

Let us resolve, to plan and commit,

To serve and be served,

As good life will permit.

          Oh, said the other; you can of course,

But as for my life, I see not the need.

I require no plan to keep me a float,

I will take what I get, and surely succeed.

          So their paths parted and each went his way

To various fancies, both grand and small.

The one had a plan, a commitment and goal;

The other had naught, and no plan at all.

          The one with a goal had struggles and pain;

His commitment was firm, and he had to remain.

Because he was sure of the goals in his life,

He won great respect, and life was his claim.

          But to the other; he fared not so well,

With no plan in life, no purpose, no goal;

He cared not a trifle to win or to lose,

But wandered the highway . . . . a destitute soul.

          So all the years have come and gone,

And we all have fancies, both grand and small.

Some have a plan, a commitment and goal,

And others have naught, and no plan at all!

A MISSIONARY

A missionary spends his nights in prayer

Seeking guidance and God’s divine light.

The Lord is with him through

the hours of the day,

and abides as his shepherd

through the darkness of night.

A missionary is kind and nice to know,

Always his love, he is willing to show

With the Gospel of Christ within his heart

he spreads his joy throughout the whole world.

A missionary works hard

all through his life;

His calling doesn’t cease

at the end of some years.

With God by his side,

he feels no fear;

he’s free from sin

and worldly strife.

A PETITION

8-72

Dear FATHER up in heaven,

so loving and so wise,

I come before Thee on bended knee, and with a humble heart;

To set before Thee a petition

which speaks within my restless heart.

My Lord, my God,

while I am yet so young; while I am yet so full of grace

call me to share from place to place.

With my voice I cry unto Thee,

While my heart whispers peace and calm unto me.

As I kneel before Thee Lord, my desire is very simple.

I’ll ask not for glory nor wide acclaim,

Not for power nor riches