Poetry from the Heart

By Violet M. Laasch

Each poems a reflection of that which God gave me in dreams and while in storms. All through my life the most important things to me was and are still today, my faith in God and family. I know without God Id not be who I am today. All my praise and glory go to God and God alone. Yes, my familys backing me in all I do, but Gods strength in my life keeps me pressing on and helps me to do that which I believe is my calling in life.
So as you read each poem youll be reading a piece of my life in which I wrote while going through a storm in which God saw me through. So I hope through my words you too will find strength and encouragement in your lifes as well when in storms.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 11, 2011
• ISBN: 9781462826094

Violet M. Laasch

I just want to take a little time to tell all the poetry lovers a little about myself and why I put this collection of my poetry together in “Poetry from the Heart”. I’m 42 years old and all my life I loved sitting off by myself to read, write or draw. Growing up my mom always encouraged me to do that which made me happy and because of that, I’ve chosen to use this collection of my poetry in this book to self publish. Since my mom’s passing 13 years ago, my husband, our three girls and five grandbabies have become my strength in continuing to write. All my life was full of storms that had me up and down with many mishaps. Some of these storms tried my faith and others tried my belief, but while in the storms I found calling on God and writing helped me through each storm I faced.

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Copyright © 2011 by Violet M. Laasch.

ISBN:          Softcover                                 978-1-4568-2266-8

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I dedicate this book to my best friend (my beloved mom), who was always an inspiration and encouragement for my writing. I also dedicate the book to my loving husband, our beautiful daughters, and our precious grandchildren.

Contents

Without a name

Home

Deepest Hurt

One drop of blood

What about the children

Keeper of the House

The very best is yet to come

A Dream

Life in God’s eyes

Hold on

Where do we go from here

Journey

Whispering Hope

I must leave for now

You mustn’t quit

A special touch

Hang in there

Listen

Loneliness

An empty vessel

Lily of my soul

Christmas

This could be the final hour—This could be the final day

We crucified our Lord

A child’s heart

I long for

Mother

Reaching to you

Lightening

A vision

Silence

Awakened

America

Do you hear God calling you

The battle’s been won

Across the miles

Give it a thought

Laughter

No hiding place

Long ago

Believing

A glimpse of God

Family

Falls Decay

Summer Breeze

Valentine

Look all around

Spring’s blooming

Winter Snow

Warfare

Rylee Ann

Gabriel

Kaylee

Gavrie

Believe

Sense you’ve left

Robbed of love

A refuge from the storm

Mother

No way out

Love

The battle of the soul

Death

Lord

Brokenness

Listening for your cry

My hero my friend

An angel’s face

Ticking of the clock

The beast lurks within

When the heart’s out of tune

Life without a child

A Mother’s Touch

Survivor

Lead me

Flowers

Blooming flower of the soul

Why have you hidden

Soar like an eagle

Calvary

Thinking of you

Emptiness

Hand to hand

Lonely heart

Hell

I must go

Life’s long roads

My time has come

Longing to be loved

Time’s at hand

Life without Christ

An empty heart

Destiny

Sisters

I’m dreaming

Sea waves

Birth

Father

Life’s slipping away

Brother

Dad

Where do we go

There’s hope

Don’t give up

Without You

Rocky roads

Soul food

Why did you leave

When

Roses

There’s a river flowing within my soul

Where has our love gone

Missing you

Lost within without you Lord

Thoughts

Where have you been

Life’s rough roads

Mission in life

Greatest mom

A child’s like a rose

A longing untold

Someone’s with me

Are you the called or the chosen

Seeing you through God’s eyes

Life lingers in the gaps

Heaven

An open door

Eagle

Not my will but Thy will be done

When love fills the air

A never fading rose

When life’s left you

Sweet willow branches

When loneliness steps in

The knock at your heart’s door

Seasons

Where did we go wrong

Life

There’s a light at the end

A glimpse of God

Hear my cry oh, Lord

The sky’s the limit

Summer’s sun

A living hell

The right path

Angels all ‘round

Longing of the soul

Lend a hand

Let hope lead you

I give you my all Lord

I’ll see you in the rapture

Homeward bound

Without a name

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Without a name you’ve no identity

Without a name you become as one

that’s lost

Without a name you fall and no one’s

there to lift you up

Without a name you’re all alone in this

world

Without a name who are you?

What’s in a name?

What’s a name got to do with who you

are?

A name makes a difference to those who

are in authority

A name gives you an identity to go on

For without a name you’ll have no one

watching out for you

Without a name you become lost to those

all around you

Without a name who are you?

What’s in a name?

What’s a name got to do with who you are?

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Home

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A place to hang your hat

A place to lay your head each

new night

A place to sit and relax with

family

A place to call your own

A place to run and play

A place to jot down your thoughts

We’re here but just for a moment

of time

Our voyage though this world’s to

prepare us for our home in all eternity

As we pass through this life our fleshly

bodies we’ve got to remember it’s but

for a season

Our home’s somewhere beyond the blues

We’ve a choice of which home in eternity

we’ll be

God’s opened all of heaven so we can have

a home full of peace, joy, and love

Satan’s prepared a place in hell for those

which chose to spend all eternity in a lake

of fire

Our home’s which ever place we chose

Our home’s somewhere beyond the blues.

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Deepest Hurt

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Pain hidden so deep within the soul Pain of sorrow without any hope

Pain of suffering with no place to turn

Pain that blocks all around you out

Pain that keeps you at an unreachable

distant to those you love

Pain that’ll block your vision

Pain hidden so deep within the soul

Pain hidden so deep inside that you can’t

find your way out

Pain of losing a loved