Easter Egg and Other Poems of Faith, Hope, & Love

By Xlibris US

ONE OF THE most well-known passages in the Bibleand, perhaps, in all of literatureis the thirteenth chapter of St. Pauls first letter to the Corinthians, often called the love chapter. In it, Paul extols the qualities of love and ends his writing by stating, And these three abide: faith, hope, and love.
These three virtues have guided me during my days on this earth:
? A faith that draws me daily to admit my inadequacies and to ask for the grace to live a life worthy of His calling
? A hope that continuously compels me to be a stronger person, a brighter light, a better writer
? A deep and abiding love for God, my family, my friends
I have tried to express these virtues in the poems I share with you here.
The majority of my poems do not rhyme. Instead, I like to build a rhythm in my writing by how I break each line in a verse so that your eye is constantly yearning for the next word. For something different, I have included two examplesescape and Lovers and Other Strangersof concrete poetry, a form developed in the 1950s in which the physical shape of the words on the page adds as much meaning to the poem as the words themselves. And with a nod to my Bachelors degree in Russian, I also give you ? ?????????? ????????????, with its translation on the following page.
I recently took one of those online quizzes about what type of writer are you? My results said that, You write because you feel a deeper calling to the work, and because you want to explore the soul element of life. Youre not shy of adding a moral to the story and most want to reach readers who will understand your unique view on life. Writing is more than just putting words on paper for youit is a written prayer. And to that I can say only, Amen.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 29, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499036824

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Rev. date: 10/14/2014

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The Poems

FOREWORD

FAITH

Easter Egg

Moriah

Sunset

Reminiscence

Cana’s Repeat

Uninvited Guest Who Loved Much

Magdalene

A Weighty Problem

Blind Man

Ransomprice

On the 22nd

On the 22nd (Part II)

A Plea for Simpler Times

Creation

Creation’s Circle

No Easy Ecstasy

Living Sacrifice

Mustardseed Faith

for George MacDonald

Lightning and Thunder

Child’splay

A Poet’s Purge

HOPE

Truth

Child’seyes

At Wait’s End

Spring Slips In

An Autumn Death

Darkness’ Destruction

Workshop

The Bridegroom Awaits

Communion Consideration

Daystar Rising

Through Blood of the Lamb

Diamond in the Rough

A Poem for the Eighth Day

Where My Heart Is

Soon

Locust Years

OPUS I: for Trump of God and Angelchoir

К Богоматери Владимирской

To the Blessed Virgin of Saint Vladimir

Pharisees’ Rebuke

Apocalypse

Lazarus

Journey’send

Spaceflight

Unnecessary Explanations

Shadow of a New Man

For Those Who Finish

Riddles at Easter

escape

Two Haiku for Eternity

That Bethlehem Night

I. The Angels

II. Shepherds’ Song

III. Starlight, Starbright

IV. Joseph

V. Mother of God

VI. Magi

VII. Beasts of Beauty

VIII. Advent

LOVE

A Father’s Poem

Sometimes Love

Summerbreeze

Rain, Are You Woman?

Where Is the Love (for Gloria)

Words of Love

for Denise

Dream of You

Poeme d’Amour

It’s Christmas

Lovers and Other Strangers

Jigsaw’s End

Forever Love

Valentine’s Day

[untitled]

Time With You

Enough of You

Three Little Words

Morning After

You Are

Are You?

This book is

dedicated to several special women in my life:

• Marion Rohm, grandmother, who taught me that a good book can be a best friend forever

• Patty Pannebaker, mother, who taught me the joy of reading words on paper

• Ruth Rechten, junior high school English teacher, who taught me the joy of writing words on paper

• Ellen McGrath, high school History teacher,