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    Plebeian Poetry
    Plebeian Poetry
    Plebeian Poetry
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    Plebeian Poetry

    By Terrance John Cummins

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    This books artistically describes various aspects of God and his work in the world through the use of poetry. The poetry is short and simple but delivers truth in a concise manner.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateJul 19, 2019
    ISBN9781973657484
    Plebeian Poetry
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    Terrance John Cummins

    Terrance John (TJ) Cummins is an educator from New Jersey. TJ attended Global University and is currently working towards a Master's in Intercultural Ministry Education. One of the most important things in the world to him is being able to minister in Ireland where he served in missions for a while.

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      Plebeian Poetry - Terrance John Cummins

      Copyright © 2019 Terrance John Cummins.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      This book is a work of non-fiction. Unless otherwise noted, the author and the publisher make no explicit guarantees as to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and in some cases, names of people and places have been altered to protect their privacy.

      All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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      ISBN: 978-1-9736-5747-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-9736-5746-0 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-9736-5748-4 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2019903225

      WestBow Press rev. date: 07/19/2019

      Contents

      Plebeian Poetry

      1. Like the Rain

      2. Jot and Tittle

      3. Oh Lord

      4. Fools Like Me

      5. Like a Man

      6. The Tempest and Rain

      7. To You I Bow

      8. Not in Man

      9. Within the Earth

      10. Forever Stay

      11. The Blood of His Cross

      12. Wind or Weather

      13. Drowning

      14. Prolific

      15. Invisible Hand

      16. At My Door

      17. Enigma

      18. Gather

      19. The Day I Wished to Die

      20. The Artist of Our Days

      21. Pure as Gold

      22. This We Know

      23. Youthful Adolescence

      24. In the Depths

      25. I Will Sing

      26. The Race

      27. Our Creator

      28. Your Courts

      29. Enter In

      30. Like Swords

      31. Purest Candor

      32. Worry

      33. Darkly Lay

      34. My Heart it Will Ring

      35. Double Trouble

      36. Life Goes So Fast

      37. Mother

      38. Shepherd of My Soul

      39. Alas for the Day

      40. Under a Steeple

      41. Break Zone

      42. Green and Gray

      43. Treasures Inside

      44. These Thoughts That Are Raging

      45. Trust in the Son

      46. Rivers in the South

      47. My Words

      48. My Poems

      49. Out of the Darkness

      50. The Longings Deep Down

      51. This Life That We live

      52. His Door

      53. Expressing What I Mean

      54. For One and For All

      55. Nothing I Now Lack

      56. Take Flight

      57. The River

      58. Antipsychotics

      59. Unseen

      60. My Soul You See

      61. He is King!

      62. My Love

      63. To the Brim

      64. Not Too Tall

      65. We’ll Shine!

      66. When Your Head is a Mess

      67. What’s Inside

      68. Where Do You Stand?

      69. This Burden We Now Bear

      70. A New Page

      71. Welcome Home

      72. Face Adversity

      73. Go Home

      74. Given a Measure

      75. I’m Enmeshed

      76. To You I Was Faithful

      77. God Surely Recalls

      78. On God’s Holy Hill

      79. The Rising of the Sun

      80. Streams in the Desert

      81. The Victory You’ve Won

      82. Between My Blinking

      83. Crisp in the Air

      84. Sit and Wallow

      85. My Being

      86. Old to Young

      87. Sage

      88. Brother

      89. Mornings

      90. A Word to the Wise

      91. The Castle

      92. This Heart of Mine

      93. The Storm

      94. Save Me!

      95. Stuck in the Sty

      96. Hole

      97. The Door

      98. Cryptic Words

      99. Puzzled

      100. He Who

      101. We Revolve

      102. My Sins

      103. What a Mournful Song

      104. I Will Stay

      105. In a Blink

      106. The Skies

      107. My Gem

      108. The Hour

      109. Celestial Air

      110. Like You

      111. Dark Days

      112. Within the Deep

      113. The Wall

      114. What Can We Do?

      115. My Soul’s Hollows

      116. This New Body

      117. The True End

      118. All That We Do

      119. Creation

      120. This Burden You’re Hauling

      121. Life Is Like a Road

      122. When I Am Gone

      123. Like a Stain

      124. Your Purpose

      125. A Song on My Lips

      126. This Wood

      127. Christ Dwells Inside

      128. Zion

      129. Blind Leaders

      130. Winter

      131. This Man

      132. For Me

      133. The Heart

      134. The Day I Called

      135. Toward Him

      136. Pureness

      137. His Voice

      138. Broken Legs

      139. The King

      140. You Must Quell

      141. My Craft

      142. An Irishman

      143. His Spirit

      144. Tough Times Don’t End Overnight

      145. How I Wish To Live

      146. My Way

      147. Graces

      148. My Heart

      149. My Struggles

      150.

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