Ginger Snap and Other Poems

By Lora Proctor

These poems hopefully will bring humor and inspiration to others. Living and learning nature and God’s path for our lives leads to an appreciation and understanding of ourselves and others.

“A desire to inspire”—this is the goal of every poet.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781662416651

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Ginger Snap and Other Poems

Lora Proctor

Copyright © 2021 Lora Proctor

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING, INC.

Conneaut Lake, PA

First originally published by Page Publishing 2021

ISBN 978-1-6624-1664-4 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-6624-1665-1 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Turbulence

Finality?

A Speaking Sky

Credence

Sidney’s Purse

Daddy Had a Purse

Purse Snatching

Alan I

Alan II

Steve

My Friend

Ginger Snap

Daddy’s Pitty

Equine Thoughts

A Feline Mind

The Emus

Brat Cats

Bad Boys, Bad Hair, Bad Girls

Lateness

Phone Zombies

Opioid Dopers

You

Sublime

Gambling

Gratification

Just Before…

Across the Field

August Lasted

Math from Mars

To Betty Van Sickle, a gifted writer, my mentor, and my friend.

Turbulence

Nature gives to life, Romance

Spectacles we see advance

And leave before a second glance…

Through dawn till dusk, we take a chance

To dare, to risk a lively dance

With fate—stand firm, and not collapse.

Routines were within my grasp

Indentions on the slippery grass…

A place I hiked to in the past

Where tree limbs grew for me to clasp…

Till Bravery, fear of circumstance

Wore thin and became unmasked

When my emotions finally crashed.

Life’s a challenge I must work

Accept my failures, Faux Pas, quirks

Know which dangers to avert

Command more strength from pain and hurt.

See and think and be alert

Learn my pathway while on earth.

Through turbulence, I see new worth

Of outcomes held in every curse.

Death continues, so does birth…

Sorrows can flow in reverse

Radiate in joy and mirth.

God’s quest in this universe

Is for mankind to see this first:

Creation we must love and serve

Nurse, provide for, and endure

Despite the peace we’ve seen disturbed

Provide each brain cell every nerve

With courage found in Bible words.

Inspirational

Finality?

I thank God, I am at the end

My broken body could not mend.

There’ll be no trouble, turmoil

-When-

I am going ’round the bend.

A happy smile to all I send

I will not be back again.

A simple life I tried to spend

And, I had many dividends

The love of family and friends

Especially when I needed from them

To smile at me—with arms open.

Life’s not over at the end

The light of life still glows within—

When eternity begins.

Now—I know I can’t pretend

That life was fair to all humans

It stirs my soul to think of them…

The helpless, sick, the weak and thin

Frightened, hungry small children

The victims of demonic whims

Suffering until the end.

All innocents shall rise up then

Dance and sing in God’s Kingdom

Receive the love of angel friends

Gather at God’s throne, sing hymns.

Below me now, the earth looks grim

The sunlight there is growing dim

The earth, one day, may cease to spin

If mankind lets the devil win

The world, the life God’s given them

Love creation, life—don’t sin

Hug the animals, children.

Finality is not the end

It’s here, reality begins…

The eternal door opens…

Entering—we smile, step in.

Adults and children grow up, Blend

Make new families and friends.

Let God’s Holy Spirit in

A world’s new life, free of sin.

Darkness comes when Satan wins

Make the sun shine bright—not dim

Before eternity begins

In generations formed again.

A Speaking Sky

-From God-

The Realm of God, behind each star

Reaches down to houses, cars,

Rooms in hotels, cells with bars,

Alleys, freeways, fields, and farms.

Look up as his arms reach out—He whispers

To a breeze en route…

So every ear can hear him shout:

"I’m the sun and every cloud

Hear the sky and do not doubt…

Each color’s voice is clear and loud

Listen—as the days announced.

Brightly lit and standing proud

The loving sky, I’ve