Category: Special Poems

Today is her birthday, My blushing bride. For fifty short years She’s been by my side. How old is my bride? I’m certainly not telling! To do so might cause Matrimonial yelling. But with her at my side, It sure would be nifty, If we just had the time To do one more fifty. For […]

Written for the 3rd Anniversary of Randy and Lori’s tenure as youth pastors at College Heights Assembly of God He was a tall man, who came out of the north In answer to God, who told him, “Go Forth”. He arrived on time, not his usual trait, For since that day he has always been […]

A sestina is a special type of poem. The first six stanzas have six lines each, and the lines end in the same six words, but in a different order in each stanza. In the final stanza are three lines, each containing two of the words. Making a rhyming sestina adds a little more to […]

(A letter to God) The ten commandments are changing, I’m sure it is to Your dismay. They are not the same commandments That they were in Moses’ day. Your “No other Gods before me,” Is surely not a modern rule. I am sure that You remember, We can’t mention You in school. The manger scene […]

Not your typical Rising star; Like the Wise Men, He came from Farr. His name is Mike, Which isn’t strange ‘Cause mikes are one Of his favorite things. Though he set himself A lofty goal, On his first job Mike went in the hole. Mike’s jobs weren’t always Judiciary; At first he dug graves In […]