March 20, 2021
by Jem Croucher

And today there were sheep
In the lower field still
jumping about and
climbing the hill
They ignored us of course
but I waved just the same
as they didn’t know
the reason we came
For today there were sheep
but sometime there are not
Sometimes it is cold
and sometimes it is hot
But we always come
because this is our grace
and together we three
are alive in this place
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February 9, 2021
by Jem Croucher
Slowly dusk descended
and it got really hard to see
but the birdsong in the evening sky
was great for Sal and me
And though we’ve said it here before
we really love this place
and though a broken record-like
it is our saving grace
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October 22, 2020
by Frank Hubeny
When things went well I’d rarely say
I ought to credit God or fate,
Statistically at any rate.
I took full credit for my day
At least when outcomes went my way.
The magic dust no one could see
I thought I sprinkled liberally.
I don’t know why I gave up this.
I did. Perhaps it was that kiss,
That slap, of Grace that conquered me.
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May 8, 2019
by Jem Croucher

It’s a beautiful thing
A perfect distraction
sitting with sunshine out here
And with a good book to read
and the breeze on my brow
I will often be here with a beer
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December 25, 2018
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
The Joy Of Christmas Comes
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October 15, 2018
by Jem Croucher

Mine’s the only beach hut open
yet the sun is shining bright
The beach is quite resplendent
but there’s no one else in sight
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January 17, 2018
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
We Are All Sinners
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December 25, 2017
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
The Best Christmas Gift
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October 20, 2017
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
If you keep trying
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September 5, 2017
by Angela Umphers Rueger
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
I ran away, but then I found
That God would set me free.
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August 21, 2017
by carareevablog
Her head held high, wearing her crown with dignity
Proud of the woman she claimed to be
Carefree of all of life’s mishaps
Life happened to her in a split second
Dragging her pride and her head down with it
As her head continued to hang low the crown started to slowly slip off her head
The once sparkling jewels became a testament of her demise
The mist that rose from her sorrow as the cold tears hit her hot cheeks
Tainted her crown, filling it with rust that clung to the hinges of her heart
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July 22, 2017
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I cannot wander
too far off beaten pathways
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June 16, 2017
by Linda Lee Lyberg

Eden
-Linda Lee Lyberg
Darkness falls and I am alone
Emptiness abounds, no place to call my own
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May 28, 2017
by Angela Umphers Rueger
Perfection’s highly
overrated. Give me grace
to let myself live,
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May 26, 2017
by Angela Umphers Rueger
Some days I feel on top of things and everyone’s content,
But then come days just like today—composure’s quickly spent.
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October 7, 2016
by Jem Croucher

Sadly now the Bridgewater Canal
a shadow of its glory days
is almost forgotten and hidden from view
in Manchester’s streets and broadways
Now twenty-first century pubs and bars
vie for trade where once it was steel
Nightlife and partying along its towpath
hide a wound that time cannot heal
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October 6, 2016
by Jem Croucher

There’s a boat on the river
that’s sad and bereft
For I’m sorry to say
there’s not a lot of it left
Abandoned to fate
several years ago now
It’s slowly been fading
from its stern to its bow
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June 23, 2016
by Jem Croucher

I have a bolthole on the beach
and you’ll often find me there
Gazing at the open sea
oft with a pensive stare
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February 23, 2016
by Morgan

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In the Shadows of bleak darkness and fear,
In the face of the Monster that mercilessly leers
Be Assured the Loving, Sweet Hand of Grace
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January 13, 2016
by Jem Croucher

Bereft of foliage
great trees stand
proudly gracing
England’s land
There amongst
the winter green
the rolling landscape
clearly seen
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December 30, 2015
by 50djohnson

photo by Debbie
After three very difficult years, people ask me all the time, how on earth did you make it through all that physically and mentally? My answer was always grace for only one day at a time because that’s all you ever need anyway, no guarantees of another. All I know is God gives us grace when we need it, comfort when we hurt, joy to last the ages, and peace when there is fear. Just ask for One Day’s Grace and step back and be amazed at how you’ll make through one day at a time at the foot of the cross.
When mountains loom in front of you so high
Crossing raging rivers trying to swim or die.
Raise your voice to Jesus, ask for One Day’s Grace.
That’s really all you need for what you have to face.
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November 29, 2015
by Jem Croucher
Like little old men
they totter about
wobbling unsteady
as if they have gout
They fall over a lot
on their short stubby legs
and are really unsteady
on those little pegs
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October 6, 2015
by Venkat

The Lord made you
In two parts
One to feel
One to see
The Lord made you
In two parts
One to believe
One to find
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May 1, 2015
by Venkat

This pain I suffer
You blessed, my lord
To sink my heart
By your heavy wisdom
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February 16, 2015
by Jem Croucher

As crisp shadows form
With the hope of the sun
Down here I see promise
Of the warmth that’s to come
With blanket-clad legs
I gaze long at the blue
And know in my heart
that winter is through
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October 10, 2014
by Venkat

flower, alluring
arches back in deep prayer
man bends, but to pick
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October 6, 2014
by Michelle Sherlock

Gracefully she wends her way
Keen to start each new day
Joy in the journey at last is hers
A friendly word here and there
A supporting hand to show she cares
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October 6, 2014
by Venkat

words we may speak
strangling each other’s voices
yet the story held by strings invisible
in the hands of a universal force
beyond our hands
leads the outcome
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