Daniel Partlow Poems

Dear God, I may not have been willing to accept you
because of the issues in my life which only you truly understand.

I may not understand why these issues entered my life,
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By Isabella (age 4) (with just a little help from Papa)

Up Up High
God is in the Sky
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Black is the sea, and red is mountain pass
The flowers bend before the bear of boldness and boasting
Out of hibernation, he longs to break his fast
And ambles past the international border posting.
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The most savage love of Rome, how did it end?
The show-battles of the coliseum - weren't just pretend.

How were the mortal fights between soldiers finally ceased?
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What is at the core of the sandy randy rind?
Is there good flesh in the apple of Ayn’s state-of-mind?

She voices well the laws of non-contradiction
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A Reminder from Abraham Lincoln - From the speech made upon proclaiming a National Fast Day (30 March 1863)


We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven.
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Winds of the Spirit (v2)

1) Why chase the wind, when you can become it?
Sing loud His song, when others only hum it.
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Jesus, why was this young man born blind?
Was it his sin, or the sins of his parent.
It was neither, but he was so afflicted,
That through him, the truth might be apparent.
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Husband:
I see the gulls
The sea gulls
I see flocks of sea gulls
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Oh you proud gods in black
How you wage your attack
On the only True Law
Now your corrupted maw
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