Denis Martindale Poems

What first began with ecstasy continued for a while...
She captured every part of me with each seducing smile...
It's not that she intended this, yet that's how things turned out
And some would say that perfect bliss is what life's all about...
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From books I'd read, I learnt so much
That I thought I was wise...
But all at once felt out of touch
When looked at through God's eyes...
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The wolf watched everything in sight
While he heard every sound,
For soon he'd run with all his might
Across the unturned ground...
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God help me lern from my misstakes,
I no Ive mate a few.
Yet my heart fur perfectshun aches,
Id like ter be like You...
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Wear your poppy with pride
Yet with humility
Because so many died
To gain our victory!
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The leopard lingered in the sun
Almost at close of day,
With all its hours almost done
And fast to ebb away...
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The man who lost his keys
Begged God while on his knees
For sometimes God agrees
And doesn't play the tease
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Two dolphins swam, as dolphins do,
United, side-by-side,
Despite the fact that they could view
The ocean clear and wide...
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It's true that people are like pearls
Each shining in the sun,
To God, they're just like boys and girls
All busy having fun...
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Be still and calm the hurried soul,
Take charge of it and seize control,
Such that the fleeting thoughts are calmed,
That you're defended and forearmed...
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