Joseph Spence Sr Poems

Sensation of Light (Linking Pin Sonnet)

Like a Venus flytrap you swayed in the night
Night raising the mind's trace of soft flowing light
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If Only She Could Stay (Linking Pin Sonnet)

She came into my life with a sweet smile
Smile touching my core of existence
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Greetings my dearly beloved brothers and sisters. Recently, I was asked by my dear sister Roula Pollard, from Athens, Greece, to write a short prayer for those suffering from coronavirus, their healing, and elimination of the virus. As you know, I am not a person who is short on words. I will use the "TRIP" acronym in this prayer, we discussed it on September 15th and 22nd 2019, in my Sunday messages. As a reminder: "T" is for "Thanksgiving" unto God. "R" is for "Repentance" of all sins. "I" is for "Intercession" for others and "P" is for "Praise" unto God. The prayer she requests follows:

Dear merciful and heavenly God, You said, "Let there be light" and it came to pass immediately. You said "Let us create man in our own image, " and it was done! You took a rib from man, and created woman as man's partner to live in peace, and blessed them to replenished the earth, and it was done! Today we are in Your presence, as humble as we know how. Our petitions we raised to You, giving You thanks foremost, as our Creator, Redeemer, Advocate, and Propitiator of all our sins. We come in repentance for anything we may have done, known or unknown, seen or unseen, asking for Your mercy of forgiveness. Now Lord, we stand in the gap with intercessory prayer, as Your royal priesthood, for those impacted and suffering from coronavirus. Touch them Lord, with Your supreme healing power of mercy, from the crown of their heads to the soles of their feet. We are pleading unto You, to remove any, and all traces of stain, illness, or damage caused by coronavirus to the holy temple You created them with, as their earthly bodies.
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My sweetest love hearest thou reverently my advice
My advice is to leave now for our home—in paradise.
Paradise blooming with rainbows and tasty red cherries
Cherries, delicious mangoes, and bright sweet berries.
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The price we pay for our freedom is not contained in a man's wallet,
Nor is liberty a currency found in a female fancy Gucci pocketbook.
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Trilogy Poetry: Intertwining of the Mind, Body, and Soul!

Poetry Form Description: "Trilogy Poetry" proliferates the interconnectedness of the mind, body, and soul ("Three Entities") ! Its essential thesis symbolizes integration, cooperation, and inspiration. The poem is longer than "Lines of Antiquity of Microbes" by Arum Saroyan. It's not less than two regular stanzas forming an octave in poetic notations. It's not as long as the epic Mahabharata, regarding the Kuru Kingdom. It ends with no more than twenty-four lines like a Pantoum poem or Claudette sonnet. The poem may comprise of any imaginative architecture to arrive at its encapsulating end. No requirement exists to use Shakespearean iambic pentameter, interlocking rhyming schemes, or syllabic accentuations. This is just purely down-to-earth and people-centric poetry form. The thesis relates to three entities of either: a person, place, or thing. The corresponding theme should enunciate unity, balancing of vision, and overcoming. There should be incorporated an inference of hindrance, creating tension; thus, requiring self-exploration, leading to clarity and overcoming victoriously on the ensuing journey.
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The persona of His Holiness The 14th Dali Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Gendun Chopel
All three delicately rising and uplifting nations with inspirational harmony to tell.
The 14th Dali Lama, an advocate of Buddhism for humanity, displays loving action
Erasing profanity, insanity, inhumanity, brutality, and uplifting compassion.
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"… My precious child, I love you and would never leave you. During times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints in the sand, it was when I carried you" (Margaret Fishback Powers) .

"We Shall Overcome" Opposition—Genuinely God's Glorious Gain!
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Inspiring God: 'Trinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.'
Inter-connectedness of the most gracious Triune Creator of life.
Good Friday to Easter Sunday requires rolling the stone away
Erase death sting with everlasting resurrection uplifting grace.
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Professor Joseph S. Spence Sr. created God's Dynamic Steps poetry form on October 3, 2007, while studying English literature, creative writing, poetry, and mythology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. It is an uplifting poem of grace elevating the persona and aura of a person to reach higher heights in God's grace. One must visualize elevating and moving upward and not downward. The concept is similar to climbing Jacob's Ladder to reach heaven with acts of graciousness and noble deeds pleasing to God. In essence, it represents elevating thoughts of oneself, going up a set of stairs or a ladder to reach higher levels of God's inspirational grace.

The poem begins with a title consisting of five syllables. For example, 'Reaching God Through Steps.' This title is perfect and is illustrated below. The foundation of the poem is the principle of five. Each line of the poem has five syllables moving up with a rhyming sequence. There is a total of five steps moving upward. The poem ends on the fifth step with the rhyming sequence. This final step of five syllables represents reaching a plateau of God's graciousness.
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