A quick note before today's poem to acknowledge Lois Anne and Jennifer, two beautiful souls whose comments each day are as insightful and beautiful as the poems. Thank you so much for your efforts. I love knowing that others are enjoying the poems, too. And now, #155: See the mighty [...]
Hear the little children’s voices. So sweetly they do sing. The happiness that’s in their hearts Has a wondrous message to bring. Small children are so innocent. They have not learned to hate. If you could only turn back time, How grand would be your state. No fear, no judgment, [...]
You create with your voice. You always have a choice How you will affect your day With the words you choose to say. Will you speak with kindness? Or speak as if with blindness? Use your words to soothe and charm? Or to others bring some harm? Man has been [...]
Sitting in the silence Is the way to know yourself. There beyond the chatter Is a world of formless wealth. For it’s not the things you buy That will lead to lasting peace, But the things you learn in silence That will bring you great release. So many fail to [...]
So be it, That you shall die. Tis nothing but a passage… The blink of an eye. Worry not That this world you shall leave. A new life awaits you. This you can believe. Your world’s an illusion. Not at all as it seems. To understand it more clearly, Simply [...]
Sit down on your haunches. Contemplate the grass. Pick up a single blade, And let it through your fingers pass. Feel the tiny ridges That are so hard to detect. And then upon this feeling Take a moment to reflect. These tiny details pass before you In oh so many [...]
Radiate … Send energy out. Feel it swirling all about. This, inside, is your true state. At times to rise, and then abate. It’s with your thoughts that you control The energy level as a whole. What feels good are waves so fine. What feels bad is far from divine. [...]
A little background on this one... a few years ago on a long hypnotic drive, a wonderful acronym came to me as a way to describe our essence. I filed it away in my brain and never did anything with it, although I knew it would surface again some time. [...]
I had a tough time in meditation today thanks to a lack of sleep. Nothing was coming through, then I nodded off. I awoke with a start to the first line of this poem in my ears. It flowed for three stanzas, then drifted away in my tired mind. On [...]
This amazing poem came with a rush of love at the end that left me in tears ... Raise your head up to the sky. Sit a while and wonder why All the stars do shine and twinkle. It’s a strange and wondrous wrinkle. Heaven seems so far away, But [...]
See the goodness in all things. Hear the bird, the song it sings. Smell the flower, touch the rose. Pat a puppy on its nose. All are ways to feel God’s love. Gifts to you from up above. The little moments when you stop. And cherish all the gifts you’ve [...]
Divisive thoughts they cause a rift Instead of giving your soul a lift. Think loving things and you will find A calmer, more peaceful state of mind. It’s far too easy to sit and judge. Your opinions you do refuse to budge. But when you judge another’s ways You just [...]
Had to share this: Two days ago Ty and I decided that the next check from the Susan Marie Giesemann Foundation (the charity we established in memory of our daughter to which all proceeds from my readings go), would be to help children, since Susan loved children so much. I [...]
Gone are the days When you ran as a child Rushing through fields Like the wind, oh so wild. Those years formed a base For the way you are now. With strength and with courage They did you endow. The past is your history, But your future it’s not. You’ve [...]
Beyond the greatest of your hopes There lies yet even more. So much it does await you When you cross through Heaven’s door. A world of life and wonders Greater than you’ve ever seen. It’s a world that’s even greater Than your most cherished dream. It makes your world seem [...]
For the third day in a row, a completely new rhyming pattern... Curtains part, revealing a scene: The great play of life. Each separate act with a pause in between. Actors are you all, Playing out your separate roles Before the curtain does fall. Step onto the stage and bow. [...]
Yet another new rhythm and rhyming pattern ... Through all your earthly trials I am there. Your troubles and your triumphs I do share. Be thus ever knowing if you dare, That always for your soul I greatly care. My breath it does flow through you as you breathe. I [...]
A whole new rhyming pattern today... Growth: they say it comes in spurts; Oft resulting from some hurts With a cause that no one knows. Never doubt that pain is good. Like deep scars that mar the wood, It leaves a mark, then goes. What is left behind grows stronger. [...]
It’s so easy to doubt What you cannot see or feel. But that’s the role of faith In a world where all seems real. Sit back each day and listen To the silence in your mind, And there great truth and wisdom Awaits for you to find. Nothing that seems [...]
Curry us no favors. There is nothing that we need, Except for you to honor us With your every loving deed. The world’s in need of saviors— People who do care. And everyone can play a part By loving, if they dare. Share bread with those who hunger. To those [...]
In this world of stress and strife You need to take the time To step outside the battles And soak up the sublime. There’s far too little happiness And far too much disdain. You need to seek out love and joy And set aside the pain. Find beauty in the [...]
Surrounded by love… That’s heaven’s way You cannot escape there The bright warmth of day. The light of love does shine on With a heat you can feel, And by soaking its rays All earthly ills can you heal. Our world’s much like yours We move about and we work [...]
Chance encounters; random events… Do they happen all by chance? If you look the other way, Would you miss that passing glance? A second passing’s all it takes To have a fateful meeting. You could have looked the other way And missed that friendly greeting. But if two souls are [...]
Happiness … a right? Or something you do earn? A smile takes less effort Is something you do learn. But what is happiness, Besides a nice emotion? It’s birds that sing and waves that dance Upon the mighty ocean. It’s powerful and curative This happiness you seek. For when you [...]
Forgiveness -- The greatest gift … When used to heal a painful rift. Those who harbor hate and anger-- Who hold for others hardened rancor, Hold within their chest a stone Leaving them to feel alone. Yet when you find it in your heart To heal that which does set [...]
Embark on a journey. Walk forward step by step. Although you may not know the way, This trip you won’t forget… The path of life is winding. Many turns along the way. And where each step will lead you, Is not for you to say. Walk blindly forward if you [...]
Lie down here beside me. Rest your weary head. Cry not in mourning, For I’m not really dead. I always step beside you When my name you call. I’m here to dry your tears I will not let you fall. I dance in every raindrop. I ride upon the wind. [...]
I gave a reading yesterday where my sitter's loved one came in very, very strongly with wonderful evidence. I have another today, so I was asking in meditation for the person's loved ones to draw near when the time came. I could feel someone standing by already. Then, the poem [...]
Like a ball of golden light The love inside you burns. Straining… ever yearning… Growing stronger as it turns. Once released it flows. A velvet river flowing out. Coating all it touches Like water from a spout. Open wide the spigot. Let the love inside you pour. There’s such a [...]
After getting no poem yesterday, three today, (albeit one of them very short). The first two are most definitely messages to me, the third is universal. This first poem is quite interesting, as today's local paper has an article about me and my latest book, "The Priest and the Medium": [...]