Category Archives: poetry

Ode to a Pew

Posted on February 10, 2018 by ganid11

With apologies to all my lawyer friends… I’ve decided to leaven all the long-form posts I’ve either posted or have in the pipeline with occasional poems from my 1998 compilation, “Ups and Downs”. I called it that because they chronicle … Continue reading →

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A Word, if You Will, about My “Gone too Soon” Profiles

Posted on March 9, 2017 by ganid11

[Dumbledore says, in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic.” Which is why, perhaps, I have found this such a difficult piece to write. No magician … Continue reading →

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TBT:GTS#1: Randall Robbins, Actor, Teacher, Leader, Friend

Posted on April 16, 2016 by ganid11

INTRODUCTION My over-arching challenge here is to write this post – the first in an occasional series – in such a way that it will keep you smiling even if it may, at first, give you pause. But, I know … Continue reading →

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The Flow of God: Third Annual Posting

Posted on March 12, 2016 by ganid11

“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God…” – Revelation 22:1 This post is surely my most presumptuous, but perhaps the most important. It is perfectly possible … Continue reading →

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Frazzle-Dazzle

Posted on January 1, 2016 by ganid11

  I’m not entirely sure why I have had an inner urging for several weeks, now, to post this poem, but I have, and since it revolves around the self-reflective mindset that results in what we loosely call “resolutions,” it … Continue reading →

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OUR COMMON HOME: What the Pope Said

Posted on December 9, 2015 by ganid11

I’m astonished by the Pope on so many levels. There is his proactive humility, his profound simplicity, his confident spirituality, and all served up to our little lost world in his mind-bogglingly perfect pitch. As both a lifelong friend of … Continue reading →

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A Boy’s Tale: Introduction and Chapter 1 – 10

Posted on January 31, 2015 by ganid11

Following Through… As you most likely know by now, if you’ve been reading these posts, my friendship with Jesus began as a child of five when I invited Him to join me and my “imaginary” friends Mrs. Seafey and Mrs. … Continue reading →

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Poem for the New Year: Illusions

Posted on January 9, 2015 by ganid11

  At first glance, this poem may seem a bit bleak, but there is one tiny clue (that capital “S” at the bottom) that in reality it is a hymn of praise to the Wisdom, Love and Care of our … Continue reading →

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Betty’s Bradford Pears

Posted on April 23, 2014 by ganid11

In 1973, when my mother, Jane, died at 50 of pancreatic cancer, everyone agreed it was much too soon for one so vibrant, so giving, so clearly an instrument of the God she served to leave the earth. It’s a … Continue reading →

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YIPPEE!

Posted on April 14, 2014 by ganid11

My Daddy once bought a case of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet and kept it in his pickup so he would have extra copies handy to give out to friends and acquaintances when opportunities arose. He was particularly fond of Gibran’s … Continue reading →

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