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ROADSIDE  GOLD


     Beautiful flowers and scenes adjoin the earthly roadsides.  So, also, God's people grow to be special creations along His Life-roadsides.

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queen anne's lace







LIFE-GOLD collection of poems copyright (c) 1995 by Marilee Miller
illustrated Web version copyright (c) 2009 by Marilee Miller
All rights reserved.  One copy allowed on non-commercial computers for personal use.  Otherwise, no copying in any form (electronic, digital, or mechanical) without permission.
       
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BERRY "ROSE"

White, perfect petals
  Of blossoms
    Shining forth from
      Himalaya blackberry --
The new ones, just come out,
So lightly tinged with pink
  I may but dream
    Such color there!
      Circle of many stamens
Might seem to imaginative viewers
Like clust'ring, fairy wands,
  Airy, darkened jewels
    At tops, a'nod:
How delicately fair!
     Other folks might see
A tiny golden ring
      To crown a wee
pretend-wood-maiden's hair.  

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blackberrypatch


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RAMBLING ROSE

Old-fashioned rambling rose,
  Deep burgundy, overlaced
    With brilliant red;
Single blooms so nearly
  Like the pink, wild rose,
    Yet God made these
      Showily different
  For my eyes to see.
Regal flowers open
    From most exquisite buds:
  Not tight-packed,
    Yet petals folded
      In upon themselves.
  Velvet tiplets devoted
    To unity of self.
Star-shaped do the buds unfold,
    Sent to my glimpse today,
  Perhaps as a God-guided star
   To stir my thoughts alight!

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BRAMBLE ROSE

Another sort of bramble rose
  By roadside bank --
    (I count two-hundred
      And fifty-four blossoms in area
        Some two foot square!)
Tiny budlets, yet more double
  Than ordinary "wild rose."

Blushing cerise encurls
    Like joyous gems agleam.
  There from center vein of leaf,
  Lines fan out,
    Delicate spikes show.
    And at the cleft
  Where branch and stem unite
Are fine barbs of glory-red.

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GOD'S INDIVIDUAL CREATIONS

Three types of "roses",
  All nearly alike
    As to flowret-shape:
  These grace a single bank,
    At dusty roadside.
  (Dew has washed the roses
    With clean hope!)
In some ways look-alikes,
Yet each unique to sight.
Three distinct species
    Thrilling my heart.

May I risk comparison?
  God's people, too, are same;
    All loved by him
      As they grow nodding by
        The life-roadsides
          Of mankind.
  Yet are endowed differently,
    To be special creations.
I may rejoice that I am
    Singly "ME"!

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AND YET ANOTHER ROADSIDE ROSE

Rambling, quaint old-fashioned,
Blossoms nodding happily
In summer breeze,
At end of every limber cane.
Stray-flower,
With staying-power,
Not as compact or "bushly"
As other rose bushes in the lane.
I pluck one lovely rose bloom,
To grace
A vase
Of roadside flowers
Which will brighten up my home.
While looking at this
cherish-rose,
beauty-rose,
My thoughts toward God shall roam.
 
rose-picked

rose-vines


rose-vase

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WATER-SYMMETRY

Sighted through close-up
Binocular ring,
Two seagulls
Whitely bright
In morning sun
Are maneuvering
In eerie quiet:
Wings beating
In one accord
Like customized aircraft
At an airshow,
Crowd-pleasers,
Stuntmen showoffs,
Barnstorming
In symmetry:
One flying upright,
The other keeping
Perfect rhythm,
But "belly up."

Removal of binoculars
Changes view:
There is one bird,
Skimming alone;
Yet pleasure is
Diminished none
To know the truth:
That birdly fellow
Flying upside down
Is only a reflection
In water current which
Scarcely breathes at all!

Lord, in my daily walk with You,
May others observe, not a separate two
(Jesus first, and then, "just me"),
But only Jesus' Light through me.

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MORNING BLESSINGS

All-glinting
Morning sun
Brings blessings
  To recount
    Along the daily way,
Peace to still
My appetite
  For longing, and
Quietude to send
Frustrations
    Dribbling away.

Rambler rose
Reflected in
Still waters is
  Bright color-spot
    For my "today;"
Happiness is this
  Walking-beside-water,
    Beauty-trusting day!

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ONE OF GOD'S MIRACLES

Aeorodynamically, the bumblebee
                      isn't meant to fly.
But this, the little creature doesn't know!
It doesn't doubt at all
                      that it can fly.
And so, it just goes, and goes-----

My prayer for you:
Doubt not your maker's
     tender care,
Doubt not the power
     of a prayer;
May one of God's miracles
     come your way
As you trust him now
     to bless this day.

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ROADSIDE GOLD

Queen Anne's Lace blooms white, not gold,
But oh, it makes a statement bold
At end of dusty August-time
When other wildflowers are past their prime.
White medallions of airy lace,
A testimony of God's grace,
Able to thrive, hot weather's gain,
It blooms and wreathes a roadside lane.

What Queen Anne's Lace is tucked in me,
Where none but closest heart may see
The glory of God's roadside gold?
Let me be open statement bold:
Proclaim his love and sing his song,
Though life grows weary, days seem long.
When August-heats challenge destiny,
Yet may my lace bloom faithfully,
With markings of God's own dear fold:
May my life prove its Savior's gold!




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LIFE-GOLD collection of poems copywrite (c) 1995 by Marilee Miller
illustrated Web version copywrite (c) 2009 by Marilee Miller
All rights reserved.  One copy allowed on non-commercial computers for personal use.  Otherwise,
no copying in any form (electronic, digital, or mechanical) without permission.
       
admin  @  cooshistory  com     (close up spaces and add dot)


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