Now Christ in Thee my soul finds rest,
When all seems lost to me,
I feared to face the fiery test,
And sought the world not Thee

Life eternal is in Jesus,
All my springs are now in Thee,
There my endless striving ceases,
As I look to Calvary.
Love  that speaks silently,
One that brings me liberty,
How Thy life Thou reckoned not for saving me,
What a Saviour is He!

When sick and suffering unto death,
I cried in agony ,
Acquainted with my pains , Christ  saith,
"I bore the stripes for thee".

"Behold , I send the Comforter,"
Thy parting words they be,
When He abides  there's nought to fear,
The Father's gift to me.

The veil is rent , my  anchor's cast,
In  realms  of glory great,
And when my race is run at last,
A fellow heir my state.

My yearning soul doth pine for Thee,
Do  hasten , Lord , Thy Day;
And when my eyes Thy glory see,
Great God what shall I say?

I tried to write
With some “PANACHE”
But it turned out
To be just trash

Then I wrote
With “SAVOIR FAIRE”
But there was just
Nothing there

And so I tried  
With some “PIZZAZZ”
But, I’ve had better
Come out my ***

So now I write
With “AVANT GARDE”
Because writing well
Is just too hard

Thus, I let you poets
Write the stuff
That we all
Would be proud of
WIZDUMBs BY JA 256

I am humbled by the poetic ability and diversity of this community.
                                   I applaud you all.

Respectful
Forgiving,
Understanding,
Joyful,
Uplifting,
Selfless,­
Considerate
Appreciative,
Priceless
Forever.

In schooldays my aim was terribly perfect
add to that an attitude unfair
a soft teacher was an easy found target
not one bald head was allowed to be spared.

The moment the poor man turned to blackboard
his baldness shined as a gaming site
the sleeping devil woke up and deep roared
dispatched were chalks on windborne flight.

Only a few did land on wrong place
but found mostly their rightful targets
and bore no qualm the thrower's face
when cheered by the fellow classmates.

As the victim turned with ire's full steam
nursing stings that came with good force
we in the gang were such an honest team
never revealed it came from what source.

It went on smooth till luck failed one day
has to end all games one once starts
a traitor midst us the secret gave away
memory of the thrashing badly hurts.