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1. How Children Can Learn To Write Poetry In Six Steps

   by Zacharias Allred - 2008-10-02
   Teaching children to write poetry can be done if the steps are broken down. Children learn best when it is simple and easily accomplished. Basically all you need to do is show children how to rhyme...

2. Poetic Recitation on the Rule of St. Benedict by Peter Menkin

   by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
   Saturday, September 09, 2006 A poem (again, a poem) about God in one's life: The Rule of St. Benedict... turning to God in vigil... Most recently, I have begun a vigil for a woman who is nearing d...

3. Prayer Time by Peter Menkin

   by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
   Thursday, September 21, 2006 Exploring prayer time, a short poem about approaching the Lord... Today I visited Grace Cathedral in San Francisco for Evening Prayer. On Thursdays, like today's Eveni...

4. Notes From the Study House in March, No. 3 by Peter Menkin

   by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
   Thursday, September 28, 2006 A prayer, a poem, a recitation about sanctifying oneself...to be with God... I have liked this poem from the time I wrote it some years ago. It is posted on my website...

5. An Event of Getting Older by Peter Menkin

   by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
   Thursday, October 05, 2006 I had a dream about getting older, and mostly about being young... Once in a while my dreams are vivid, and I can remember them. Now I am older, not too old, but still y...

6. Renewing on the Journey by Peter Menkin

   by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
   We go on in spirit with the journey with Christ this Easter...a blessing of the Spirit... I have been thinking about Easter, and at Church we have been talking about the risen Christ. This poem po...

7. The Melody of the Bible by Peter Menkin

   by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
   Hearing read readings from the New Testament, "The melody of the Bible..."For many years I have enjoyed and learned from hearing read and reading the New Testament. My Bible is "The New Oxford Ann...

8. Christ's Enveloping Charity by Peter Menkin

   by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
   Poem reflecting on gifts from Christ: "For God alone my soul in silence waits" Today, Friday, I visited a woman in the health care unit of a retirement home. She asked me for a word, and I gave h...

9. Sleep, Known and Unknown Petitions by Peter Menkin

   by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
   "Sleep, invited each night with anticipation..." Sleep, known and unknown petitions by Peter Menkin Sleep, invited each night with anticipation. Lull during the hours to instill a deeper sometimes,...

10. Poem About a Dog by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
    Friday, August 11, 2006 My friend's Guide Dog is retiring: a poem-like statement called "Poem about a Dog"... Jan has a Guide Dog that is now 11-1/2 years old; time for retirement for Christmas, t...

11. Summer Before Last I Saw an Angel by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
    Friday, August 25, 2006 A little on the light side about Angels I have seen--just one... An older and lighter poem about angels, this poem was written more than two summers ago, making the angel s...

12. Wonder of Christ by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
    Monday, August 28, 2006 A short poem reflecting on Christ and what He brings to us... You as reader may find this a refreshingly short poem, that makes a point using threes. The implication of the...

13. The Hope Humility Brings by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-25
    Wednesday, October 11, 2006 What the spirit of Church does: transformation, move to humility... This more recent poem describes humility, an experience and outcome of Church. I have thought about ...

14. Waiting Engagement in Contemplation: to Be/ascend...(2000) by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-24
    Friday, December 08, 2006 Musical sound reminding the listener of contemplation, an experience... This is a more unusual poem, hopefully worthwhile. I wrote it more than five years ago, in 2000. It ...

15. A Man Finds He Yearns for God by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-24
    Friday, December 15, 2006 Here is a good reason to go to Church -- to find God... Lately, and by that I mean the last six months, I have been reworking poems. Here is one I workshopped on Blueline...

16. Early Morning by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-24
    Thursday, December 28, 2006 Bright morning star of Winter, it awakens me to Dawn... There are few mornings when I am up from bed so early, as I was some years ago on a regular basis. My kinship to ...

17. Winter Light Brightens the Path by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-24
    Saturday, December 23, 2006 Poem for Christmas, a wonderful Holiday... If I could format this poem another way on this site, I would do so. I've been told it is difficult to read with the sentence ...

18. Steel & Chrome Parade, a Poem, by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-23
    Sunday, September 14, 2008 Steel & Chrome Parade a poem by Peter Menkin The parade of town & county people and painted cars with chrome tailpipes was a glee on old Grant street--miles long parade...

19. The Lighted Candle by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-21
    Sunday, February 18, 2007: As we Enter Lent before Easter, a reflection and Poem on a Mystery I experienced. Ash Wednesday and Lent itself are coming very soon. I look forward to being in Church, ...

20. The Awakening Spirit by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-21
    Notice the Spirit of God, it is being awakened in us for Christmas...Sometimes my poems are better, and sometimes they are not so good. That's how it goes with poetry. So is my experience. Here is a ...

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