Author Dana Redricks
June 28, 2025
Heaven and hell is real—
not just a tale or a preacher’s zeal. Beyond the veil of flesh and bone,
eternal truths are etched in stone.
Jesus bore the nails, the shame, on Calvary’s cross, He took our blame. With love so fierce, He broke the chain, to lift us up from sin and pain.
We walk a road with twist and turns, where hearts decide, and conscience learns.or toward hell.
This life is fleeting, a vapor, a sigh, yet choices echo when we die. Grace is offered, free and wide, but we must choose where we’ll abide.
Heaven: a place where joy won't cease, where love resides and souls find peace. Hell: the place of fire that never sleeps, where sorrow wails and darkness weeps.
So hear this truth, both stern and kind: redemption's gift is yours to find. The gates of glory open wide, if Christ alone is where you hide.
Heaven and hell—is real, is near, and now’s the time to see it clear. Choose life, choose light, choose love’s great deal—for Heaven and Hell is real.
Copyright © Dana Redricks 2025. All Rights Reserved
They say heaven is for real,
that is really a great deal.
I will get to see you,
I am happy not blue.
I am filled with much love and zeal.
Diminuendo/Pentatoni
Swooh's of oohism
oohgasmic ooh's and
the ah-ooh,
ah;ooh's of ooh-ah's
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There's ah rhythm to this
that's what I heard
a prefered way of doing it
that's what I heard
guess it aint that simple
Love is only a word
the cat's a little finicky
and the directions blurred
the chore of simplicity
my need to satisfy
a great deal of professionalism
that's the reason why
I can't eat if I
aint working gotta do my thing
got the birds ah chirping
let's hear them sing
There's ah rhythm to this
There's a kinda groove
get's my foot ah tapping
make's my body move
From The Book;
" The Better Understanding"
written By: Ditty-DeWright
The Sound's of a Distorted man
To deepen understanding of love and marriage,
it's a story about a man needing help after finding that love and marriage were not
the prime directives of Church and the Church Community.
Someone gave him a wordless song to help respirt
his then drained soul.
and Offfered him a ticket to a retreat were
they dealt with issues of people and persons:
The Challenging of a Bassoon
May we be blessed to understand
when with money we are bewitched…
There is a difference between earning a great deal of money
and actually being rich.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Poetry Contest
Sponsor Charles Messina
10.04.2025
Words required: Great, Good, Extraordinary, Wonderful
Abstract Painting
After a great deal of good training
Extraordinary abstract painting
Becomes wonderful each time you try
It will even pass an expert eye
Eye the bottle and sample the vine
Try drinking a few glasses of wine
Painting enhances with hippocras
Training each morning or evening class
It will improve your skills overnight
My Abdomen
A great amount has been recorded about
my 17-year-old abdomen. My pale stomach and intestines talk
a great deal and
sleep much less.
I shut them up and
keep them awake by
drinking sludge.
Remember: for perfect abdominal muscles consume the pus from
zits.
Without nature there'd be no life
Upon this planet some refer to as Earth
Whereas as others called it Mother Earth
Humanity has a great deal to comprehend
But firstly it would have to be that Earth
Is a multidiverse life force
Where one cannot survive without the other
We must save all of our natural world
Forests, jungles, ocean and seas and mountains
The sad thing is wealthy people
Just think of more wealth
Not what is the precious thing we have
And that's life in all forms.
In the insurmountable obstacles of life,
Love, LOVE.
With no torn apart starts,
With no borders nor walls.
For, love is a guide to humanity,
And love bridges all gabs.
For, love heals,
And love leads.
Ofcourse love can be a great ordeal,
But, it forever remains a great deal.
Even the bible concurs
1Corinthians 13:4–8
Love is patient and kind;
Love does not envy or boast;
It is not arrogant or rude.
It does not insist on its own way;
Love is not irritable or resentful;
It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
Love bears all things,
It believes all things,
It Hopes all things,
Endures all things.
Love, LOVE
Love with no bounds,
Love with no fear.
For, love is a beautiful thing.
And love is a special delight.
1548 Linden Avenue has a reputation for being haunted.
It’s scary, eerie, people have died in there, they cautioned me.
I was offered a thousand dollars to stay here one whole night.
I brought my sleeping bag, a flashlight, a book and snacks.
Everything was fine for the first couple of hours, and I fell asleep.
A loud crash woke me up; my heart beat was erratic and fast.
What was that? I felt like I was hearing Poe’s telltale heart.
Confident it was my imagination, I tried to go back to my slumber.
A voice in my head said “be alert, they want you dead.”
My body began shaking violently.
My teeth were clicking together.
Don’t be silly! I told myself, this was not me.
It is futile to fight, the entity told me.
No one leaves this house alive.
I tried to open the front door.
It was locked tight.
I decided to push the window open.
it must have been nailed shut.
I knew I would not be leaving this house alive.
Suddenly a thousand dollars did not seem like a great deal.
Mrs. Spratt was exceedingly fat,
Hubby Jack was as lean as a bone.
They both relished each meal
With a great deal of zeal
And even licked platters clean
When the eating was done.
Though not frugal with rations,
They still took lovely vacations
With the money they saved on dish detergent alone.
He says I’m beautiful but does he see
The pains of my heart the shuffle of my feet
The rains of dark mysteries of my inner beasts
That torture my my mind when I thirst for peace
I told him about my denim disabilities
Was quite shocked that he is not running
Seems this man’s finds in me his queen
And in him could be king my Prince Charming
I say could because life is no dream
I am not as gullible as I seem
Just because we find in ourselves esteem
And want a mate to place a ring
Oh how do we know what God means
When free will is real and we choose many things
I’m a free spirit and this love is green
Not that I fear it but I’m not trusting
Not ready to say I do anything
Not willing to melt into his dream
Of a life a wife a diamond wearing queen
Perhaps I am too free God must call me
For I wrestle with the winds of destiny
And ancestors call in the red floral breeze
I’m a southern woman who loves and needs
A great deal of passion planting my purple peace.
The rain that showered us all evening had stopped.
although many drops were still clinging to the trees…
As I walked a few of those drops fell down on me
coaxed off their leaves by an early morning breeze.
The ever-shifting clouds seemed to be having fun
as they danced around the moon who is always happy to reflect the sun.
As I felt the wind against my face
and watched the sun-lit moon and clouds shimmy, shake and sway
I was reminded of this Native American blessing…
a wonderful way to start one’s day:
‘May you be strengthened by yesterday’s rain…
walk straight into tomorrow’s wind
and cherish each moment of the sun today.’
I believe we could have learned a great deal
from the indigenous cultures…if we had found a way
to get to know the people
who first populated this land…
If we had tried to comprehend their culture
If we had tried to understand.
Then today…instead of walking separately…
we could all be walking hand-in hand…as one…
respecting one another’s differences
while enjoying…the rain, the wind and the sun
Flags
Such a delicately beautiful flower
With a subtle refined and heavenly scent.
It stands above the others like a tower
And its sweet perfume into the air is spent.
Though it doesn’t have a great deal of power
It leaves most everyone peacefully content.
It adorns gardens of houses everywhere
And is planted in graveyards to show folks care.
“Dammit,” he cried
“I’ll never get you clean”
For what he had seen
Was nothing but mean
“Come on over, now, here’s your feed”
As the pony ran over
With a great deal of speed
Her leg limped
Over a hard patch of ground
That was by no means good
At least the rest were sound
She was covered in dirt
From head to toe
She rolled in the soiled grass
All that mud was a foe
The majestic white coat
Hid deep underneath
The only thing bright
Was her freshly cleaned teeth
The show is tomorrow
And there’s no time for fun
“My Connemara filly,
What on earth have you done?”
Coulf It be I'm in Love with You
and Culd mean your in love with Me
Enthusiasm and approval
her excitement meant a great deal
to him.
HEr smile was radiant and made
all in attendance
wish they were them.
Jealousy could be heard
from those who
sought foul words to
speak of this occasion.
This made most in attendance
wonder why they even came.
But all in all
a great and gorgeous evening
were folks
saw two people
who love one another
made a commitment to
one another.
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