Toil Poems - Poems about Toil

... May 26 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Nehemiah 11-13 Key Verse – Nehemiah 11:22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the s......Read the rest...

...Looking at My Hands By - Roger White Pallid skin, once luminescent, now brown and stained like husks. Gaunt fingers, once straight, now gnarled and twisted like twigs. I lament where my hands hav......Read the rest...

..."I shall be like a tree planted by the river ... " Psalm 1:3 Anchored for now but watching the drift Bend down to reach what forever does shift Content in a moment, but mind always whirring ......Read the rest...

... May 19 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 2Chronicles 34-36 Key Verse – 2Chronicles 34:27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest ......Read the rest...

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The whispers of the wind speak a language, The soft, comforting touch of love on my face and body, The fragrance of lilacs wafting through......Read the rest...

... May 18 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 2Chronicles 31-33 Key Verse – 2Chronicles 31:20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and tru......Read the rest...

...Arrows from bright, unbroken skies are falling down into the eyes of a man who is searching, yearning to find fantastical vistas inside of his mind. The warming rays illuminate for him branchi......Read the rest...

...Once upon a time, it was our able-bodied kin Taken or traded for guns' dark din. To toil in fields, their labour bound In homes and plants, their freedom drowned. Then they realized, beneath ou......Read the rest...

..."The pain Of The Unseen Effort" The weight of the world, Upon weary shoulders, Crushing the spirit, As effort and energy, Seem to vanish like vapor, Into the silent void, With no recognition, ......Read the rest...

... Fujisan,* how long must I toil to build up wisdom? Gakusei,** Even dust when piled up can become a mountain.*** *Sacred place and source of artistic inspiration **Student ***Japa......Read the rest...

... English words that end in “let” are called diminutives – did you forget? All were once of larger size but were easily diminutized by the suffix “let” appended where the word naturally ended......Read the rest...

...Written 28 April 2024 “Genius begins great works. Labour alone finishes them.” Joseph Joubert Labour Day ......Read the rest...

...What ye bring back, Sailor from a long journey— Coffers of golden words of poetry, Pearls precious or nuggets from depths of sea? Gone ye had to explore as an old man, Rudderless, with naught m......Read the rest...

... April 30 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Chronicles 5-6 Key Verse – 1Chronicles 5:20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all t......Read the rest...

...Sometimes life gets so weary And it is hard to move on; I look back on yesterdays When I was once young and strong. Now each step is much shorter And the old bones feel the chill, While ev'ery ......Read the rest...