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Snapshots from the Family Album

May 23, 2025 Diana Derringer Home, Inspiration
Snapshots from the Family Album--country road through fields with blue sky and clouds

I wrote “Snapshots from the Family Album” for the 2016 Kentucky Arts Council’s “Where I’m From: A Poetry of Place.” It uses the structure and style of Kentucky Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon’s original “Where

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Hands of Mine

March 8, 2025 Tom Toya Home, Inspiration

Hands Strong and muscular Or weak and wanting They can make many things They can build a castle in the sand But waves will wash it out They can erect a sky scraper But time

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The Treasure of Today

July 26, 2024 Diana Derringer Home, Inspiration
The Treasure of Today--sunrise among clouds

Each day is a treasure, a mystery to discover, a gift from the one who is Love. Some inspire wonder. Others present hardships. Each offers promise for growth. From daybreak to sunset, from dusk until

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Perils into Pearls

July 13, 2024 Tom Toya Home, Inspiration
priceless pearls

It lay unobtrusive in the belly of the oyster Under the cold blue waters A single grain of sand An irritant The beginning of a blessing Trouble twists and turns us Along the path But

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Upon the Tablet of our Hearts

May 1, 2024 Tom Toya Home, Inspiration

You write Your words upon the tablet of our hearts and minds Like footprints in the sand, You leave Your mark. Like an artist who paints a masterpiece, Your presence leaves an indelible impression. We

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If One Falls Down

April 26, 2024 Diana Derringer Christian Living, Home
If One Falls Down-two people helping an elderly man get out of a chair

True friends remind us of the truth in Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (NIV). “Two are better than one … if one falls down, his friend can help him up.”   We grieve a loss. A friend stops by

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Through the Seasons

February 10, 2024 Tom Toya Home, Inspiration
sunflower season

Morning brings the light Sometimes bright Seasons change over time They flow like a rhyme Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall As time turns, we call   Call on the name above every name For we

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Play It Again

October 27, 2023 Diana Derringer Christian Living, Home
Play It Again--man picking banjo

“Play It Again,” captures bittersweet memories and emotions of family and friends who gathered at our house on Friday or Saturday nights. The men played music. Women talked and laughed. We children played outside until

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A New Creation

June 12, 2014 Pirate Preacher Inspiration
A New Creation

by Maureen Hager Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Since I was a small child, From

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Celestial Sandbox

May 22, 2014 Will Schmit Inspiration

by Will Schmit A stand alone God, not alone, caws us to sing. Music in orbits, hearts beat the point pounded home. Life in light years, mothers close as stars apart. Celestial tryouts boom behind

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