Denis Martindale Poems

If all you seek proves self, self, self,
No other heart to love,
Then God must leave you on the shelf,
As your love's not enough...
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The broken heart of worlds apart
Can like a river flow,
As if once pierced by Cupid's dart
To pine like lovers know...
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When leaders try to prove their might, their wisdom comes to nought,
Because God sees them day and night and knows their every thought,
Our God is sovereign over all, His laws are just and good
And blessed are saints who can recall what God wants understood.
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When leaders try to prove their might, their wisdom comes to nought,
Because God sees them day and night and knows their every thought,
Our God is sovereign over all, His laws are just and good
And blessed are saints who can recall what God wants understood.
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There was a little lion who
Was still without a name!
He wanted one! Who wouldn't do?
His parents were to blame...
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There was a teeny-weeny snake
Who didn't have a name,
She wanted one, for goodness sake,
Her parents were to blame...
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The tiger's stripes appeared like snakes
Had crawled upon his sides,
As if what liberty each takes,
While in plain sight, none hides...
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The tiger wasn't too displeased
His jungle pool had gone,
A second pool had quickly teased
His hopes to rest upon...
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I won't despise the wilderness, though I may walk alone,
Not while my God has cause to bless my soul upon His Throne.
He thinks of me and talks with me and comforts me again,
To grant my heart serenity, as I pray now and then...
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How best to serve the King of Kings?
How best to live this life?
Should we seek only selfish things,
Avoiding pain and strife?
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