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The Audience of One

[Note: This is a repost and one of my favorites.  It was written years ago while I was at college and dealing with a lot of personal suffering and surrounded…

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04/07/2025
Blog, Poetry

Little Eyes

Burn little eyes With anger beyond hope Scorn all who Care not look at them. Hide little eyes From beyond the scope Of not one or two But all so-called…

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25/05/2019
Biblical Commentary, Blog

The Redemption of Loneliness- Part I

    Loneliness can be more constant a companion than those expected to be its demise.  Many of us assume we know the definition of loneliness, as if we memorized…

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26/04/2020

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  • Blog,  Personal Essay

    The Loser Me

    Christopher Francis / 09/06/2019 / 0 Comments

    [I am posting this essay I wrote several years ago in recognition of today- the anniversary of the day that Jesus saved me from a bed of suicide, sin, and Hell, and miraculously…

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  • Biblical Commentary,  Blog

    Thoughts on Psalm 104:31

    Christopher Francis / 08/06/2019 / 0 Comments

    Psalms 104:31: The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works. What a thought that God will rejoice in His works! So often we might think…

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  • Biblical Commentary,  Blog

    Thoughts On Psalm 70

    Christopher Francis / 08/06/2019 / 2 Comments

    In the title of the psalm, why does it say, “A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance” when the entire psalm is written in the present tense? When you remember something, aren’t…

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  • Blog,  Poetry,  Romantic Poetry

    Freshly Fallen Hope

    Christopher Francis / 07/06/2019 / 2 Comments

    [This poem was inspired by a photograph of a fresh snowfall at dusk taken by a friend and is the final poem in the quadrilogy.  I have learned the hard way that sometimes…

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  • Blog,  Poetry,  Romantic Poetry

    The Beauty Of The Evening

    Christopher Francis / 06/06/2019 / 0 Comments

    My eyes cannot seem to rest On anything, Save your face My hands have long been tireless In searching for yours Now with my lips no longer hiding Your name, My heart will…

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  • Blog,  Poetry,  Romantic Poetry

    The Incandescent Beckoning

    Christopher Francis / 05/06/2019 / 0 Comments

    [This is one of my all-time favorites among my writing and I felt was a significant step forward in my progression as a writer due to the depth of the topic and pacing…

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  • Blog,  Poetry,  Romantic Poetry

    The Remainder of Wrath

    Christopher Francis / 04/06/2019 / 0 Comments

    [The last five posts dealt with hypocrisy so I thought I would change the pace and share a quadrilogy of romantic poems. This is the first in the quadrilogy.] Pursuing my anger Has…

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  • Blog,  Personal Essay

    I Must Be Overcome

    Christopher Francis / 03/06/2019 / 0 Comments

    I want to live with the desire of a thousand years in one heart. I want to shun the pride of a thousand fears trying to tear me apart. I want to know…

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  • Blog,  Poetry

    We Are All Guilty…And We Are All Sane

    Christopher Francis / 02/06/2019 / 0 Comments

      We are all guilty… And we are all sane… (Surely I will be sorry Before this day is ended. And I will be abhorred For the greed I have befriended.) These words……

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  • Blog,  Poetry

    A Hypocrite’s Hope (Isaiah 42:16)

    Christopher Francis / 02/06/2019 / 0 Comments

    I’ve been walking through The ruins of my life Longing desperately To be only a tourist I’ve searched high and low For answers I don’t know And become quite blind In the process.…

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