Excerpt

Sample excerpts: strictly their own:

NORTH
A Gift
By Sharon D. Hunsicker

Silver dusted moon and lavender hills
Soft Nightingale song and Mockingbird trills
Misty moonbeams haunting shadows of night
And ricocheting off lakes of glassy white

Snails threading the earth with shimmering trail
Red fox conduct night’s song with white-tipped tail
Trees within their branches wear spider laces
Moon flowers glow with dazzling faces

Tiny mice dance and clandestinely meet
With crickets and katydids at their feet
Earth musky perfumes stirred by a sweet breeze
So full and fragrant, sent upon wheat seas

And here I stand alone and in awe
Thanking God at my feet He laid it all

bbaa


SOUTH

Past the Sunset
By Tom Henry

Wandering through life toward sunset of days;
having many setbacks and joy delays.
Knowing that soon all heartaches will be past,
if I can just endure and hold fast--

to what I believe and know in my heart.
I will be with you Lord, when from here I depart.
Heartaches to the left, headaches to the right;
I just have to make it through this night.

On the far side of midnight,
is a glorious, bright light.
When I leave behind this pain and take flight,
to that city over there, so beautiful and bright.

The tears, pain, sadness behind
and all the words spoken, so unkind.
To enter into the gate and LORD, you I meet,
and walk with you along the golden street--

or by the Crystal River, so fair.
There is nothing here to compare
to the joy with you I'll share --
just past the sunset, to that City Four Square.

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Sample: Joint writing effort line for line:

NORTH MEETS SOUTH:

Reflecting His Mercy
Joint effort in fun by Tom and Sharon

From the highest mountain to the lowest valley
The inner city to the darkest alley
From the deep blue sea to the shallow stream
The farthest star and all between

In the waking hours and our pleasant dreams
The love of God shines and gleams
It shimmers as a diamond caught in the sun
Reflecting His mercy upon everyone

His desire for all people here below
Is for us to fully understand and know
So it is; He calls for us His Word to read
Love letter, manual and salvation's seed

Having His spirit deep within
Giving us strength not to sin
Walking His narrow path,
Never to see His wrath

To be a light for all we see
Showing them, we can be free
To claim everlasting life
Free of hardship and strife

Being that light day by day
Pointing to the only true way,
Salvation through Christ the king.
Let His Word forever ring!

bbaa


Same Title- their own poem:

The Golden Leaves of Autumn
By Sharon D. Hunsicker

My autumn of life is now at hand
In the third season of life I stand.
Life dances on the leaves of time;
Seasons in reason and rhyme

Spring, newly born, gentle and innocent
Delivery of God
Spring; sapling goes forth, buds anew~
Crying babe; fresh as morning dew
Tiny bloom in the scheme of life~
Free of trouble, worry and tremendous strife
Most precious of seasons

Summer, inquisitive, awakened and fresh
Learning with God
Summer; the unfolding sharp and green~
Life takes full flight in adventures unseen.
Schooling to learn, families to birth~
Life in prime gauging her worth;
Most tender of the Seasons

Autumn, laidback, observant and sagacious
Dancing with God
The Golden Leaves of Autumn clear~
I see held tight of many as being dear.
Now are the days life’s leaves are golden
Vibrant in color in full appreciation beholden
The Golden Leaves of Autumn

We are free to dance the winds of succession
Living in experience of life lessons
Free to dance even with life askew~
Mingling with others showing now their color true
Autumn weaves her golden color

Ah, dressed in wisdom yet not in vanity
Wondering if I, at long last, lost all sanity
The Golden Leaves of Autumn I waltz in dance~
Until the quiet days of winter come to me to romance
The most Beautiful of all seasons

Winter, wizened, sheltered and tired
Studying with God
Winter; the realization heaven means home
You revel in quiet walks as in tender poem
Enjoying life but wishing it was over
Just to start life all anew – this time
In eternity in the
Golden Leaves Autumn
Dancing with God
Loving so: The Golden Leaves of Autumn
Above all other seasons

bbaa


The Golden Leaves of Autumn
By Tom Henry

The golden leaves of autumn are quite a sight to see;
when all summer they were green on that big oak tree.
As I wander through the woods with beauty all around
and the acorns from the tree have fallen to the ground;

the golden leaves of autumn, blowing in the breeze.
A few floating down with gentle perfect ease
landing with the others at the bottom of the tree.
All of this wondrous beauty, I enjoy for free.

As I walk down the lane among the Maple, Oak and Pine
I thank you Father for the beauty and the warm sunshine.
Deep within my heart there's peace and joy knowing
because of my Heavenly Father, I am able to keep going.

Until, like them, the golden leaves of autumn
from this time and place, a memory I'll become.
Then walk by the streams and golden leaves up there
and realize at last, it's the answer to my prayer.

I’ll wait beside the stream for my family and my friends
Please, believe in the Lord, your soul he will cleanse.
When you walk thru the golden leaves and down the lane
over there, my friends and loved ones, we'll meet again.