Resplendent Realms

The time has come
The Green Man said
A day of reckoning
To count the flowers
By the sea
And trace the foot steps
Of the Queen

The Prince has caused a horrid rift
The Queen she fled in fear
And Natures gifts were set a drift
Those gifts the Queen held dear

The Joker caught a bird in flight
And kept her captive for the night
He gave her such a fitful fright
Shattered by her earth bound plight
She flew away beyond his sight

Then midst the garden, fairies danced

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poem by Lynne FincherSpringarden
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Ghost of Churches Past

The Ghost of Churches Past

A stately edifice it stands alone
For sale to any buyer.
The patrons of this church
Have fled to ground much higher.

They loved their God
And true they were
They sought out higher ground
For in a cold stone building
Their God they never found.

They drank the spirit willingly
They prayed the sacred words
But when the cry from heaven came
The elders never heard.

The charlatans of prayer
They steal our weary souls

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poem by Lynne FincherSpringarden
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