Here’s a place to find poems for the new year. https://www.poetseers.org/poem-of-the-day-archive/poems-new-year/
I was reminded of the first one yesterday in a post. I remember singing it as a hauntingly beautiful anthem at Hope College while I was in the Chapel Choir.
Poets have always been seers, looking at life from unique perspectives. Their purpose is to encapsulate feelings and images into words, usually as few as possible.
My goal for 2022 is to spread peace. “Let’s Do It in Twenty-Twenty-Two. Here’s my attempt to encapsulate the image:
From good morning greetings
To frequent compliments, to smiles,
To cheery “God bless your day!” wishes
As you pass others by,
To fewer criticisms of others’ driving errors
To prayers for those you’d like to prove wrong
Or mislead or on the wrong track, or foolish;
Let’s shower grace and peace on a hurting world
So we can bandage the wounds.
Let’s leave the judgments to God’s moral law
And His grace, mercy, or condemnation.
Let’s pray instead for the oppressor and the oppressed,
Do all the good we can to all the needy we meet
And let world peace begin in our little spheres.
Won’t you join with me in this campaign?
“Spread grace and peace too!
Let’s Do it in Twenty-Twenty-Two.”
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