Season 5, Episode 1, After the Book & Orange the Teddy Bear

41, 5-1, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, updated 1/24/2022, pm (Scheduled 1/28/2022 )Today’s poems are all unpublished.  They were, however, posted on the God Still Rhymes Facebook page.  I have a few files saved of unpublished poems. These are random poems from the PROPOSED Rest Poems 5-28-18 until . . . file.  They are in no particular order.  I just randomly looked at poems and these are the ones I chose.Discussion:June 11, 2018 Another poem written while resting.  Not for any future book, just for me, and maybe you the reader. THE BOY AND THE MAN (and the writer.) I. The Beginning of Thoughts and Words I apologize for yesterday.I really had nothing to say;A word here, a thought there,A lot of nothing everywhere. Chilled to the bone,Stuck to the chair,The pencil kept moving,The page was filled. Not even a story for tomorrow,Nothing to give, nothing to borrow,An exercise not lifting the weightAs in the lifeless fog I wait. II. The Words That Followed I once knew a boyWho had a favorite toy.It was his pride and joy.But now may be a memory. He had a favorite songTo which others sang along,Moving forward and onward,Singing the music, the words. I see that boy most every day.The toy is gone, so is the song.Age has stolen for far too longHis ability to know what to say. He counts every wordRemembering the long lost song,Hoping that what he has heardWill make him again strong. The toy at some time lost.That loss has a cost,The tears and the fearsOf forgetting past years. 3. Hope Once in awhileAs he walks a mileHe remembers a name,Once and always the same. As he walks,As he talks,The voice of the Spirit,Listening, he hears it. His daily salvation,The constant revelationGiving him peace in his walkThrough the voice that does talk. Giving him peace of mindAs memories he does not find.So looking ahead he takes the hand,The hand of his Savior so he can stand. With peace and joy,Just ask that boy,He has known God’s Son,Not worrying over what is done. 4. There Is No Ending Once we know God,Once we know Jesus,He never forgets us.Never, not ever.6/10/18, tcarterDiscussion:January 19, 2019 This is the result of an overdose of news.  There is man’s news and there is the Good News that gives us hope. WILL YESTERDAY AND TODAY BECOME TOMORROW? I am beginning to wonderWhere we have gone asunder.All around us is thunderAs lightning aboundsWith so m any sounds,Like ships run agroundLooking for lifeboatsTo keep us afloat. There are those who shoutAs they run about.Time is running out. Who do we follow?Words that are hollow,Words that divideAnd sometimes derideThe thoughts of others,Our sisters and brothers. I look around,We are not aloneLiving at home.There is a toneEverywhere,Lack of careIn how we speak,Of