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Best Poems From
HARLAN SIMANTEL
(August 8,1951)
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Thanks
Thanks for your fresh Spirit
You supply each day
Thanks for guidance
Along the way.
Thanks for birds
And the music they sing,
Thanks for dogs
And the affection they bring.
Thanks for cats, big and small -
I'm amazed at how
You created them all.
Thanks for the sky,
Blue or cloudy,
Thanks for storms
When nature gets rowdy!
Thanks for sex
It feels so good,
Thanks for renewing
A good attitude.
Thanks for friends
In heaven and earth
They're priceless -
That's what they're worth.
Thanks for skill
You gladly endow,
Thanks for inspiring
And showing me how.
I'll keep this short,
And right to the point,
Thanks for keeping
My nose out of joint!
Harlan Simantel
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Best teacher
Find the best teacher,
an author,
intelligent creature!
She's distilled her wisdom
and helpful knowledge
for you -
with or without college.
God will also teach,
He's on your side,
the Everlasting Guide.
Harlan Simantel
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eye candy
i'm a sucker
for eye-candy
my eye is pulled
by any pretty face
mesmerized
by that beautiful fresh flower
no mar, not a trace
but me, older, average
to her i'm probably another
gawking guy savage
i know cerebrally
that best beauty goes deep
to the soul
is ageless, lasts
but me?
i seem to remain
a visual sucker
i tell myself
enjoy God's flowers
they do fade
but so pretty
in their glory hours
Harlan Simantel
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God's pleasure
em
me
you
more
from
God's
pleasure
store
ecstasy
Jesus'
intentionality
i am
Father
Brother
Sister
Friend
love
send
you
mend
Harlan Simantel
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