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“Sorry you Married a Jerk” copyright 2013 John J. Rigo, upcoming poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

Posted in Avoid Marrying a Jerk, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on March 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »

 
 
Perhaps a good book to read before marrying that second partner?

Perhaps a good book to read before marrying that second partner?

The scene is familiar.
A local restaurant.
The couple came to enjoy breakfast.
 
A woman joins the couple.
She is unfamiliar to the husband.
Introductions are made.
 
During the course of conversation
between the wife and woman friend
mention is made of several occasions
where the husband of the wife
is made to look like a jerk. 
 
As the husband listens to these
indirect insults by his wife
his mind travels back to his youth.
 
Memories fill his mind
in recalled memories of his
first childhood bride
who always treated him
with pride before others. 
 
An inner voice rings in his head.
The voice tells him he lacked maturity
in keeping his childhood bride.
 
He now realizes he is at the end of his life.
He is now married to a Jerk for a wife.
Lord….save us from our own stupidity. 
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“Am I Now Lost to my Time?” copyright 2012 John J. Rigo, upcoming book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

Posted in The New Obama flag for the US, tagged , , , , , , , on March 16, 2013| 2 Comments »

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Somewhere along my journey I stepped into a time machine.
I do not remember exactly when it happened.
I stepped forward in a strange land where a language
was spoken that did not sound like any tongue I knew.
 
The beings looked like me.
The planet seemed the same
but it was not.
 
There was a new God
in this land
in this dimension.
His name was Obama.
 
I looked closer at the eyes
of those about me.
Their was a strange blankness
in their eyes
an emptiness of spirit
I could not explain. 
 
I eagerly sought a sight of a flag pole
to see what land I might be in.
My eyes sought the Red, White and Blue.
 
Instead I looked with fright upon a flag
all to familiar from a past election.
God did not save us.

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“Embracing Life” copyright 2012 John J. Rigo, upcoming poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

Posted in A poem about embracing Life., tagged , , , , , , , on March 14, 2013| 7 Comments »

 
 

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Embrace your Youth.
The ticks of time move more quickly
than observed or counted. 
 
Embrace the Love of your Youth.
The embers lose their warm and glow
more quickly than our memories will capture.
 
Embrace the Wisdom 
that is bestowed upon you.
It will carry you
through the dark days
before you.  
 
Curse not your regrets.
They are but markers along the road. 
Regrets render the opportunity
to seek forgiveness.
 
Embrace your Lord
with Love and Worship.
He will Bless you along the road
and to the final place
of His Love for you. 

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“The Retarded Catholic” copyright 2012 John J. Rigo, upcoming “Passion Amidst Apathy”

Posted in The Retarded Catholic, tagged , , , , , , , on March 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »

 
 

Courtesy of the Deacon’s Bench

He was an independent contractor
He represented himself as a practicing Catholic.
Each Sunday with bowed head he received Communion.
 
Each week he would collect from his customers
payment for placing thousands of flyers
on doors of homes and apartments.
 
At the end of each week
he would dump a third of those flyers
in the local recycle center.
 
His explanation was that by being dishonest
with his customers
was the only way he could
make a profit and care for his family. 
 
It is my guess that he did not fully understand
the ten commandments.
Especially the commandment that said
“Thou Shall Not Steal.”
 
Practicing Catholics consider stealing
of this nature a mortal sin.
With such a sin on one’s soul
disqualifies them from taking Communion.
 
The thief must take Confession for this sin
prior to being able to take Communion.
The forgiveness was given with the words
“Go and sin no more.”
This individual repeated the same sin
week after week for fourteen years.
 
The sin was one
he rarely shared with a  priest
on a regular weekly confession.
In fact he rarely went to confession.
 
Yet each week he could be found
with head bent in prayer
after receiving that sacred host in communion.
 
You ask me how I was so aware
of this regular affront of God’s law.
You see the man observed
was my own Brother.
 
I am proud to say
that by his own example
it has now been
forty-nine years
since I have been a Catholic.
 
 
 
  
 
 
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“The Gift of Memories II” copyright 2013 John J. Rigo, upcoming third poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

Posted in The Memories of the Past., tagged , , , , , , , on March 10, 2013| Leave a Comment »

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I find myself at times crying without reason for the moment.
Suddenly thoughts flood into my mind from memories in my past.
 
This evening it was a memory of my Mother.
I had no thought of her in many years.
You see, my Mother was physically abusive
to both my Brother and I in our childhoods.
 
I had no emotions when word of death came
many years ago from my Brother.
When she was alive, every time I called her,
she would call me by my Brother’s name.
 
I knew then as I know now
she loved my younger Brother
above all others, including me. 
 
The memory that rushed upon me this evening
was remembering how my Mother smoked
one to two cigarettes a week.
 
She never inhaled on the cigarettes,
just puffed on them.
She got so much joy
from smoking on those cigarettes. 
 
These flooding thoughts from the past
are happening to me more often lately.
Perhaps it is knowing that my life
is coming to a close.
 
Truly all our days and moments on this earth
become more precious to all of us each day.
Thank you Lord for the gift of this life.
 
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“Wisdom” copyright 2013 John J. Rigo, upcoming third poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

Posted in Oh Wisdom Where r thou, tagged , , , , , , , on March 10, 2013| Leave a Comment »

 
 
Proposed Cover for my third non-profit poetry book.
Proposed Cover for my third non-profit poetry book.
We are not born with Wisdom at birth.
Nor is wisdom found in our youth.
It only comes with grinding reality.
 
It comes upon us
in a day when our bodies
are locked in pain.
 
It lingers upon our past memories.
A reminder of the wastes of youth.
The ignoring of the blessings
of our Lord.
 
Wisdom comes too late
in our lives.
Ever fleeting
Ever regretful
Ever enlighten
 
When it seems
now in life
given too late
to us.

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“The Why of Blessings” copyright 2013 John J. Rigo, upcoming third poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy

Posted in Passing our Blessings on to Others., tagged , , , , , , , on March 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »

 
 
A Sunrise each morning reminds me of all the blessings the Lord has rendered me.

A Sunrise each morning reminds me of all the blessings the Lord has rendered me.

The most humble among us are the best of us.
Remember this when you come among them each day.
The Lord has blessed you above all.
Render encouragement and hope
to those that live without hope.
Remember to share your blessings.
 
 
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"The Song of the Bottle" copyright 2008, upcoming book, "Passion Amidst Apathy"

Posted in God is Everywhere, upcoming book "Passion Amidst Apathy", tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 8, 2013| Leave a Comment »

"It was a simple glass bottle........"

“It was a simple glass bottle……..”

 
 
It was a simple glass bottle,
that gave me a gift of song,
that day.
 
It was a beautiful sunny day,
on the waterfront side of my home.
With a fresh cold, iced beer,
I sat on the back porch.
 
The breeze was beautiful as diamonds of light,
sparkled off the water before me.
A curious thing happened as I slowly drank that beer.
 
The outside wind played through the empty part of the bottle. 
A song, like no other, played through the glass.
It was a haunting song of eons,
from another time.
 
As I drank more liquor from the bottle,
the song changed in pitch to a sweeter song.
It came to me at that moment,
that God‘s gifts to us are never ending.
 
In prayer,
I gave thanks to God,
for His gifts to me,
that day,
and the song of the bottle.
 
 
 
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"The Eternal Kiss" John J. Rigo copyright 2005 "Roses Amidst Thorns"

Posted in Poetry, Selection from "Roses Amidst Thorns" published in 2005, tagged , , , , , on March 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »

 
 

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I kiss thee
with my heart
upon my lips.
 
My breath held
in anticipation
of the moment.
 
Held so long
afraid to take
that next breath.
 
for this magic
overtakes me
in this moment
forever locked
in your embrace.
 
 

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“Haunted” copyright 2013 John J. Rigo, upcoming third poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

Posted in Finding Joy and Peace in Forgiveness, tagged , , , on March 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »

 
 
"Seeking Forgiveness"

“Seeking Forgiveness”

We are all haunted by our past.
Hard as we try we cannot change it.
Harsh words spoken
when kindness was needed.
We are filled with deep regret.
 
When true love reached out for us
we were too stupid to recognize it.
When our Lord showed us our future
we did not take time to listen.
 
In a lifetime of regret
there are no do-overs
no another dimension
where our past is rerun.
No magic time machine
with date buttons
at our command.
 
There will be certain death
with a rerun of our deeds
in a clarity beyond description.
Our prayer will be for forgiveness.
 
Our eternal hell will be
that there will be no forgiveness
for all we could have done
but did not do when we could.
 
If you can this day
reach out to all those
you hurt in this life
beg for their forgiveness.
 
Perhaps in so doing
in death will you finally find
Joy and Peace.
 
  

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