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“Go Down With Obama” copyright 2011 John J. Rigo, upcoming book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

July 27, 2014 by John J. Rigo, Texas' Poet and Commentator

“Riding into the “Valley of Debt” with Obama

Go down with Obama,
was the rallying cry of my great country.
Into the valley of debt rode the millions.
Upon their backs laid their now defunct,
IRA’s.
 
Their horses sucked in their last breaths,
as the storm clouds of a depression,
engulfed them.
 
Oh, our great leader Obama,
will praises of your name,
be sung down thru the ages,
or will your name be cursed,
by the children of these riders,
who have lost their dreams? 
 
Into the valley of bankruptcy rode the millions,
in their last days of glory.
In the deep recesses of the valley,
was this cry from the disenfranchised and the idle,
“Oh Save Us Obama,
from the Valley of Work, Taxes, and Love of our Country!”
 
“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”  A Quote by Thomas Jefferson 
 

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“In Healing Thee, Do I Heal Myself” copyright 2009, (Revised) John J. Rigo, upcoming poetry book (Three of Three), “Passion Amidst Apathy”

July 26, 2014 by John J. Rigo, Texas' Poet and Commentator

 
 
Courtesy of heavenawaits.wordpress.com

Courtesy of heavenawaits.wordpress.com

Seek out this day
a stranger to you
and one who does not know you.
 
If they are hungry
feed them.
If they are without a home
give them coin for a night’s lounging.
 
If they are without hope
and seek forgiveness
render them this prayer.
 
With your hand
upon their shoulder
say these words.
 
“Jesus I your humble servant
bring this soul before your presence.
They in their heart
seek your eternal forgiveness.
 
Forgiveness for their transgressions
in their life in not bringing honor to Your Name
and hurt and suffering to others.
 
Render them Your sweet Love
with Your forgiveness.
Render them release from pain
both physically and mentally.
 
If it be Your Will
render them prosperity
so that they too
may render Your forgiveness
and Blessings to others.
In the Sweet Name of Jesus
Amen.”
 
 
 
 
 

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"The Journey" copyright 2005 John J. Rigo "Roses Amidst Thorns"

July 25, 2014 by John J. Rigo, Texas' Poet and Commentator

.....is never lost. Picture courtesy of John J. Rigo copyrighted 2013

…..is never lost. Picture courtesy of John J. Rigo copyrighted 2013

 
A ship in the sea of life
riding each wave of life
seeking the warm sun of each day.
 
The beauty of each dream as night falls
is never lost as it heads
toward the curve of each horizon.
 
Storms will blow
onward do we flow
in love and courage
by His hand.
 
Tomorrow brings the knowing in His love
the vastness of the ocean
is not so alone.
 
As long as we believe
we will never be alone.
 
For His love
surpasses all of this.
 
This and time beyond
this brief sea of life.          
                                                                                      

 

                                                                                                                                

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"If I Should Die Before You" copyright 2005 John J. Rigo "Roses Amidst Thorns"

July 21, 2014 by John J. Rigo, Texas' Poet and Commentator

 
 
Orgin unknown. Courtesy of Google search.

Orgin unknown. Courtesy of Google search.

 
 
If I should die before you
I will await you on a silver beach
with a golden sun.
 
If I should die before you
time will not move
until your steps are heard behind me.
 
I will know it is you.
I will hear your eternal breath
your low laughter as you approach
to join me.
 
If I should die before you
on the most perfect of days
together we will watch the waves
the breakers making only the most
perfect of patterns.
 
It will be a world that never has a bad day
on a silver beach
with a golden sun
in a special place
for you and me.

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“To the Son I Never Had” copyright 2012, John J. Rigo, upcoming poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

July 21, 2014 by John J. Rigo, Texas' Poet and Commentator

 
 
Courtesy of philharras.wordpress.com

Courtesy of philharras.wordpress.com

This morning I thought of the Son I never had.
Today he would have been Fifty.
My son might have changed the world.
 
It would have been a better world
if my son had been born.
He may have been our President today.
 
It was fifty years ago
that at twenty-one
that my childhood bride
wanted to start a family.
 
It had only been a year
that I had been honorably discharged
from serving four years of military service.
 
It was a hard financial year for us both.
We were finally getting on our feet
with a new home and good jobs.
I told my child bride I wanted to wait. 
  
It was a month later
that she filed for a divorce.
It left me a shattered man
for a very long time.
 
There is no man
that lives a life
without some regrets.
 
Those regrets
seem to come
more often
lately.
 
 
 
 

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"Friends of a Lifetime" copyright 2005 John J. Rigo "Rainbows Amidst Storms"

July 19, 2014 by John J. Rigo, Texas' Poet and Commentator

 
 
 
 
With the passing of time
I have come to realize that there are truly
spaces that are never filled
by the loss of friends who were very personal
to my mind and heart.
 
Through the years
do the memories of Cliff and Tom
constantly come to my mind.
Never are they dead in my heart.
 
I see each of them
special in their concern for me
as the friends they were to me
and yes the love they rendered to me.
 
Have they been replaced in the void left by their absence?
No one has accomplished that.
Cliff was the short, large man from the deep South
always with a tale of lesson and advice not wanted
but when given
seemed well placed.
 
He spoke of home and craw-fish
his Mother and his victories in life
never of his losses.
 
You knew he was special
a special person to know.
The same stories he related never got old
just deeper in meaning.
 
The straight-laced
IBM type of guy was Tom.
He seemed to have found victories too early in his life
burning, dying as a shooting star.
 
An anger was present about him that could never be explained.
Tom loved a good meal and good drinks.
Save the waiter or waitress who spoke too much while serving!
He was there to savor the moment
should it be his last.
 
As Tom’s life was coming to an end
he maintained his pride to the last minute in a VA hospital
wearing a blue blazer that no longer fit;
no one cared about his past.
 
I miss Tom’s advice to me,
his laughter at my watch
that he thought was such a great sales job
because I had to push a button
to tell time.
 
His loud laughter rang in the night
raising high his special drink
to wish me and all
the best of life.
 
I miss both of these men.
They were the special friends of a lifetime
never to be replaced.
 
They are in my heart each day
with the warmest of love to my dearest friends
Cliff and Tom.
 
Whenever you both may be
in the great wonder of it all
I am one person
who misses you both
oh……….. ever so much.
 

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“Three Kinds of People in the World” copyright 2014 John J. Rigo, upcoming poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

July 18, 2014 by John J. Rigo, Texas' Poet and Commentator

 
 
"Great saying on dealing with Backstabbers and Phoney Friends" courtesy of image Google search.

“Great saying on dealing with Backstabbers and Phoney Friends” courtesy of image Google search.

It was over thirty years ago
that a departed old friend
gave me great advice about friendships.
 
His name was Cliff Russell.
He related to me that there were
three kinds of people in the world.
 
There were the Givers
There were the Takers
There were the Givers and the Takers.
 
Cliff related that “Takers”
will suck life from your
heart and soul.
This day I have started
Housecleaning of all
“Takers from my Life.”
 
I started with
all their contact information
from my e-mail programs.
 
I removed all their
contact information
from my Smartphone.
 
I removed all their pictures
from both my computer and Smartphone.
Every scrape of paper, card, letter
picture with their image upon them
were destroyed.
 
Finally and not least
when friends asked me
about them
I told them we severed
our relationship because
our perceptions of life 
were no longer in symphony
with each other.
 
When I finished
doing all these things
I took a long shower
to get the stink of them
off my body.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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A Banner Day, “Over 53,000 Hits” copyright 2014 John J. Rigo, Texas’ Poet

July 18, 2014 by John J. Rigo, Texas' Poet and Commentator

Courtesy of umazzing.com

As of July 18th, 2014, the “Texas‘ Poetry Site” reached another milestone of 53,000 plus hits.  My deepest thanks and appreciation to the WordPress family, and all those who share my spiritual poetry work, as well as my Texas’ Commentary posts regarding my new communities in Henderson County, Texas, Eustace, Texas, Gun Barrel City, Texas and the Nation. 

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“The Lost Blessing” copyright 2010 John J. Rigo, new poem for upcoming book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

July 17, 2014 by John J. Rigo, Texas' Poet and Commentator

 
 
 

What the average Pastor does to his/her church members.

The Blessing was laid before you.
Yet you were too blinded by your own magnificence
to see the light at your very feet. 
 
You felt your knowledge was beyond
mere mortals.
Your high learning
only brought before your brain
a blindness of thought.
 
The Sender of the Blessing
lowered His head in shame of you.
Your ultimate goal of life
was to carry His name
with a great pride.
 
Now you carry a deep shame.
As each week passes
the absence of the blessing
becomes more clear to others.
 
Fingers are pointed to your back
whispers made in a hush
as you pass. 
 
The sins of your ignorance
has now become clear to others.
Let it be known
that I forgive you
as I forgive the dog
which mistakenly pisses
on my leg.
 
I forgive you
as I forgive the ant
that bits my hand.
 
By your own ignorance
you have brought us a great blessing.
In spite of your own hurtful
and ungodly nature toward me.
 
The love of my life,
has only grown more stronger.
In the loving bond we carry
in the face of the stupidity
that you so well displayed.
 
We now will be the greater guardians
in the future
of the many blessings
that have been given to us.
  
Be assured in the future
that these blessings
will never be yours again.
 
Quote by John J. RIgo, Texas’ Commentator and Poet:  “The Worse of Religious Hypocrites, can be found in Pastors, within their own churches.”
 
 

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“Have You Noticed?: What’s Said and What’s Done is Different?” copyright 2014 John J. Rigo, Texas’ Commentator

July 12, 2014 by John J. Rigo, Texas' Poet and Commentator

 

"A Review of President Obama' Lies" A Commentary by John J. Rigo. Picture courtesy of Google Image search.

“A Review of President Obama’ Lies” A Commentary by John J. Rigo. Picture courtesy of Google Image search.

Hove you noticed?  What is said and actually done by the Obama administration is two widely different things?  With every news conference, with every speech it seems nothing but lies and misrepresentations come from the mouth of what is now becoming classified as the “Worse President in the History of the United States.” 

Like me, have you gotten a belly full of this President, who does not have an ounce of Leadership abilities in his total body?  It is time to Impeach this President and move on to returning our Republic to the great nation we once was in the world. The first step in this process is to vote out the “entire Democratic Party” out of both Houses this November of 2014.  It will be a start in bringing sanity back to our country.

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