Posted in God is Everywhere, God's Gifts are found in Unexpected Places, upcoming book "Passion Amidst Apathy", tagged A McKinney Poet, A Published McKinney Texas Poet, A published poet who has won the Collin County Texas Poetry Award, A spiritual poem from a McKinney Texas poet, Beer, Collecting, Food, Glass bottle, God, His Gifts to Me (Heart of God Devotional Series), Lord, McKinney Texas home of a local international poet, Recreation, Top 200 poets internationally in Who's Who, Winner of the Collin County Poetry Award, Winning Poet of the Collin County Texas Poetry Contest on April 23, 2014|
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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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Posted in Passion Never Dies, Remembering the Passion of Youth, Silver-headed men never Die, The Flame of Youth Never Dies in Elder men, tagged Airline, Cedar Creek Lake in East Texas, God, Lord, Old Men are still young men in mind, Passion, Poem, Poetry, relationships, Remembering our Youth., Texas, The Flame of Passion never dies, United States, Wisdom and Youth on April 14, 2014|
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Posted in Angels in Night Dreams a poem, Christmas Angels, Uncategorized, tagged A poem by John J. Rigo, Dallas, Jesus, Lord, night dreams, Poems, return of angels, Stepfamily, Texas, texas poems on March 30, 2014|
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Posted in Could this be your Hell?, Facing an Unending Hell, Selection from "Roses Amidst Thorns" published in 2005, tagged A Poem dealing with the death of a daughter, Business, Dream, Forgiveness, God, IPhone, IPod Touch, ITunes, Lord, Poetry, Racing thoughts, Texas, texas poetry, Time, Video Games on March 28, 2014|
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Posted in "Great Thoughts" a new poem by McKinney Texas' poet John J. Rigo, A Poem on Great Thoughts by John J. Rigo, tagged Christmas, Health, Jesus, Lord, Military discharge, Stepfamily, Texas, Word on March 19, 2014|
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Posted in A Nightmare Poem of the Future of the US, A Poem and Commentary on our Future with Obama, Is this the Future of the US?, The New Obama flag for the US, What three more years of Obama will bring., tagged A Nightmare of the Future, Barack Obama, Christianity, Flag, God, Lord, New Gods, Obama, Poem with Commentary on President Obama, President, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Religion and Spirituality, United States on March 15, 2014|
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Commentary on March 15th, 2014: I am reposting what seems to be a popular poem that I wrote regarding our President. Yesterday, while undergoing a medial procedure, my doctor and I shared our despise for President Obama. Truthfully, I always choke up when I have to use the word “President” before Obama’s name. If anyone in our history was not worthy of the title, Obama is the one.
My doctor is of course, an educated man but sadly lives in denial regarding the powers of Obama. His take is that President Obama will never be impeached but is now “boxed in” and will not be able to bring any further harm to our country.
I tend to realize that this is the attitude of the majority of educated individuals that I come upon in my daily life. There seems to be a trend where there is a lot of shouting and crying over the lying regime that Obama has put into place in our country but nothing is being accomplished by the Republican party, a party that has truly lost its way in leadership for our country.
To my way of thinking reality will only set in when the majority of the white middle class of this country are herded into Federal “Care Camps” under Obama as they await the new gas chambers built by his administration. When that day comes I will be dearly holding my American Flag and fighting to the death in an attempt to save my country from the tyranny of Obama.
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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Posted in A Poem by Award Winning Poet John J. Rigo, Another point of view on Heaven, My Newest Favorite Poem, Poem, Poetry, tagged A Poem by John J. Rigo of East Texas, Arts, Cedar Creek Lake in Texas, East Texas' Poets, Eustace Texas, Google Image, Gun Barrel City Texas, Lord, Poetry, Shopping, Texas, United States, Writers Resources on March 8, 2014|
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Poem “Waking Knight” by John J. Rigo. Image courtesy of Google Image search.
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Posted in My Wife with Courage to Overcome Cancer, Overcoming Breast Cancer Twice, Poetry, tagged A Poem about a Poet's wife, Breast, Cancer, Conditions and Diseases, Forgiveness, Health, Jesus, Lord, Nipple, Risks and Prevention, Thoracic wall, United States on March 4, 2014|
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Posted in A Poem rendering Insight to a Texas' Poet and Commentator, Poetry, tagged Arts, Christianity, God, Hardware, Insight to a Texas' Poet and Commentator, Lord, memory, Moto of a Texas' Poet, Religion and Spirituality, Texas on March 3, 2014|
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Posted in A Nightmare Poem of the Future of the US, Is this the Future of the US?, The New Obama flag for the US, What three more years of Obama will bring., tagged A Nightmare of the Future, Barack Obama, Christianity, Flag, God, Lord, New Gods, Obama, President, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Religion and Spirituality, United States on March 1, 2014|
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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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“Am I Now Lost to my Time?” copyright 2012 John J. Rigo, with Commentary on President Obama, Upcoming book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”
Posted in A Nightmare Poem of the Future of the US, A Poem and Commentary on our Future with Obama, Is this the Future of the US?, The New Obama flag for the US, What three more years of Obama will bring., tagged A Nightmare of the Future, Barack Obama, Christianity, Flag, God, Lord, New Gods, Obama, Poem with Commentary on President Obama, President, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Religion and Spirituality, United States on March 15, 2014| 1 Comment »
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Commentary on March 15th, 2014: I am reposting what seems to be a popular poem that I wrote regarding our President. Yesterday, while undergoing a medial procedure, my doctor and I shared our despise for President Obama. Truthfully, I always choke up when I have to use the word “President” before Obama’s name. If anyone in our history was not worthy of the title, Obama is the one. My doctor is of course, an educated man but sadly lives in denial regarding the powers of Obama. His take is that President Obama will never be impeached but is now “boxed in” and will not be able to bring any further harm to our country. I tend to realize that this is the attitude of the majority of educated individuals that I come upon in my daily life. There seems to be a trend where there is a lot of shouting and crying over the lying regime that Obama has put into place in our country but nothing is being accomplished by the Republican party, a party that has truly lost its way in leadership for our country. To my way of thinking reality will only set in when the majority of the white middle class of this country are herded into Federal “Care Camps” under Obama as they await the new gas chambers built by his administration. When that day comes I will be dearly holding my American Flag and fighting to the death in an attempt to save my country from the tyranny of Obama. 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.Share this:
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