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"The Magic Christmas Bells of Florence Street" copyright 2008 John J. Rigo, upcoming book, "Passion Amidst Apathy"
Posted in upcoming book "Passion Amidst Apathy", tagged Calendar, Christianity, Christmas, Dallas, Holidays, Religion and Spirituality, Stepfamily, Texas on December 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »
"I Remember Fondly Christmas’ Past" copyright 2005 by John J. Rigo, selection from "Rainbows Amidst Thorns"
Posted in A Remembrance of Christmas by John J. Rigo, Selection from "Roses Amidst Thorns" published in 2005, tagged Calendar, Child Jesus, Christianity, Christmas, Holidays, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality, Texas on November 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
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(The little boy’s story in the poem is true and a time from my own past.) This Christmas Season of 2013, I was thinking of my Father. This poem mentions him several times. I remember how dirty he was when he came home from work when I was a little boy. My Father was an iron and steel worker. After he came home and took a bath, my Mother would then attempt to clean the ring out of the bathtub from his bath. Many times with close to a half hour of scrubbing, she still could not get it out. In those days, my Father made about a hundred dollars a week. He worked very hard for that money.
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I remember fondly Christmas’ past our first tree alive with lights before it caught fire later that week. I remember fondly the Christmas with toys. Never before had my brother and I received toys. How angry my Father became when we broke several toys after a few hours of play. It was my Father’s first Christmas bonus as a steel worker. He spent that bonus on toys for us that Christmas. He thought those toys would never break. I remember fondly a special Christmas as a kid when no money was available whatsoever for toys. We found a punch-out cardboard castle in a department store window. One dollar and ninety-eight cents was the price of that castle. My young brother and I played with it for days. A punch-out castle was the best toy we ever had. I remember fondly Christmas past, acting in the church Christmas pageant. I was a little child with the beard of a prophet shaking in a spotlight in the church play. It snowed that night. My best friend and I asked permission to keep wearing the beards. A most beautiful snow floated through the air as we walked home together. The dirty streets of the city were made clean and white with heavy, swirling snow flakes. We sang church carols walking home our arms around each other’s shoulder. How close to baby Jesus we were back then. I remember fondly Christmas’ past when life seemed so much simpler. Joys more easily shared with laughter much deeper than now. Still I thank God that I had those Christmas’ past even to this special day of a new Christmas. Another December which will also will soon be gone into the misty memory of another Christmas’ past.“The Country is Lost” copyright 2013 John J. Rigo, Texas’ Commentator
Posted in "The Country is Lost" by John J. Rigo, tagged Christianity, Gun Barrel City Texas, Health, John J. Rigo, Mabank Texas, Religion and Spirituality, Texas, United States on November 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »
A Commentary by John J. Rigo
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The following message was sent early this morning to the head of a well known national Resistance Movement in the United States. In sharing this short e-mail with you the reader, it is my hope and prayer that the young people of this country will be able to take up the banner of freedom that so many have fought and died for over almost two centuries. That time has passed for me, a 71 year old man with an aging body, who clings to the few last years he may have:
“What I am grappling with this morning is knowing by entering this arena I will be giving up the lives of both my wife and I. I fear with a sense of shame and forebearing, I lack the courage to do that. It seems to me that evil has truly won in taking our country of freedoms from every last one of us. I truly fear we are now lost without any hope of saving our country.”
John J. Rigo, Texas’ Poet and Commentator
"My Journey" copyright 2005 John J. Rigo "Rainbows Amidst Storms"
Posted in "My Journey" by Texas' Poet John J. Rigo, tagged Charity-centered poetry by McKinney Texas poet, Christianity, Death, dedicated to homeless cause in Texas, Jesus, Lord, McKinney Texas' Own International Poet, Religion and Spirituality, Texas, Tree of Life, Word on November 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »
“Tears blocking the sun of day”
“Baby Jesus Lives” copyright 2011 John J. Rigo, upcoming poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”
Posted in Poetry, The Actual Date of the Birth of Jesus?, tagged Bible, Christmas, Jesus, Jews, Lord, New Testament, Religion and Spirituality, Savior, September 24th Birth of Jesus? on September 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
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"Friends of a Lifetime" copyright 2005 John J. Rigo "Rainbows Amidst Storms"
Posted in "Rainbows Amidst Storms" Second Published Book, To our past Friends in Colorado who were never sincere of heart, tagged Christianity, Cliff, Cliff Richard, God, IBM, Jesus, Master, Men, New Testament, pain, people, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, relationships, Religion and Spirituality, Texas, The value of friends, Tom, Veterans Health Administration on September 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »
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.
“Am I Now Lost to my Time?” copyright 2012 John J. Rigo, upcoming book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”
Posted in Is this the Future of the US?, The New Obama flag for the US, tagged Barack Obama, Christianity, Flag, God, Lord, New Gods, Obama, President, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Religion and Spirituality, United States on September 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »
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“A Recent View” copyright 2013 “Have a Great Labor Day” Commentary by John J. Rigo
Posted in A Morning Thanks to the Lord, tagged Christianity, Gun Barrel City, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord, Religion and Spirituality, Texas on September 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The below is a recent view from the porch of our lakehome in Gun Barrel CIty, Texas. Each morning is a blessings. Thank you my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ for loving me.
A recent picture from “OZ” our lakehome in Gun Barrel City, Texas
"My Beautiful Church Home" copyright 2009 John J. Rigo, upcoming book, "Passion Amidst Apathy"
Posted in Poetry, Texas' Poetry, The Most Beautiful Church Home there is., upcoming book "Passion Amidst Apathy", tagged A McKinney Poet, A McKinney Poets' charity programs, A McKinney Texas' newest poetry work, A non-profit fund raising opportunity for the Collin County area of Texas, A Published McKinney Texas Poet, A published poet who has won the Collin County Texas Poetry Award, Author of "Amist Series of Poetry Books', Christianity, God, Google, Jesus, Lord, McKinney Texas home of a local international poet, Overcoming the Lies of Organized Religion, Poetry, profits assist the "homeless cause" in the state of Texas, Religion and Spirituality, Texas, texas poetry, Top 200 poets internationally in Who's Who, United States, Winning Poet of the Collin County Texas Poetry Contest on August 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »
- View from “Oz” at 7 a.m. on February 25th 2012 on Cedar Creek Lake, Texas
View from “Oz” on Cedar Creek Lake, Texas, February 25th 2012 at 7 a.m.
“Another View of God’s Church”
“In The End, Evil Defeats Itself” copyright 2010 John J. Rigo, upcoming poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”
Posted in Poetry, upcoming book "Passion Amidst Apathy", tagged Bible, Death, Defeating Evil in your Life, Facebook, God, Lord, Patience, Religion and Spirituality, Texas on August 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »
“The Lord Defeats my Enemies Thru Michael who brings Death and Destruction to their doors…..Bless the Lord’s name, be in awe in the power of his angel.”
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