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An Occasional Verse is Poetry for the Everyday Poet. A website devoted to enabling poets easy access to publishing their occasional verse, poetry collections, poems, lyrics, odes, songs and sonnets. Starting with the ability to post their own work on anoccasionalverse.com and even going as far as starting your own poetry website.
We are still working to make An Occasional Verse easy to use but as you can now easily register and begin uploading your own poetry. The collections option is also now working. When you log in you will have the ability to Add a Collection. Then when you go to upload your Poems you can pick from your collections.
As of 04/21/2005 you can't search or list based on the Category but we are working on that also. We appreciate your patience while we make this the best poetry website available on the web.
We look forward to your comments and feedback.
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Today's Poem - 04/19/2018 |
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Before The Dawn - Viewed 3019 Times
| David Devaney Website February 20, 2008 |
I woke before the dawn could taste The sweetness of the morn To find the true anxiety That all my life I’d borne No precious sleep could I reclaim The darkness brought great fear For lying there beside myself No one could draw me near I raised my hands and heart to God Yet still no comfort found For by my troubles and my fears I had to life been bound T’was then I tried to recollect My treasurechest of dreams But only nightmares would appear And emptiness it seems So then I rose to contemplate Each moment and each day And recognized the part of me That’s always on display T’was there I found the consciousness To help me understand The beauty of this countenance Within which I do stand I felt no more anxiety No pain nor loneliness For God the Spirit came to me And did my heart caress She took away my anxiousness And did my strength renew Revealing too the reason why This life I’m passing through She held me tightly in her arms Till sunrise brought the dawn And gave my life new consequence So I could carry on And though I still have phobias Anxiety and fear I know that through the darkest night She’ll always draw me near | © 2008 David Devaney |
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