Earl Donald the Bewildered

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I've gotten a little behind with the poetry thing, so here's another. --------------------------------------------------------------...

Jeremy and Rachel have submitted this poem. It's one of my favorites as well. OZYMANDIAS by Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller ...

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Once again, this is something that probably should have appeared earlier in the series. I was reminded of it by something a priest said in ...

According to the teaching of the Church, Man is a rather strange combination of contrary factors; made of the substance of Earth, breathed o...

This is a poem which has always touched my heart; let all us disobedient children hope to touch the Heart of the Father-God: ---------------...

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All the poems that people sent me earlier were in an e-mail account which is now defunct; so, I am just canvassing people I know for their f...

Posting is going to be sporadic from here on out; in case anyone still wants to send poems, they can now be sent to ddcomfort@gmail.com. ---...

Those of us who are Orthodox know what is true religion; the Faith once delivered to the Apostles. It is also true that true religion transc...

This came from Kelly Jolley, otherwise known as "Bosphorus". -------------------------------------- When we walk with the Lord st...