Author Archives: Martha Nored

CRITICAL THINKING   Critical thinking— A forgotten skill. Once was a given, And should be still!   Too long expected To accept the norm. No thought employed— What’s the harm?   Perhaps the norm Came into being Through long ago times— No insight seeing.   Critical thinking Can be unsettling— Why rock the boat? Are …

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Examine My Heart

There are two poems posted here.  The first is “Joy”.  Scroll down the page and the second is “on the Whole”–which you will find fits our Birth of Christ theme this week. Merry Christmas from Lynn and Martha Nored

Older is Smaller Life’s so amazing! Consider this truth— It’s full of stages From babies to youth!   Youth in its heyday Continue to move To the next stage— Maturity to prove.   Scooching up older— Gray hair now in view. Became a senior citizen— Changes what you do!   Suddenly your world’s Smaller in …

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Visions of Love                                                                                                                                                                                       

Be Happy

Be Happy! If you have a different worldview than someone you know, consider these thoughts in my  Poem “Be happy” instead of 1) Being angry at them 2) Stewing about it 3) Railing against it.  

The Mystery   Here’s a mystery That’s hard to explain— When bad things happen, God gets the blame.   Why don’t folks blame The bad old Devil Who snickers and smiles As he does his evil?   He’s a sharp cookie, Devious and MEAN. Deliberately sucks us Into his scheme.   But, we’re MAD at …

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