Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY PLEDGE, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poet's Biography First Line: This I declare: as I trudge the road Last Line: "a sweet contentment fills your sky." Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): God; Heaven; Prayer; Paradise | ||||||||
This I declare: As I trudge the road Of pain-filled souls with a heavy load A pilgrim lad, with staff in hand, plodding along through the shifting sand; A patriarch, with flowing beard, troubled o'er the ones he's reared Eyes fixed intent on a Sacred Page, truth filled with hope for his ripe old age. A woman bent with the toil of years, saying her prayers through a veil of tears; A mother grieved o'er life's hard start with a wayward son who has ached her heart; A father bowed with a heavy tollsin eating away at his suff'ring soul; A daughter wilduncouthunkept, slipping away from where she slept Out into a night of sin and shamepermanent blot on her once good name I pledge my God I will bear part load Of those who struggle along this road; I'll point a finger toward the skies And say to each: "There's paradise; "Lift up your heads while the eons roll "And purge yourselves from the travail of soul; "Onto your face feel heaven's rain, "Let it remove the sin and stain, "While from the throne of grace on high "A sweet contentment fills your sky." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX A BORDER AFFAIR by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. A BAD HALF HOUR by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. A COWBOY'S PRAYER (WRITTEN FOR MOTHER) by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. |
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