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By Nan Forehand
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Submitted: Friday, December 2, 2005

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 3, 2012

About the Poet
I grew up in rural North Carolina, married for 38 years to my best friend and soulmate, Allen, who retired almost 17 years ago from the Air Force after 24 years of service to our beloved America. We have a daughter, Ashley ( and son-in-law, Kris) and, a son, John, and, our two beautiful grand daughters, Amelia and Haley, and Isaac, our only grandson, all blessings from God. We have four cats; Mr. Peabody, Missy, aka Middle Kitty and Tabby, aka Little Kitty, and Gracie. I've seen a lot of hard times and God has always been here for me to see me through them. I am a vessel God can use to help others in need. If I could be described in one word, it would be that I am an encourager.

• 10-26-10 Haiku Collection
• 23rd Psalm
• 9:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
• A Beautiful Life - Haiku
• A Changed Perspective
• A Clean Thought Life
• A Cup of Blessing
• A Face in the Mist - Tanka
• A Feeling Is a Feeling Is a Feeling
• A Happy Heart
• A Light unto my Path - Haiku
• A Mother's Love
• A Note From The Pew
• A Piece of My Peace for You
• A Place in My Heart
• A Poem for Mary Murphy
• A Poem Is Born
• A Prayer from the Depths - haiku
• A Psalm for My Son, John
• A Righteous LIfe
• A Single Red Rose
• A Soul Serene - Haiku
• A Sower of Seeds
• A Spacious Place
• A Time to Rejoice
• A Tree Hit the Ground
• A Vessel God Can Use
• Acceptance
• Aids to Wholeness
• All in Good Time
• All of Me
• Alphabetized to Maximize
• Amelia (Haiku)
• Amelia Is God's Perfect Gift
• An Example to Others
• An Undivided Heart
• Ancient Angel Oak - haiku
• Angel in the Word
• Angel Kitty - Haiku
• Are You Ready Yet?
• Arms Wide Open
• As You Serve
• Autumn Leaves
• Azul
• Baptism - A Pleiades Poem
• Barefoot in the Grass (Haiku)
• Barriers to Wholeness
• Be Still and Rest
• Be The Miracle
• Beacon of Light
• Bears in My Attic
• Beautiful And Sweet As Any Rose
• Because I Know Whom I Have Believed
• Because of Love
• Before My Very Eyes - Haiku
• Believe
• Bitter or Better
• Bless Me - Haiku
• Blessings of the Bears
• Blessings Overflowing
• Blue Ridge Beauty - Haiku
• Breathtaking Sunrise - Haiku
• Briony and the Teddy Bear Givers
• Broken Chains
• But for the Grace of God
• By the Next Full Moon
• Call upon the Lord
• Cancelled Sin
• Carolina BalloonFest - Haiku
• Carried on Breath
• Carriers of Good Will - A Pleiades
• Carry the Gospel
• Caught in the Act
• Change is Good - Haiku
• Chateau By The Sea - Haiku
• Christ in Christmas - A Pleiades
• Christmas - A Pleiades Poem
• Close Your Eyes and You Will See
• Cocoa in the Morning - Haiku Collec
• Come Along With Me
• Companionship - Pleiades Poem
• Contented Sleep
• Crystal Clear - Haiku
• Dawn's Little Flower - Haiku
• Deliverance - Pleiades
• Dewdrops on Flowers
• Dillydally Sally - a limerick
• Don't Stay Too Long
• Dot to Dot
• Down To The Last Brick
• Drawn To The Light - Tanka
• Dreams Do Come True
• Easter Morning Blush - Haiku
• Enough is Enough
• Every Place I Ever Lived
• Fabric of the Soul
• Face the Unknown with Hope
• Faith - A Pleiades poem
• Faith Forward
• Faith, Hope and Love
• Fear Cannot Stand
• February Dip - Haiku
• Fiesty Hummers - Haiku Collection
• Fireflies and Starry Sky
• First Day of Spring
• Fluff -n- Stuff
• For When I Die
• Fourth of July 2005
• Fragile Beauty - Haiku
• Freddie's Last Ride
• From Desperation to Inspiration
• From My Front Porch Swing
• Frondly Fern
• Get Beyond the Dread
• Giving Thanks - Haiku
• Glorious Joy
• Glorious Rainbow - Haiku
• Glory Bumps
• God Gives Me Grace
• God Ran and Caught the Man
• God Speaks To You Through Me
• God's Truest Intent
• Granny Trail Lane
• Great Spangled Fritillary - Haiku
• Guardian of my Soul
• Gulf Fritillary - Haiku
• Happy Birthday to Me - Haiku
• Happy Hibiscus - Haiku
• Harmony in my life is...
• Have A Little Faith
• He Took It All To Heart
• Healing Rays of Sun
• Heart Prays - Heart's Praise
• Heaven on Earth - Haiku
• Heavenly Escort
• Heavenly Seasonings
• Hope to Cope
• Human Becomings
• I Believe inYou
• I Remember Que
• I Want......
• I Will Receive Life's Best
• I'll Live For You
• I'll Love You Through It All
• I've Thought of You
• I've Turned the Corner - Haiku
• If We Hold Hands
• Imagine, Believe, Achieve
• In Celebration of This Day - Haiku
• In Great Anticipation
• In Joy and in Love
• In Memory of Sis
• In Seventeen Years
• In the Faraway Future
• In this Moment
• In Your Hands
• In Your Presence
• Into The Breeze - Haiku
• It Goes Beyond Words
• It's About Time
• It's Black - Haiku
• It's God's World
• It's Personal
• It’s Your Choice
• Joy In My Heart
• Labor Day Labor of Love - Haiku
• Lainey Rose - Sweetness Personified
• Land of Milk and Honey
• Let God Set Your Break
• Let It Shine - Haiku
• Let the Bible Lead You
• LIberation Day
• Light and Laughter - Haiku
• Like There's No Tomorrow
• Lisa K
• Living Faith and Peace
• Livin’ Right and Lovin’ Life
• Look Up
• Loved And Forgiven
• Made to Give
• Magdalene Mulligan – double dactyl
• Magnificent Mimosa - Haiku
• Momentary Reprieve
• Moonlit Morn
• Mother's Day Memories- Haiku
• My Brother Lin - Haiku
• My Butterfly World
• My Darling, My Best Friend
• My Eternal Flame
• My Gem Tree
• My Mama's Flying Free
• My Neighbor's Bible
• My Passionate Vow to God
• My Soulmate
• My Spirit Takes Flight
• My Sweet Soulmate
• Nan
• Nan's Calendar
• Nan's good will bears
• Negative Becomes Positive (Acrosti
• Negative to Positive - Acrostic
• New Beginnings - Haiku
• Nightfall - Haiku
• No Room For Doubt
• Oh Lord, Please Show Us The Way
• On the Boat with John (Haiku)
• On the Harley with Allen
• On the Mountaintop
• On the Mountaintop Again! - Haiku
• Only the Goodness
• Outside the Gates - Haiku Collectio
• Painted Lady - Haiku
• Percy and Petunia (Haiku)
• Pink Peony - Haiku
• Poems That Make Me Smile
• Polikwaptiwa - Haiku
• Possibilitarian
• Pray Without Ceasing
• Prayer of the Troubled Heart
• Precipitation Participation - Haiku
• Prisoners and Slaves
• Quiet The Thundering Heart
• Recuperation after Surgery
• Refined by the Master's Hand
• Reflection - Haiku
• Remember Christ's Birth (Advent Hai
• Resilient Spirit
• Resplendent Sea
• Reunion of My Mama and Me
• Satisfied (Acrostic)
• Scars on My Heart
• Scent from Heaven - Haiku
• Scriptural Prescription
• Search Me
• September Celebration
• September Storm - Haiku
• Sermon to Self
• Seven to Heaven
• Shadow and Light
• Silence - A Pleiades Poem
• Silence Begs to Be Broken
• Singing at Sunset - Haiku
• Sisters - Haiku
• Sleep Well When Life's Wind Blows
• Snarling Isn't Darling
• Snow Blessing - Haiku
• Snowy Wonderland - Haiku
• So much ......... A Poem for me for
• Softly Falls The Dew - Haiku
• Song of the Whippoorwill - Haiku
• Soothing Is The Rain
• Sorrow Turned to Praise
• Spend Your Dash Wisely
• Spider Lilies - Tanka Collection
• Spirit of Unity
• Spiritual Maintenance
• Spiritual Starvation
• Springtime on Granny Trail Lane
• Still Frame - Haiku
• Stop Doubting and Believe
• Sugar Bear - The 4,000th Teddy Bear
• Sunday morning, the sixth of March
• Sunrise on Meadow Lake (Haiku)
• Supernatural High - Haiku
• Surrender -Acrostic
• Sweet Amelia (Haiku)
• Sweet Magnolia (Haiku)
• Sweet Memories
• The 2,000th Teddy Bear - aka Charli
• The Angel in Wal-mart
• The Color of Love
• The Death of Prayer
• The Five W's and How
• The Game Called Identify
• The Gift
• The Great Return
• The Instrument Was an Instrument
• The Jewels In My Crown
• The Life I Live With Allen- Haiku
• The Little Girl Within
• The Little Things
• The Main Focus
• The Mulberry Tree - Haiku
• The Old Man in the Window
• The One Thousandth Teddy Bear
• The Quickened Beat
• The Rock Collection
• The Shadow of Mournful Regret
• The Story of Baby Jesse
• The Strongest Crutch
• The Sunflower and Me
• The Three Hundredth Poem
• The Touch of Greatness - Haiku
• The Turning Point
• The Ultimate Fruit
• The Well-Worn Path - Haiku
• These Wooded Trails
• This Poet's Native Land
• This Prayer Sincere
• Thoughts
• Three Horses - Haiku
• To All the Men Who Raised Me
• To Be A Red Hatter
• To Suffer Alone
• Today is a Gift
• Too Loosely Used
• Touch - A Pleiades Poem
• Transformed by Grace - Tanka
• Treasured Memories of Daddy and Me
• Treasured Memories of Trinity
• Treasures of the Night - Haiku
• Tribute to Julia
• Trinkets or Treasures
• Trudy and the Big White Cat
• True Colors
• Turn Fear into Faith - Acrostic
• Utmost Ambition - Haiku
• Valentine's Day - Haiku
• Welcome Spring Welcome! - Haiku
• What Do You See?
• What Kind of Book Are You Writing?
• What Matters Most
• When I Least Expect It
• Wicked to Wise - Diamante
• Wickedness to Wisdom
• With This Moment
• Withering Heart
• Without Lifting a Finger
• Woody, My Beloved Brother
• Wordchimes Tinkle in the Breeze
• Words
• Workers In the Field
• Wrapped in the Arms of Love
• Yesterday's Tomorrow
• You Can’t Miss What You Never Had,
• Your Life Is a Key