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By Quentin Clingerman
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Submitted: Sunday, January 15, 2006
Last Updated: Sunday, January 15, 2006
About the Poet
I am a retired educator. Now 85 years of age. I live in Maryland. I am the father of three ladies and thirteen grandchildren. Four grandchildren now married. I have two great grandsons, Koi Jon and Quinn Manu and a great granddaughter,Sephira Jade.
Poems are an expression of how I think and feel. Variety in either case!
I am the founder of WordChimes.com WC originated in February, 2000.
Other Poems by Quentin Clingerman
- 'Tis Advent
- 10th Day of Christmas
- 2002 --Telling the Truth
- 3rd Sunday in Advent
- 9/11 Revisited
- A Drop of Mercy
- A Fancy Name
- A Gathering
- A Lasting Memorial
- A Litany of Praise
- A Little Bit of Heaven
- A Long, Long Trip
- A Patriot
- A Perfect Day (haiku)
- A Place Beyond
- A Plea for Peace
- A Psalm of Praise
- A Short Advent Litany
- A Smile that Won My Heart!
- A Soul Set Afire!
- A Spring Rain
- A Summer Day
- A Thunderstorm
- A Toast to 50 Years
- A White Ball of Fur
- A Word to the Wise
- Above All Others
- Adoration
- Advent (Haiku)
- Advent 2
- Advent 4
- Advent Litany for Christmas '07
- Advent, Advent, Hear those Chimes!
- Afterglow
- All the World Take Note
- Altoona, PA
- An Amazing Revelation
- An Array of Color!
- An Irony
- And So Should You
- Another Haiku
- Another Has Made It Across
- Anytime, Anywhere
- April 1
- April's Fool
- April, Glad You Are Here!
- Areon, Oh Areon
- Around That Crucifixion Cross
- August Cool
- August Lilies
- Australia's Loss
- Autumn Calls
- Awake, Spiritually Come Awake!
- Be Still
- Believe It!
- Believing Eyes
- Ben and Chelsea
- Betsie Ten Boom
- Between the Drops
- Bikers on Holiday
- Birthday Happenings!
- Birthday Repeat!
- Blackbirds
- Blizzard Scene
- Bow Low Before the Manger Rude
- Break in the Weather (Haiku)
- Breathe, Breathe, Oh My Soul
- Brief Lent Meditation
- Bright Daffodil
- Brown Leaf Dancing(Haiku)
- Brrrrrrrr!
- Building a Ladder to Heaven
- Busy Lives
- Butterfly (haiku)
- Butterfly Bush (haiku)
- By Faith
- Call Him What You Will
- Candles Brightly Lit
- Catch as Catch Can
- Chickadee
- Christ (an acrostic)
- Christian?
- Christlikeness
- Christmas Haiku
- Christmas Once More (haiku)
- Christmas Tree- Haiku
- Clematis(Haiku)
- Clouds
- Cold Brightness
- Cold Upon the Branches
- College Daze
- Colorfest
- Concussion
- Confused, Frustrated, Flabbergasted
- Confusion Personified!
- Cool and Clear
- Costumed for Halloween
- Crown of Thorns
- Dark the Morning Sky
- David Clingerman
- Desert Butte (haiku)
- Dick
- Dr. Sulkin to the Rescue
- Dr. Yun Oh
- Drip by Drip
- Driving!
- Drizzle
- Drought or Flood
- Dusky Moon
- Each Day
- Each Snowflake
- Easter
- Easter
- Easter
- Easter Is Each Sunday
- Easter: an Acrostic
- Echoes Hollowly
- Eighty Candles on My Cake
- Eleanor Cunningham, Teacher Extraor
- Elizabeth Spoke
- Ending Eternal Strife
- Equality Plus
- Eternal Father
- Eternal Now
- Eternity Beckons
- Every Day Is Mother's Day
- Everyman and Stairs
- Everything is Going Down Hill
- Evil's Secular Dart
- Fall Haiku
- Falling Leaves (Haiku)
- Falling Petals
- Family Reunion
- Father and Son
- Father of Us All
- Father's Day
- Father's Day - Haiku
- February Points the Way
- Feeding Time
- Festoons of the Heart
- Fireworks (Haiku)
- First Day of Summer
- First Snow
- First Sunday of Advent
- First Sunday of Advent
- Flag Day, June 14, 2004
- Flames Fly Fanatically
- Flat on my Back
- Florence, Italy
- Flotilla
- Flow, Rivers, Flow
- Flowers in the Air
- Flying Objects
- Fog Haiku
- From Cradle to Grave
- From Everlasting
- From Heights of Glory
- From Home and Back (Haiku)
- From Thanksgiving to Christmas
- From the Heart
- Front Yard Beauties
- Full Surrender
- Funeral (haiku)
- Genesis 1:31
- Gentleness and Grace at 90
- Gently
- Gladiolia
- Glory Be to the Father
- Glory Be to the Holy Spirit
- Glory Be to the Son
- God Has No Favorites
- God Knew What He Was Doing
- Golden Moon (Haiku)
- Good Friday
- Gratitude is an Attitude
- Graveside
- Greening of the Grass
- Ground Zero, Story of the Year
- Haiku to You
- Haiti
- Halos of Joy
- Harvest of Gratitude
- Harvest Time
- Hear Those Chimes!
- Heat
- Help Me Lord
- Here I Go Again
- Here, There and Back Again
- Hilda Brooke, Seasoned by Suffering
- His Transcendent Glory
- Hispanics Three
- Hives
- Holiness
- Holiness Made Real
- Hosta (Haiku)
- Hot
- Hot Snap (Haiku)
- Humble Door
- Humidity
- Hummingbird (3Haiku)
- Hurricanes and the Gospel
- Hurry Now!
- I Can Hear My Mother Pray
- I Remember When
- I Want to Dig
- I Would Rather Call You Friend
- Ice and More Ice
- If It Were Not for God
- In a Fall Blue Sky
- In a Jungle of Doubt
- In Abundance
- In Commemoration
- In Crisis
- In Dread, In Eager Anticipation
- In Lonely Prayer Vigil
- In Memory
- In My Backyard
- In Quest of Que
- In Quiet Confidence
- In Remembrance
- In Sorrow
- In Sunshine and Rain
- In the Cool of the Evening
- In the Quiet of a Winter Evening
- In Times Like These
- Independence Day
- Indian Summer (Haiku)
- Intercessory Prayer
- Interrupted Prayer
- Islands of Florida
- It Doesn't Seem So Cold
- It Is Finished!
- It Is Lent Again
- It Is That Time Again!
- It's All about Love
- It's Easy as One, Two, Three
- It's for All
- It's Like...
- January
- January 7, 1956
- Jerk, Jerk, Jerking Along!
- Jesus (an acrostic)
- Jesus (An Easter acrostic)
- Jesus Is Lord 1
- Jesus Is Lord 2
- Join Our Hearts in Gratitude
- Joseph in Obedience
- Joshua (an acrostic)
- Just Passing Through
- Just Plain Cold
- Just Wondering
- Katrina (haiku)
- Labels May Mislabel
- Labor Day (haiku)
- Labor Day, USA
- Lady of the Wood
- Lancing, Lancing
- Lean Out the Window
- Lean, I Mean Lean!
- Leaving Kansas City
- LENT (an acrostic)
- Lent (Haiku)
- Lent Meditation
- Lent Reflection
- Lent Reflection (an acrsotic)
- Lent, a Time of Renewal
- Lent, an Acrostic
- Lent-2017
- Lent: an Acrostic
- Lenten Lentils
- Let Lent Begin
- Let Me Seek to Walk
- Let Not Your Day...
- Let the Advent Bells Chime!
- Let There Be Light
- Light Snow
- Like a Wound so Deep and Raw
- Like Ribbons
- Lilliputan
- Limerick(dedicated to Hilda Brooke)
- Limerick(to figure skating)
- Look Up!
- Look! That Is a Miracle
- Looking Back
- Looking Both Ways
- Looking for Reality
- Looking out the Window
- Lord and Creator
- Lovely Sites/Sounds of Spring
- Made Plain for All to See
- Manicured Lawn
- Maple Seeds
- Marble
- March, Madly Marching Month
- Marriage
- Marshland
- Matterhorn
- May Day! May Day!
- Memorial Day
- Men and Women Die
- Minor Surgery
- Mister Rogers
- Mixed (haiku)
- Mom
- Monday Morning (haiku)
- Morning Prayer (haiku)
- Morning Sun
- Moss on Inertia
- Mothers (Pleiades)
- Mourning and Mourning After
- Mr. Gullible
- Mt. Stream Trout (haiku)
- Mud Tracks (Haiku)
- Mulching
- My Didn't It Rain!
- My Mother
- My Mother
- My Soul's Awash
- New Leaves (New Year)
- New Year
- November Wind
- October 26, 2003(Haiku)
- October Colorfest
- Ode to the Crocus
- Off-color Blue
- Oh My, Didn't It Snow
- Oh, Little Poem
- Oh, To Be...
- Old McQue Had a Paint Brush
- Old McQue Had an Ache
- Old McQue Has a Cold
- Olympics
- Olympics(3 haiku)
- On a Quiet Sunday Afternoon
- On the Farm
- On the Telephone
- On the Treadmill
- One More Raindrop
- One, Two, Three
- Only a Wreath at a Tombstone?
- Oops!
- Organic Food
- Osama bin Laden
- Osama bin Laden(2)
- Our Brother
- Our Goal on Earth
- Our Riches in Christ Jesus
- Overcast Skies
- Oyster Stew
- Pall Bearer
- Palm Sunday
- Pansies
- Patio Showcase
- Patties of Oysters
- Petals Fall (haiku)
- Philosophy May Have Its Place
- Planter
- Poetry Plus
- Poets, One and All
- Political Wags
- Port Washington, MI
- Positive Thinking
- Praise God
- Presidents
- Prosperity of God's Grace
- Pumpkin, Pumpkin
- Pure Politics
- Quiet Our Hearts before Him
- Quill of God
- Rain (haiku)
- Rain Drops
- Rainbow haiku
- Raindrops Keep Falling
- Rainy Day
- Random Acts of Prayer
- Rap, Rapping at the Door
- Rat-tailed Combs
- Reasons to Be Thankful
- Recipe for a Christmas Cake
- Red is for...
- Reflection on St. Patrick's Day
- Regarding the Morning
- Remembering Mom
- Remembering My Mom
- Resurrection
- Resurrection Glory
- Resurrection Stories
- Rhythms
- Riding the Alpine Roads
- Ring Those Bells
- Robins (haiku)
- Rolling Farm
- Running off the Road
- Saint or Sinner?
- School Daze
- Schooldaze!
- Seasonal Preparation(2 Haiku)
- Second Sunday of Advent
- Seeing Him with a Child Heart
- Self -control
- Separation of Church and State
- September
- September (4 haiku)
- September Haiku
- September Moments
- September Morning
- Shadows (haiku)
- Sharing Somewhere
- Ship Ahoy
- Ship Ahoy II !
- Sign of Spring
- Simmering Haiku
- Simple Yet Profound
- Sleet (haiku)
- Snow Haiku
- Snowing,
- So God Says
- So What's So Funny
- Sod (haiku)
- Sound to Silence (Diamente)
- Splashing Verses
- Spread the Word to Each and All
- Spread of Bright Yellow (Haiku)
- Spread the Word
- Spring (Three Haiku)
- Spring Breezes
- Spring by a Thread
- Spring Crewel
- Spring Forward
- Spring Haiku
- Spring Morning
- Spring? (haiku)
- Squirrelly (Haiku)
- Stand at Attention
- Stargazer Lily
- Stars and Faith (Three Haiku))
- Staying Cool (Haiku)
- Still Winter
- Stomping, Stomping
- Stop This Bleeding
- Suddenness
- Summer Haiku
- Summer Moment
- Summer Morning (Haiku)
- Sunrays
- Sunrise/Sunset (Diamente)
- Sunshine after the Rain
- SuperBowl Mania
- Sweet Williams
- Swiss Alps (Haiku)
- Swiss Chocolates
- Swiss Cowbells
- Take Time
- Take Time Today
- Tally Ho!
- Tattler
- Tea Party in Frederick, MD
- Thank You for the Memories
- Thanksgiving in Triplicate
- Thanksgiving Is Thanksliving
- Thanksgiving Litany
- The Love of Plowing?
- The Buzz
- The Choice
- The Course of Nature Interrupted
- The Cows of Houston
- The Cross
- The Cup Overflows
- The Deepening Decadence
- The Eagle in NYC
- The Egalitarian
- The End of September
- The Favor I Most Curry
- The Fourth Day of Christmas
- The Gates of Hell
- The Heavens Declare God's Glory
- The Intruder (haiku)
- The January Blues
- The Kingdom of God
- The Last Blush of Summer
- The Last Gasp of Summer
- The Last of a Generation
- The Lion as Devourer
- The Man by the Sea
- The Map for Living
- The Metered Art
- The New Day Dawns
- The Night Is Young
- The Perils of Freedom
- The Prize
- The Promise of Today
- The Return (Cinquain)
- The Smell of the Soil
- The Snow of Advent
- The Village Green Grill
- The Word's Gotten Around
- The Year of the Ants
- There Is Always a Time
- There Is Only One Name
- There is Poetic Justice
- There is This Fella...(limerick)
- There Is this Lady...(limerick)
- There Once Was a Man from D.C.
- There Once Was a Quiet Lady
- They'll Be Home For Christmas
- Though Ten Thousand Try to Block It
- Three Went off to War
- Three Went off to War
- Through the Generations
- Through the Years
- Thunder Storm
- Ticking, Ticking, Ticking
- Time Moves on
- Tippy
- Tired Hands
- Tired? Tried? Triumphant!
- To Be Read with Prayer
- To Gillena (Limerick)
- To Make up for Lost Years
- Today
- Too Easily Derails
- Trailing Grape Vines
- Traisping through the Trappings
- Transfiguration
- Treading Softly
- Trees
- Tribute to Christopher Reeve
- Trick or Treat?
- Triumph
- Truly Thankful
- Tuesday Is Our Day to Speak
- Tulip (haiku)
- Twenty Questions
- Twilight Years
- Two Brothers Went off to War
- Two Yellow Fall Haiku
- Uncle Marion
- Until Then
- Unworthy
- VA Tech Shootings
- Verdant Mountains
- Veterans Day
- Veterans Day - Nov.11
- Veterans Day 2004
- View from the Window
- View of the Ceiling
- Vote
- Voting Time!
- Wait Not!
- Walk on the Water
- Warm Hearts, Warm Hands, Warm Thoug
- Watching It Grow!
- Waterfalls
- Wave On and On
- Waving Palms
- Wayward Bus
- We Write
- Weather
- Weathered Fencing (4 Haiku)
- Weathered Spoons
- Wedding Haiku
- What If?
- What Is It?
- Wheelchair
- Wheels within Wheels
- When All Else Fails
- When Comes the Winds of Areon
- When in Doubt
- When Life Gets too Hot to Bear
- When October Turns Color
- When Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
- When Thoughts of Evil Come
- When Words Work Wonders
- Where Am I in All of This?
- Where Are You, Father?
- Where Goes the Morning Bright?
- Whichever Way
- Whippoorwill Lament
- Whithering on the Vine
- Whoopie Whale Wailing
- Why Do I Write Rhyme?
- Wilting Marigold
- Winter
- Winter (haiku)
- Winter (2)
- Winter Blues
- Winter Day
- Winter Daze
- Winter from the Window
- Winter White
- Winter White (haiku)
- Winter Winds- haiku
- Winter, Winter, Go Away
- Wires, Wires, Everywhere
- Wise or Otherwise
- Wisteria
- With the Lord
- With Urgent Plea
- Woodland Perspective
- Word Chimes Named (WC poem)
- WordChimes
- Words
- Worship
- Would You Believe?
- You Be You, I'll Be Me!
- You Who Are Lord
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