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[aid] => mick
[title] => SHARPENING IRON!
[time] => 2011-10-24 16:48:35
[hometext] => This is a rewrite of a poem I posted years ago with added verse.
[bodytext] => As iron sharpens iron One man can gird another. A rising tide lifts up all boats, Whether small or mighty rudder. When Moses lifted up his rod To bloody that mighty River, He sharpened up his nations’ men Like the arrows in David's’ quiver. If we go along life's paths And forget to bring our brothers, We will fall into pot holes, Unassisted by another. An enemy passed me by one day As I lay beside a ditch. I almost had bitter words to say, When his cohort reached to lift. What makes one man roll up his sleeve As another man turns away? Why do some men espouse virtue, And others seek only pay? As iron sharpens iron, All men can strengthen spines. I want to bolster yours friend, And won’t you please glue mine? “Come reason with me” I hear some say Until our purposes shall be one. We’ll hone the blades that pierce mens heart’s So Eternity’s work be done! By: Robert Edgar Burns http://www.thestarlitecafe.com/myhome.php http://www.your-poetry.com/ youraccountpages.php?pgdata=Robert_Edgar_Burns?user=reb0214 [comments] => 1 [counter] => 145 [topic] => 19 [informant] => robert_edgar_burns [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => InspirationalPoems )
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