Book of Words

By Wayne Lundquist

Many poems seem to create themselves with verses and thoughts falling into place. I constantly offer to read a poem to anyone nearby. I give poems away to cashiers or anyone waiting in line. I try to keep poems with me when I am in any setting available. I often have several poems in a folder and have made many new friends by just giving them a poem. I have a lot of people who look forward to my next poem. A lady who is always looking forward to my next poem once told me that she gives each one to her church. These poems are given freely to anyone who wants it. A lady in the grocery store asked if I remembered her. She said I read her a poem in the grocery store once as she came home from visiting her mother in the hospital. She gratefully reminded me of the peace she found from my poem.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 19, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796016703

Wayne Lundquist

I began writing poetry and songs after retiring from the US Air Force serving at the facility in San Antonio Texas. My military career included one year in the US Marine reserves then went to spend twenty years in the Air Force. After writing that first poem my writing had no end. I began writing songs and poetry. The songs carried me to the NSAI Critique Session in Pineville I have been richly blessed with family members. My first son was born in France, the second son died in birth, then a daughter and son in Clover, SC. Next I was again blessed with two more daughters through a second marriage and finally a daughter we adopted. My wife, Karen and I are members of Christ the King church in Charlotte NC; We are surrounded with family and friends.

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Copyright © 2019 by Wayne Lundquist. 786672

ISBN:      Softcover                     978-1-7960-1671-0

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Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the Holy Bible, King James Version (Authorized Version). First published in 1611. Quoted from the KJV Classic Reference Bible, Copyright © 1983 by The Zondervan Corporation.

Scripture quotations marked RSV are taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission.

Rev. date: 02/16/2019

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Contents

Here Come the Poems

Remembering

The Dogwood Grove

Blessings

Sunflower

Sweet Death, Dear Friend

Who Will Hear

The Sunflowers

Drawing Jesus

Perfect Love

Angel Thoughts

The Gift Of Pardon

Put Me First

Father God

If I Were To Die Today

A New Day’s Dawning

Growing Older

Mysterty

Integrity’s Choice

The Choir

Hope

Length Of Days

Today

She Is Filled

What Is Left

Eternity

Sounds

Then, The Resurrection

Memory’s Garden

Blow Gently Among The Flowers

From Time To Eternity

Day Of Rest

Duty

Clusters Of Plastic

Risen Christ

Suffer The Little Ones

Angel

I Have Sinned

If I Am Truly God’s Dear Child

Is It Enough

How Many Deaths

Jesus, Born Of Mary

The Door

Reflection

The End Is The Beginning

Peace In Small Instinces

Love Of The Father’s Son

It Matters Not Dear Christian

His

Heart Strings Of The Spirit

The Four Leaf Clover

Dreams

Come, Find My Savior

Home, At Last

Why

My Son

My God Is Greater

Our Promise That

Quiet Times

So Go To The People

Sunday Fast

Theres A Garden

Treasured Moment

Who Can This Jesus Be

Lord I Hear You Calling

Am I Crucifing You

Choices

Did Jesus Die In Vain

God Sustain Us

Thank You Father God

Praise

Peace

My Joy

The Old Rock Church

I’ve A Road To Walk

Who Do Men Say That I Am

Who Can This Jesus Be

Sing A Little Song Of Jesus

Repentant Heart

Praise

Peace

My Soul In You Delights

My Savior Is Every Thing To Me

Words

If that which I have written

Helps someone else to find

A closer relationship with our

Holy God

Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Then we both

Are truly blessed

Wayne Lundquist

Here Come the Poems

Remembering

I picture her among the flowers

Creations beauty man’s delight

Her favorite place for spending time

Planting delight blooms and thyme

Accented by countless gems of white

Color enhanced with darker green

And lighter shades carefully spaced

A haven for her soul to spend

Among flowers which sweetly bend

By sun and rain each gently graced

Those gardens gave a special peace

That soothed her troubles and care

As peace was given and solace found

Among the flowers which did abound

As time unmeasured vanished there

The Dogwood Grove

The dogwood grove serenely lies in quiet reverent grace

Its vernal blooms in mass so pale against the darker space

Draw from the heart deep sighs

For time goes back and memory cries that once by God’s dear grace

As fastened there by pounded nail with pain disfigured face

The Prince of Glory dies

The lively green of leaves imply

That life’s once more in place as dying there He tore the vail

And evermore erased separation from God on high

Blessings

Another night of peaceful rest has lain about the door

While all inside are sweetly blessed with tender sleep once more

The children’s prayers have all been heard and all are snuggled in

With grateful hugs and kisses shared, forgiven of our sins

The night may hold a moonlit glow from cloudless sky above

That bathes the farm and all it owns in God’s tender love

But mothers lie