John's poems of...LIFE - LIVING &LOVE...JDJ

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The-FIRST-thing-that-I-DO-in-the---------very--VERY--very--------EARLY--early--EARLY-------MORN----------WHEN--IM--AWAKE--IN--THE--MORNING---------when-------I---GET---UP-------IS--to--LOOK--UP------and---------BE--GRATEFUL-------and------HUMBLY---------PRAY-pray--PRAY-------
SILENTLY-silently--SILENTLY-------and------very--------------QUIETLY--quietly--QUIETLY--------CALMLY--calmly--CALMLY--------GENTLY--gently--GENTLY------LOVINGLY--lovingly--LOVINGLY------------I----------HUMBLY-humbly--HUMBLY--------PRAY--pray--PRAY----dear-------LORD------HELP-------ME----to----BE----MY--------BEST--best--BEST----this-----brand-----new----------BLESSED--blessed--BLESSED-----------WONDERFUL-wonderful--WONDERFUL-----------BEAUTUFUL-beautiful--BEAUTIFUL--------------cloudy---rainy----cold-----or----bright---and---sunny-------------WARM--warm--WARM--------DAY

It-matters--not--the--weather--OUTSIDE--rather--dark--cloudy--stormy--with--COLD--RAIN--or--with--BEAUTIFUL--DELIGHTFUL------POSITIVE--positive--POSITIVE-----ENCOURAGING-------SUNSHINE
WHAT--------matters--MATTERS--matters-----the--------MOST--most--MOST----is----WHAT----in----your--------LOVING--loving--LOVING-----GREAT---HEART------that-----you-----HOLD---------FOREVER--forever--FOREVER--------close----and----thats----the----warm----EVER--LOVING-----GLOW----and--------LOVE--love--LOVE-------of----------OUR---GOD--------so--------BRILLIANT--brilliant--BRILLIANT----------WARM--warm--WARM--------and-----CLOSE---SPECIAL----UNCONDITIONAL---unconditional--UNCONDITIONAL-----and---------holy--HOLY--holy-------LOVING--loving--LOVING------beautifully--BEAUTIFULLY--beautifully---------------wonderfully--WONDERFULLY--wonderfully--------------DIVINE

To--ME-------TEN--ten--TEN-----FEET----TALL----in--MY--HEART--MY--HENRY--always--so--brave--FEARLESS----STRONG---BRAVE----LOVING-----and--BOLD-------will--WILL--will---------FOREVER--forever--FOREVER-------In----MY----HEART-heart--HEART--------STAND
Looking---UP---in--the------early-EARLY--early-----MORN-----i-----REMEMBER----tlooking--at--the--old--black--and--white----PICTURES---from----HENRY----MY--dear--old----DAD----when--on--the-----DAIRY-FARM-----in------ROLLINGSTONE--MINNESOTA------HE----could--not--go--to--school--but--at-------AGE---TWELVE------his----father----passed-away----and--HE--my--DAD--at--age--TWELVE--and--just--a--young--BOY--he--woke--up------early--EARLY--early------worked--the--DAIRY--FARM--alone--with---some-----HIRED--help-----and--my---------MY--DEAR--OLD---DAD--HENRY------the------MINNESOTA--TORNADO-----WITH-------a--------TEMPER--temper--TEMPER--------like----a----------VIOLENT--violent--VIOLENT----------exploding--EXPLODING--exploding--------------DANGEROUS--dangerous--DANGEROUS---------WILD--RAVENGING--DESTROYING----------anything-and-everything-in-its-path-when-------------MAD-mad--MAD--------------MY-HENRY-MY-DAD------the----------MINNESOTA--Minnesota--MINNESOTA---------TORNADO--tornado--TORNADO-----------STORM-----but--after--he--settled--down--from--getting--MAD--he--was--gentle--as--after--a--storm--calm--cool--collective--and--------LOVING-loving--LOVING-------as--HIS--USUAL--NORM-------------BUT----DAD---HE--had--to--GET---TOUGH---HARD----and----ROUGH---------at------TWELVE--when------HE-------BECAME------a---------MINNESOTA--Minnesota--MINNESOTA-----DAIRY----FARMING---MAN

From--the------OLD--old--OLD------FAMiLY--PICS--from--that--little-dairy--FARM--way--out--in--the--MINNESOTA--sticks--i--saw--DAD--sitting--way--a--TOP--of--an------OLD--old--OLD------country------FARM----FIELD----WORK------HORSE
the--WORK--HORSE--looked--so------GIGANTIC-gigantic--GIGANTIC-----and--------HUGE-huge--HUGE----and----i----thought---HE---was---at-------LEAST--TEN--FEET--TALL---or----TALLER----of-----COURSE

My--DAD--at--TWELVE--and--a--BOY--HE--WAS--a--DAIRY--FARMING--MAN--so--STRONG-----------------------------FEARLESS--fearless--FEARLESS--fearless--FEARLESS-----------------------so---TOUGH--so--PROUD--and--BOLD--and---BRAVE
every---------early--EARLY--early---------morn------that--i---AWAKE-----and---------HUMBLY--humbly--HUMBLY---------PRAY-pray--PRAY-------i--------REMEMBER--remember--REMEMBER--------so---------LOVINGLY--lovingly--LOVINGLY------MY----dear--dear-dear---HENRY----HOW--at--age--TWELVE--i--saw--in--an--old--black--and--white----PIC----how--HE--STOOD--PROUD--and--to-------ME--------TEN--FOOT--TALL------as--a--dairy--farming--Minnesota--MAN--every-morn--when--i--look--up--with------LOVE--love--LOVE-------HONOR--honor--HONOR-----and--------deep--DEEP--deep---------RESPECT--respect--RESPECT--------for--my---------------------HENRY--my--DAD--------------resting--now--asleep--in--his--Minnesota--country-side--grave

I--LOOK--up--and--i--PRAY
and------REMEMBER--remember--REMEMBER----my-----ROOTS--roots--ROOTS-----DEEPLY--deeply--DEEPLY------in--my--MINNESOTA--upbringing--EVERYDAY--in--each--and--EVERY--LOVING----------beautiful--BEAUTIFUL--beautiful--BEAUTIFUL--beautiful----------WAY


By john d jungers
23---JULY--2017


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