Welcome to my poems directory.
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Content and Yet Not
by Pete Scopes
21/05/2023
...Content in the things I have Content in the things given Content as I rise Content as I lie Content...
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Dividing Lines
by Pete Scopes
23/04/2023
We were never meant to be apart; Never meant to be separate; But here I was drawing, with my sin, Drawing these dividing lines....
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A Common Unity
by Pete Scopes
19/11/2022
A community, a common unity Christ in us, Christ in all of us Dept paid, blood bought our fealty...
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A Mighty Oak Tree
by Pete Scopes
14/02/2019
An oak seed planted our love building at the start Embedded deep, roots sprouted within the heart...
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Recompense
by Pete Scopes
22/10/2014
What recompense should be given to a man who's so blasé A heart which does not feel anguish or ecstasy this or that way And knows only too well the correct motions But needs a spirit reborn found in no known potions...
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Tower of Refuge
by Pete Scopes
23/10/2013
Where to go when your world seems to shake Or when your security blanket is stolen? Your cracked, pretty lies shatter and break Your arid eyes red, puffed & swollen...
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Psalm 3
by Pete Scopes
15/10/2013
Lord, never let me go! Never turn Your back on me I would be filled with dread & woe From everything I would flee...
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Psalm 2
by Pete Scopes
04/10/2013
Lord You say that no matter where I run You'll be there If I cross the sea, scale a mountain, fall into a pit of despair But I feel very far! Or at least somehow blind You're close yet I'm unable to find And deaf for that matter like my ears are block...
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What do I know
by Pete Scopes
29/09/2013
What do I know of burning righteousness? What do I know of fervent holiness? Just a man, a poor & weak man Undone by perfect justice...
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You Built Me
by Pete Scopes
17/09/2013
Lord You built me strong yet I am weak You made me able but my hands fumble Through Your grace I won't suffer defeat Jesus teach me to be humble...
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Who Am I?
by Pete Scopes
21/03/2013
Who am I that I should gain the Father's love A question that falls heavy on my mind For I am not as innocent as a dove And my love is of a far different kind...
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Confessions of a sinful man
by Pete Scopes
27/02/2013
I am weak and sinful, selfish at my best Never quite knowing which love to attest I am whole yet feel broken, slave yet free Still I give ear to him who has no power over me...
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Mighty One To Save
by Pete Scopes
22/02/2013
Father, the mighty One to save Your Son, to death, you gave Lost, alone, away from You Yet You are for ever true...
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Coming Home
by Pete Scopes
09/01/2013
A fire burning low upon the hearth Softly glowing through the window by the door To the sound of scraping off damp earth Whistled tune shall get no encore Key turned, welcomed by the smell of sup...
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No Other Name
by Pete Scopes
06/01/2013
No other Name in all creation can save For our God is mighty through the ages He fulfils all that our heart does crave Instead of giving us our deservéd wages...
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A Saint (You Are)
by Pete Scopes
04/01/2013
...The same One we crucified Shall return again on high On the thunder He shall ride With hosts of Heaven fill the sky...
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A Prayer
by Pete Scopes
25/12/2012
And now we, with once unclean lips washed pure by the blood of the lamb, may stand firm in the faith entering boldly into His presence singing praises; we may fall at His feet in adoration, in surrender, and in worship....
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Jesus' Hand
by Pete Scopes
25/12/2012
Would you hold fast As my grip erred to slip My life past Before my eyes rip Life escape from fragile lip No more can I last Into death's river I dip "Where to I go?", the throne, I asked...
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Sins of a Father
by Pete Scopes
29/11/2012
Should now the sins of a father fall on the child Condemning the youth for the deeds of the old Even so timid is this one, meek and mild Reviled as a being so cold...
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Takes its Toll
by Pete Scopes
11/11/2012
This life takes a toll To sort through its pieces Broken not whole Iron out the creases As it wears on down My patience to its end To keep my head, not drown Where can I depend?...
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From Eternal Glory
by Pete Scopes
23/10/2012
O my Jesus, I can only wonder at the works of Your hands How far above me are Your ways, Your schemes and plans For You are mighty, hear me and answer my prayer Yet I am nothing, I deserve no such grace be spared...
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My Words
by Pete Scopes
11/10/2012
From my chest where I did hold My words where shall I sow Into the frigid, the oceans cold Or cast them down to the valley below...
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Overcome the Curse
by Pete Scopes
06/10/2012
Amidst this still broken universe Your Son has overcome the curse We await the day when all becomes new And we see Your glorious face in full view...
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The Lord your God is Near
by Pete Scopes
03/09/2012
A shrouding fog rising, blankets of grey Engulfing where to place your feet Yet do not fall hopeless into disarray Not see but feel our Lord's present heat ...
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We Lift You Up
by Pete Scopes
21/08/2012
We lift You up, the One who drank The cup of wrath that we earned Into peace from despair we sank No longer can we feel the fires that burned...