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Poems by Chris Stienstra, by newest first

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  • You Died for Me
    THEY HUNG YOU NAKED / WITHOUT REMORSE / YOUR BODY BROKEN / SWEAT STAINED SPIKES / DRIPPED BLOOD / POOLING AT THEIR FEET / SCOFFERS LAUGHED / VOICES OF UNBELIEF / GAMBLERS OF CLOTHING / PI
    by Chris Stienstra 45 lines, on May 30 1:48 AM 2007
  • Perhaps
    Night skies pull in suffocating quiet / Darkness lies on my chest like a black sheet / Pushing down on my face and lungs / Labored breathing the only sign of life / Exhaling into a silence of rigor mort
    by Chris Stienstra 41 lines, 2 comments, on May 22 7:48 PM 2007
  • Anatomy of a Confrontation
    Tears of bereavement not shed / Instead / transition to expression of control / New found strength / hidden within the spirit / allowed to
    by Chris Stienstra 65 lines, 3 comments, on May 20 8:07 AM 2007
  • Shake My Hand
    I knew you before. / In fact, / many times we passed in the crowds. / Usually, you were with older people, / seniors, if you will. / Occassionally, you embraced children, / innocents on this journey. / But, at n
    by Chris Stienstra 42 lines, 2 comments, on May 18 10:41 AM 2007. In Life
  • Maritime Sentinel
    The keeper is restless tonight. / I sense a Nor'easter has inhaled- / Strong lungs holding back nature's fury. / Jetties, harbors, towns bracing from New Zealand to Cape Cod / Recognize gray skies and low, swi
    by Chris Stienstra 40 lines, 2 comments, on May 17 9:15 PM 2007
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