Mount Carmel

A Time,
A Place
A Beauty
Upon Earth’s Face

The Bay,
The Mount
The Holy Hills
Leave No Doubt

Carmel
So Tall
A Gaze Atop
A World, So Small

A Peace,
A Quiet
A Forefather
Never Silent

A Church,
On A Hill
The Sea,
The Still

Joseph Allen
12/21/08

The Hawk

On a Old Highway
A Winding County Byway

A Streak Through The Air
With Precision and Flair

Traveling Through
A Hawk That Flew

Across A Path
A Troublesome Wrath

It’s Hope, It’s Glory
A Truly Sad Story

A Day In The Fall
A Valiant Bird So Tall

Joseph Allen
11/8/08

Bread & Water

One to live
One to give
Saving A life
Revealing strife

The soul to inherit
someone to merit
Revealing sadness
The scorned madness

The pain the sorrow
Better the morrow
An eternal infamy
A sense of humanity


A stretched hand
Fleeting in the sand
To help to nourish
The flower, to flourish

Joseph Allen
9/27/08

The Poet

As He Turned
As He Returned
As He Wondered
As We Pondered

Fate of Humanity
The Hate of Insanity
A People Not Free
A Voice With A Plea

An Illusion, A Mirage
Hope, Did Not Sabotage
A Dream Unseen
Man, Yet To Redeem

A People, No Voice
A Soul, Hath No Choice
A Poet That Cried
A People’s Pride

His Word Was Spoken
His Heart Long Broken
People Dared Dream
Staring At, A Silent Stream

Departed, But Not Parted
A Voice That Started
The Silent Sound
Poetry, His Final Shroud

Joseph Allen
8/16/08

Victims

Who Speaks for Innocence
Violence, From A Consequence

Clutching A Child In Fear
All The While, Shedding Tears

In The Crossfire
A Life, About To Expire

A Time, A Place
Humanity, A Lost Face

Never Just A Number
Our Conscience, Always To Remember

Joseph Allen
04/11/08

The Morn

Bird’s Chorus, At The Dawn
The Still Air, The Living Morn

Trees Blooming, A Glowing Green
Water Flowing, A Silent Stream

Overhead, A Dreary Grey Sky
Below, A Living Earth, Is What Lye’s

Eyes Opening, Awakening Creatures
Full Color, Distinct Living Features

Life’s Melody In The Morning
Potential Loss, Surely A Warning

Birds Chirping, The Beautiful Sound
On Your Earth, It Is Surely Found.

Joseph Allen
04/6/08

Everyday Mothers Day

A Mother’s Love
A Gift from Above
The Only True Treasure
The Smile On Her Face, A Pleasure

Looking In, Her Child’s Eyes
A Love, that Truly Implies
A Feeling, One Cannot Explain
Birth Of Love, The Once Pain

The Depths of The Ocean
The Rain, Her Flowing Emotion
A Love Like No Other
The Love From My Own Mother

No Gratitude, A Small Price
The Beauty The Mother, So Nice.
Elegance, A Flower, A Rose
Her Love, Only God Knows

Joseph Allen
04/06/08

Peacemakers

Mahatma Ghandi’s Won’t Do
Killed By A Hindu

Yitszak Rabin Knew
Killed by a Jew

Martin Luther King
A Christian Bullet’s Sting

Anwar Sadat’s Fate
Killed By Torturious Hate

God’s Enemies Within
Let Soul Searching Begin.

Joseph Allen
02/3/08