Today is World Poetry Day. We thought it would be fun to celebrate this day with some poems from CFCA staff members and Marlon, a 15-year-old young man served by the Managua project in Nicaragua. Enjoy!
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La esperanza y el amor Por Marlon En todo el mundo Las personas se Deben tener entre SÌ un amor profundo En su corazÛn siempre En la vida para crear Un mundo donde dÌa a dÌa Si todos practicamos |
Hope and love (translated into English) By Marlon In all the world The people Ought to have between them A deep profound love In your heart always In life in order to create A world where day after day If we practice |
Sponsorship Haikus
By Sheila Myers, Communications Department
Mission Awareness Trip
Getting off the bus
I look for you in the crowd.
Our eyes meet. Smiles. Hugs.
Relationship
Your letter arrives,
Telling me of the mudslide.
I send you a prayer.
The Letter By Larry Livingston, U.S. Outreach Department
Today the mailman brought to me a gift as good as gold.
A letter from my sponsored friend, a wonder to behold.
Her hopes and dreams she shares with me, and what is this surprise?
A brand new picture! Grace and joy are captured in those eyes.
I never thought Iíd care so much for one Iíve never met,
Or that in giving I would come to owe a happy debt.
I thought myself quite blessed, and so it seemed to me quite odd
When a child that lived in poverty revealed the face of God.
A CFCA Limerick By Larry Livingston
If Godís love is always in fashion,
Acts of kindness are nothing to ration.
So what do you say?
Join CFCA,
And help us build a world of compassion!
Nice poetry there. I didn’t know that there is something like poetry day, but good to know. I like limericks a lot, and that one gave me some long awaited joy. I wish I could speak Spanish to fully understand the first letter – the translation always miss something, well it’s just different, but I like English version also. Thanks for those poems.