Poems, commentaries, and reading references by Robert E. L. Nesbitt, Jr., M.D. Copyright 2000 Printed by Watermark Press The International Library of Poetry Owings Mills, Maryland

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Table of Contents

(Excerpts Only)

Prologue

 Excerpt:  ". . .eternal homelessness. . ."

 Marked Off From Pagans

 Retracing The Human Path

 A Sonnet On Light

 Neo-Nativity

 Expectant Old Salts

 Prickmarked

(One thousand years before Christ ... man has 

recognized that a Being superior to himself has 

held supernatural powers over his affairs and destiny ... 

light is God's essence ... living the love of a kingdom within ... 

a kingdom bathed in ubiquitous love ... lie cannons oft bought with counters)

God-In-Waiting

Contrition Ignored

The Table Is Set

Marred Treasures Unearthed

Woebegone Pilgrims

Disconnectedness

Religion--A Quantum State???

    O City of God:  Grant an undivided Heart

    with Commentary:  "Spiritual Suburbia"

Solo Act

Heroic Virtue:  "Give God Permission!"

In Search Of Wellness

Brotherhood of "Creature-Kind"?

(Life comes back to haunt ... trays of blessings ... 

but I set before you life ... we bear the world's crush ... 

we wonder, whence goeth ... you are today's perspective ... 

grant an undivided heart ... divine grace is a 

catalytic reactor for the human soul ... 

where light is intense ... history seeks heroes, 

to glorify the race ... the breath of God)

God Revealed

Obligation:  God To Glorify (In Haiku)

   with References and Lessons

Beauty In Holy Carriage

Unveiled Face

Hidden Candle

Plantings:  Not For Naught with Reflection

(Hearts hail God's glory ... validate virtue ... 

truth reflecting the shadow of His image ... 

alone in remoteness ... were for naught, save for one bloom ... )

God Realized

Third Ear Audibles

Elected

Raised Baton

(harvest from seeds of creative energy ... 

audibles of conscience ...all things mobile tend their stores)

Epilogue

Spiritual joy awaits the fusion of human nature with grace.

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"If a person does not recognize that internal tranquility resides 

only in union with God, this restlessness of unfulfillment will cause him 

to seek every avenue of temporal pleasure available within his society of many gods."    

    Robert E.L. Nesbitt, Jr., M.D.

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