The First Line Poems By Lynn Barany I went to bed quite early Just to talk with God, To get caught up on confessions, I needed help with right, and wrong. After our conversation I asked for one small task, Please send a line of poetry Hope it's not too much to ask. I love to write my poetry But the first line is always hard, And when a poem turns out well The first line comes from God. Just before I say Goodnight, Christmas is coming near, The day will be very lonely Of that I have no fear. I have nothing at all to do My family all live far. I can't afford the airfare And it's much too long by car. Please make my Christmas special, Let your Light shine through. I know the meaning of this day And I want to feel close to you. When I awoke next morning, Words my head did fill The first line of a poem ... "Feed the homeless if you will"

Hi, Thank you for coming to my poetry site. I hope you've enjoyed reading my poems and will come back again to this humble poets home -- Island Poetry. Every poem is original and is derived from my daily encounters, thoughts, experiences, relationships and contacts with family, loved ones, friends, nature, the world and people at large. My poetry is simple, uncomplicated, straight-forward and honest coming from the heart, soul, a spiritual presence and obviously God -- Her/Himself. Thus, once the idea and first line of a poem "pops" into my head, the balance of my poems "arrive to me" more or less complete requiring only my immediate and total attention and focus in its writing down, with minimal additional work or effort thereafter. While belonging to the International Society of Poets, I have also been fortunate to have had the support and publication of many of my poems by local community newspapers, faith groups, charitable organizations, and in various anthologies published by the National Library of Poetry and catalogued in the U.S. Library of Congress - Publication Data ISBN 1-56167-256-4 I now live on lower Vancouver Island, off the Canadian west coast. Although originally from the Canadian province of Ontario, I have over the years also lived in the province of Manitoba, as well as Germany. Once again thank you for reading my work, hope you enjoyed and found it relevant also to your own experiences of the living, loving and challenges of everyday life. I truly would appreciate and love to hear from anyone with comments, critiques, suggestions or what-have-you. Email Me - lynnbarany@islandpoetry.com Regards, Lynn Barany (Hanna)