By Inspiration Only

`By Inspiration Only`	Poetry by J.G. (Jerry) Braddock Sr.
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I fall far short of my own definition of a poet—a master at having something to say worth saying and knowing how to say it in an ear-pleasing way, and from whom lines of verse flow as naturally as notes from a violin. Believe me, poetic thoughts and words do not flow naturally from my brain. First of all, it takes an inspiration of magnitude to get me in a poetic frame of mind. Then I have to struggle and sweat to squeeze each appropriate word out onto paper. Nonetheless, I've managed to squeeze out quite a few over the years. Here are some:

RELIGIOUS		PATRIOTIC
Scars	X'ed Out	Our Flag
First Love	I Was There	God Has Blessed America
The Little Church	The Steam That Blows the Whistle	Two Pledges
Battle Hymn	Six Hours	April 19, 1778
Ships	There's a Child	LOVE
Questions	The Bridge	Only World I Want to Know
My Prayer	No Greater Joy	Things to Do Before I Die
The Tongue	Let Us Arise	Windows
A Christian Is	Behind the Scenes	I'm Glad
All Good Things	Steeple	Another Love Like You
All I Need to Know	Gratitude Adjustment	In Other Words
What It's Not/What It Is	This Guy	The Odd Couple
Today	Eleven Golden Words	Dreams I Never Dream
Equations	Songs	Intuitions
Catching Flies	The Counter	Kiss
Louder Than Words	The First Christmas Tree	I'm Not a Cat
50 Years	3 Nails	Indescribable
To An Artist	Which Shall It Be?	The Guy I Want to Be
Turn Around	When
Lies Satan Told Me	The Plan
I Want Your Autograph	Three Books
Members	Home
The Goal	Mightier that the Pen
When It's Over	So Goes the Family
Filthy Rags	I've Never Seen a Soul
Risks	Reasons Why
In Each Heart	Apples
Judas	The King is Coming
	OTHERS
POEMS BY FRIENDS	Captain Lyford
Poetic Justice	Backbones	HATE
The Victory of Jesus	Dan Hill	The Thing I Hate Most
Reflections	Until You Came Along
I Hear an Echo	Grandma's Advice	PETS
For In Them Lies My Treasure	Daddy	Man's Best Friend
Poems by Charlie Hiers	Yam Dankees	That Was Gizmo
	Things Sam Never Learned
	Joann
	Bert, We Knew You Well
	Sailors
	Edgar A. Guest
	The No-Such Word
	Peach-fil-A
	Too Brief a Time
	Kenny Lide's Glove
	Too Brief a Time

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