February newsletter- Blog first anniversary
Newsletter of the World of Words by Elias Tobias
World of Words celebrates first anniversary
The new World of Words by Elias Tobias is one year old this month. The move from the former static Web site with Tripod format came to WSI and the poetry Web blob was officially launched Feb. 12, 2007. Many of the goals have been accomplished. Audio was started for the Love Notes collection, Next Flight audio was set up, and more poems were added. More pages were added including Poetry First Aid and more biographical information about Elias Tobias and his wife.
Five videos have been launched to promote the poetry blog, the last two including one for the song Next Flight and the poem, Mexican Love Song. More opportunities for readers have been initiated including a free open poetry forum, free offers, along with more people making comments about the poems.
There is more to do, though. More videos, One goal is to get more readers involved with the opportunities available. More new poems, and starting the book of poems in Spanish. This is a bulletin board page item for this month. Also on the bulletin board is Valentine’s Day. There will be more love poems featured this month.
Poem of the Month
Easter is coming in a month. Abouth the time I began using the pen name Elias Tobias, I became an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church (June 7, 1993). I have not done much with this, making a living as a teacher and a journalist. I have not performed any ceremonies or anything, except write a few religious-oriented poems. A few are already in the My Favorite Poems book or category and other pages on the World of Words by Elias Tobias. These poems include Earth Song, In the Valley of Emotion, Your Love, Calico Creek, The Beauty of Life, Lines of Life and God is my Father, Oh Lord. A new book or category will be added, called Grace and Glory, to contain these new poems. The poem of the month is really two poems to begin this book.
GIVE ME A VOICE
Give me a voice so I can proclaim
there’s one Lord at peace’s door
and that His son, Jesus, is the key.
Show me, show me, show me the
scriptures and. what they say.
Give me, give me, give me the
patience to learn your way.
Give me a voice so I can proclaim
there’s one Lord at peace’s door
and that His son, Jesus, is the key.
Show me, show me, show me the
miracles of life everyday.
Give me, give me, give me your
grace when I stop to pray.
Give me a voice so I can proclaim
there’s one Lord at peace’s door
and that His son, Jesus, is the key.
Give me patience to learn your ways.
Fill me with your grace everyday.
Show me, show me, show me the
scriptures and what they say.
Give me a voice so I can proclaim
there’s one Lord at peace’s door,
and Jesus, His only son, is the key.
LOVE AND GRACE
Help me through the night, Lord,
and I’ll be all right.
My body aches, my heart hurts,
and I know if it were not
for your love and grace I
could not face another day.
All I can do is pray,
in the name of your son, Jesus,
I will see the morning light
from under the covers of my bed.
Lord, I really need the rest.