As a seventh-generation Texan and an award-winning author, Mary Virginia McCormick Pittman is a recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Poetry Award from the International Society of Poets and the youngest honoree to receive the Legend of Texas Award. Her poems have been published in numerous magazines and books. Her poetry collection includes images and colors relating to the verses.
McCormick Pittman is a child advocate, wildlife photojournalist and lecturer, international conservation researcher, wounded-warrior medical advocate, and an Arctic musher. Enjoy a sampling of her poetry, which she says is "dedicated to our warrior heroes of America."
Courage
Oh, Courage, you mighty armored warrior
with battered, but untarnished shield,
whose purple crimson banners joyously wave
…steadfastly and forever.
Above the milieu of Deceit and Hate
Thou art the benevolent servant
To those who need thy healing care.
Oh, Soldier of Grace – Who walks with all…
Restore mercy, destroy despair.
You speak soft and true, yet bold and free
To mend the weak and make them strong,
To grip the foe from out a friend.
And I thank God and praise
All the mighty powers that be…
That ye have chosen to stop and dwell
in those deep caverns of that humble,
beating heart called me!
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Oasis of My Soul
O, let me rest a moment
in the oasis of your arms…
To be shaded by the cooling palms of your spirit
and Protected by the
Strength of your embrace….
To be Renourished by the succulent nectar
of your kiss
and inspired by the depth
of your Desire.
O, Peace of Mind!
…My Only Love!
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The Wind
Grow cold, you Wind – Blow high, blow low.
You unleash your fury. You shriek your scorn.
No mercy do you show – to those mortals below
Who live by God, His message they heed…
You strike them down – Why then, indeed,
Do they search for strength, when their
Fear grows wild. Their wants and desires—
Ah, less do they seek… Weakness and
Disappointment, then, do they reap.
But discipline not, your wicked contempt,
The restful pleasure you seek—
To destroy man’s soul, you shall never do;
For Man shall abide, and You be the Fool!
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If I Knew You
If I knew you, I would know the sunrise ritual
where the dawn greets the day,
the quiet lifting mist over a pinkened peak,
the brightening sun, its journeys’ promise to keep,
If I knew you, If I knew you….
If I knew you, I would know the wind in the whispering pines,
the soft green earth and the fertile soil,
and the golden harvest of the ripened corn.
If I knew you, If I knew you….
If I knew you, I would know a thousand ways to say, I love you;
To feel a caress born of tenderness
and blossomed to passion,
To touch a face just chiseled to cherish.
If I knew you, If I knew you….
If I knew you, I would know the strength of one
made ten-fold by two,
the secret of the life as only God has blest,
with you…to follow a path to happiness and Rest.
If I knew you, If I knew you….
If I knew you, I would know the Dust at my feet,
the Wind at my back,
the Sun in my face,
and the Courage to live---
If I knew you, If I knew you….
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Four Legged Heroes: The Mama Magina Books is the first of a series. Is it animal magic or the unique DNA of the wolf? Three incredible stories will transport you into a world of canine courage, endurance, and fortitude, which can be called nothing less than miraculous. Animal lovers will be brought to tears, and new fans of the husky will be created for life.
“I want to stimulate creativity, innovation, and imagination in a child’s mind! And to inspire children to ‘be your own hero’ by absorbing noble character traits that will bring success and self-fulfillment.”
