“Now let us gather into one bouquet, from the King's garden, these seven fragrant flowers: Jesus the Son of God; Jesus our sin-bearer; Jesus the giver of eternal life; Jesus the keeper of our undying souls; Jesus the hearer of our prayers; Jesus the chastener who can turn crosses into crowns; and Jesus the wonder-worker who changes us into eternal likeness unto Himself! These flowers will keep sweet till heaven dawns.” SoulTurnsJesusHeavenPrayerSinWonderSonSweetFlowerKingsEternalGardenCrossesSevenWorkersDawnCrownsOur PrayersGiverEternal LifeKeepersBouquetsFragrant Flowers Author:Theodore L. Cuyler
“Is it any wonder why Princes & Kings, Are clowns that caper in their sawdust rings, When ordinary people who are like you and me, Are the builders of their destiny...” PeopleWonderDestinyLike YouKingsOrdinaryRingsOrdinary PeopleClownBuilderSawdustCapers Author:Noel Gallagher
“I, Woman, am that wonder-breathing rose That blossoms in the garden of the King.” WomenWonderKingsGardenRoseBreathing Author:Elsa Barker
“When that devil's bullet lodged itself inside the body of Martin Luther King, he had already begun an astonishing mobilization of poor, Black, white, latino Americans who had nothing to lose. They would challenge our government to eliminate exploitative, merciless, and war-mongering policies, nationwide, or else "tie up the country" through "means of civil disobedience." Dr. King intended to organize those legions into "coercive direct actions" that would make of Babylon a dysfunctional behemoth begging for relief. Is it any wonder he was killed?” MeanWarCountryBodyGovernmentActionBlackLosesChallengesWhitePoorWonderPolicyKingsDevilDirectTiesReliefBulletsDrsOrganizeLutherAstonishingLatinoDisobedienceBeggingCivil DisobedienceNothing To LoseLegionBlack WhiteBabylonDirect ActionMobilizationBehemoth Author:June Jordan
“I was over in Australia during Easter, which was really interesting. You know, they celebrate Easter the exact same way we do, commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus by telling our children that a giant bunny rabbit left chocolate eggs in the night. Now I wonder why we're f-ked up as a race. I've read the Bible. I can't find the word "bunny" or "chocolate" anywhere in the f-king book.” KnowsWayChildrenI CanBookNightJesusLeftInterestingRaceWonderKingsOur ChildrenCelebrateGiantsAustraliaEggsChocolateResurrectionEasterRabbitsReally InterestingBunniesJesus ResurrectionKedsChocolate EggsBunny Rabbits Author:Bill Hicks
“My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring pianist with Nat King Cole. My family was an explosive mixture of politics, religion and music - no wonder I turned out how I did.” PoliticalFatherWonderKingsDadCreaturesMy FamilyMusicalMy DadMumMixturesTouringTheatricalPianistExplosives Author:Grace Jones
“It was the Democratic Party, it was the Presidential election. We elected a president [Barack Obama]; we didn't elect a king. So all the speculation in the next three months - people camped out at his house, and wondering who's coming to visit, who's going to be the Secretary of State - that all struck me as inane and stupid.” PeopleStatesThreeNextHousePresidentPartyWonderStupidMonthsKingsElectionDemocraticBarackPresidentialSecretarySpeculationDemocratic PartyPresident Barack ObamaThree MonthsPresidential Election Author:Bill Ayers
“I think there's a part of all of us that wonders how we would survive on an island untouched by Man. Even better, an island untouched by Man and inhabited by King Kong.” ThinkingMenWonderKingsIslandsKing Kong Author:Tom Hiddleston
“For a long time, sure, I was letting the pressure of being Rodney King get to me. It ain't easy. Even now, I walk into a place wondering, 'What people are thinking? Do they know who I am? What do they think about what happened? Do they blame me for the all those people who died?'” PeopleThinkingKnowsLongEasyWalksWonderHappenedKingsLong TimeDiedPressureBlameWho I AmBlame Me Author:Rodney King
“I was raised in Arizona, and I went to public school, and the extent of my knowledge of the civil-rights movement was the story of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. I wonder how much my generation knows.” KnowsStoriesSchoolWonderRightsGenerationsMovementKingsRaisedCivil RightsParksLutherPublic SchoolCivil Rights MovementMy GenerationArizonaRosa Author:Emma Stone
“A boy told me if he roller-skated fast enough his loneliness couldn't catch up to him, the best reason I ever heard for trying to be a champion. What I wonder tonight pedaling hard down King William Street is if it translates to bicycles. A victory! To leave your loneliness panting behind you on some street corner while you float free into a cloud of sudden azaleas, pink petals that have never felt loneliness, no matter how slowly they fell.” IfsTryingMatterHardReasonEnoughFeltBehindsWonderBoysHeardStreetsLonelinessKingsVictoryCloudsCornersChampionTonightTranslateFloatsBicycleBehind YouPetalsStreet CornersAzaleas Book:Fuel: Poems Source: Fuel: Poems
“I looked at the cards in my hand, the queen of hearts nestled between the king of clubs and the king of spades. No wonder she was smiling.” HeartHandsWonderKingsClubsCardsQueensSpadesQueen Of Hearts Author:Megan Hart