A Poet's Portal



Hello friends,

this week I'm featuring one of my favorites, click on her picture to read more of her and her life.


                      

          HELEN STEINER RICE


                 


                                

Helen Steiner Rice (1900 - 1981) was an American writer of religious and inspirational poetry.

Helen Steiner was born in Lorain, Ohio on May 19, 1900. Her father, a railroad worker, died in the influenza epidemic of 1918. She began work for a public utility and progressed to the position of advertising manager, which was rare for a woman at that time. She also became the Ohio State Chairman of the Women's Public Information Committee of the Electric Light Association, and campaigned for women's rights and improved working conditions.^[1]

In 1929 she married Franklin Rice, a bank vice-president in Dayton, Ohio. After the stock market crash in October that year, Franklin lost his job and his investments. He fell into a depression from which he never recovered, and committed suicide in 1932

The strong faith she had in God and the ability she had to express deep emotion give her poems timeless appeal. For millions of readers the poetry of Helen Steiner Rice is a living testimony to the reality of God’s action in human lives.

To read more about her plase gohere:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Steiner_Rice

GOD IS THE ANSWER

 

by HELEN STEINER RICE

WE READ THE HEADLINES DAILY

AND WE LISTEN TO THE NEWS,

WE ARE ANXIOUS AND BEWILDERED

WITH THE WORLDS CONFLICTING VIEWS,

WE ARE RESTLESS AND DISSATISFIED

AND SADLY INSECURE,

AND WE VOICE OUR DISCONTENTMENT

OVER THINGS WE MUST ENDURE,

FOR THIS VIOLENT AGE WE LIVE IN

IS FILLED WITH NAMELESS FEARS

THAT GROW AS WE DISCUSS THE THINGS

THAT COME DAILY TO OUR EARS...

SO, INSTEAD OF READING HEADLINES

THAT DISTURB THE HEART AND MIND,

LET US OPEN UP THE BIBLE

AND IN DOING SO WE'LL FIND

THAT THIS AGE IS NO DIFFERENT

FROM THE MILLIONS GONE BEFORE,

BUT IN EVERY HOUR OF CRISIS

GOD HAS OPENED UP A DOOR

FOR ALL WHO SOUGHT HIS GUIDANCE

AND TRUSTED IN HIS PLAN,

FOR GOD PROVIDES THE ANSWER

THAT CANNOT BE FOUND BY MAN...

AND THOUGH THERE'S HATE AND VIOLENCE

AND DISSENSION ALL AROUND,

WE CAN ALWAYS FIND A REFUGE

THAT IS BUILT ON "SOLID GROUND"

IF WE GO TO GOD BELIEVING

THAT HE HEARS OUR SMALLEST PRAYER

AND THAT NOTHING CAN BEFALL US

WHEN WE ARE IN HIS CARE...

FOR ONLY BY BELIEVING

IN THE THINGS WE CANNOT SEE

CAN ALL NATIONS BE UNITED

IN THE PEACE THAT MAKES MEN FREE...

FOR THE SKILL OF MAN CAN CONQUER

THE WORLDS IN OUTER SPACE,

BUT ONLY OUR CREATOR

CAN ENDOW MANKIND WITH GRACE,

AND ONLY GRACE THAT IS DIVINE

CAN UNITE US WITH EACH OTHER

AND MAKE OUR ENEMIES OUR FRIENDS

AND EVERY MAN A BROTHER.

Pray you all will enjoy this edition as much as I have putting this together :-)

Much luv n blessing

Pauline R

"In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action, for words are mere words."

- Aristotle

Fine work Pauline....we all have favourites when it comes to Authors and one of mine is the Poem IF by Rudyard Kipling, apparantly written to his son as Rudyard neared the end of his earthly journey. I have often quoted a stanza or two to myself when the going got tough. Blessings, lovely to hear from you........Peter A  www.EcoAirNow.com

Hi Pauline,

Thank you.  Helen Steiner Rices' thinking was way ahead of
her time.

Keep up this great forum.

Have a great day,

Jen

Hello Pauline!

Thank you for sharing this information on Helen Steiner Rice. Her poems are very spiritual and awesome!

Hellen Steiner Rice is not known to me. Her poems touches one's inner space.

 
Keep up the Good WOrk
Georgios

Hi Pauline,

Great job my friend and beautiful poems written by Helen Rice.

Shalom,

Peter