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I Know a Place
I know a place where no one cries,
where all rejoice and no one dies,
where no one utters sad good-byes
or weary sighs,
for no one leaves,
despairs, or grieves.
Though I have not yet seen this place
called Heaven, when I’ve run Earth’s race,
at last I’ll see my Savior’s face.
Through loving grace,
He saved my soul
and made me whole.
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Janice Canerdy is a retired high-school English teacher from Potts Camp,
Mississippi. Her poems have appeared in numerous anthologies, journals,
and magazines, including Spirit Fire Review, The Hypertexts, Westward
Quarterly, Bitterroot, Society of Classical Poets Journal, Lighten Up Online,
Saturday Evening Post, Penwood Review, Better Than Starbucks, and LIVE
(by Gospel Publishing House). Janice is the author of Expressions of Faith
(Christian Faith Publishing, 2016). She is the President of the Mississippi
Poetry Society, Inc.
(December 2023 issue)