Shirley Satterfield

Shirley Mandel Satterfield is a Baltimore girl from way back who was raised in the rough and tumble world of a steelworkers family and writes Christian poetry, memoirs and nonfiction. She has lived to survive a life fraught with domestic violence, child abuse, and mental illness and writes to help others to survive the same kinds of things. After becoming a radiology technician, she went on to serve in the U.S. Army and later on in life attended Averett University in Danville, Virginia as a nontraditional student earning two B.A. degrees in English and journalism and was awarded the Ember Award for Excellence in Poetry by the campus literary magazine. She was also named correspondent of the Day by the Richmond Times Dispatch for a letter she wrote to the editor concerning the importance of compassionate treatment and the acceptance of the mentally ill by society.

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He’s Coming

September 6, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield Let’s keep our eyes On the radiating light, And “not be weary in well-doing.” Let’s continue in our goodness fight And spurn our chronic boo-hooing. His rewards are in His hand for the faithful man, Hear Oh man the bird of peace is cooing. He’s coming soon so do not swoon, Oh … Read more

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Beneficial Rains

July 19, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield Beneficial Rains ☔️ Here come the beneficial morning rains, To liven up the world, To bring color to the grasses and the roses. They mitigate the pain Of a midsummer drought resistance As a flock of high birds Disappear into the distance. Now let’s just savor Evey little drop of nature’s favor. … Read more

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Seeds of Rain

July 14, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield Seeds of Rain ☔️ Sowing seeds of rain In the silence of the sky. Doing deeds of love with no outcry. The children of the Lord Are outlanders in the earth. He who comes in last Will someday come in first. Sowing seeds of rain In the silence of the sky. The … Read more

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Godly Dreams

July 12, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield Godly Dreams 🎲 Let’s just go for our godly dreams. Closed doors are not what they seem. Little Master Branson dreamed of going to space. Took him a lifetime of try to finish that race. Mary of old sat at Jesus feet; Dreamed of hearing the Rabbi speak. Women in the kitchen … Read more

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Wholeness

July 6, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield Wholeness 🏝 👩🏻 I am a woman of vivid and intense emotion, But it’s God who moves my choppy ocean Towards a more peaceful shore. A more peaceful shore That has a golden beach in store To calm my stormy soul. He always makes me whole. He settles my chaffing spirit. Here … Read more

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The Rebuilder

July 5, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield The Rebuilder 🏙 The man hit me Right in the eye of my character and Destroyed the foundations of my identity. Lord, You are a carpenter. Please shore up the foundation of my soul And reconstruct me from the ground up. Rebuild me as I look to Jesus everyday “The Author and … Read more

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He Blows Away my Bloody Sin

June 29, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield He Blows Away my Bloody Sin 🩸 It has been said That I am not enough. And maybe that is so- For no, I am not all efficient, But He is all sufficient Completely omniscient. For like a Barabbas of old My sins were stacked high In a carnal sheepfold. And if … Read more

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The Seed

June 27, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield The Seed💫 ⭐️ You can bury a star-seed Deep into the miry ground. You can put one in a silent tomb, But you cannot keep one down. They will spring up to meet the midnight sky, Although you make a star-seed cry With an avalanche of unkind words Which will never make … Read more

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Unction

June 26, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield Unction 🔥 Stoke the fires of my love, dear Lord, And give me greater faith. Faith is but a rod we cast at Pharaoh’s feet, as Satan we defeat. Satan, let my people go And let them pass through safe. Loose them from the chains of the world and the bands of … Read more

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Care Everywhere

June 24, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield Care Everywhere 🌳 🌳 🌳 Father, I thank you for the abundance of this day, The endless blue sky above me, The many green trees that surround me. The two tender red buds on my rose bush, The countless blades of grass in the yard. Can you count the blades of grass … Read more

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Really Livin

June 17, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield Really Livin 🏡 If you’re sittin on the porch and soaking up the sun, And having small talk fun With a dear loved one, You’re really livin. If you’re at the NASCAR race And the cars are keeping pace And the wrecks are really safe, You’re really livin. If you’re at the … Read more

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The Godsends

June 6, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield The Godsends 🦅 🦅 🦅 🎨 God sends His birds every morning, Blue birds And red birds, Black birds and brown, Then multicolored birds, bright, As if dipped in the Artiste’s palette. Brown birds though are common flyers, Not the color of a feather dearth. Each one unique in it’s own way, … Read more

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A Heartbreak by Angus and Julia Stone

May 30, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

Hey you, have you ever had your heart broken? Don’t answer that. It may surprise you but it is one cliche that sinks in deep to our very core. I’d like to narrate my own fair share in this venture called a heartbreak- i really want to- but i think it is best i adorn … Read more

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A Farewell from Wise Poet Shirley Mandel Satterfield

May 21, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

The Hebrew scriptures teach that there is a season for everything and a new season is dawning in my life, retirement. I have a milestone birthday coming up and I simply want to spend more time with my husband, my local friends and to write poetry for my local newspaper, the Gazette Virginian. However, I … Read more

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The Rest of God

May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield The Rest of God 🕊 I do believe In the serendipitous will of God, Supernatural steps firmly ordered By the Lord through A life in His accord. These days are numbered In a heart un-encumbered by Worried care. It’s the rest of God as His guest in Zion so fair.

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How Wise Reader’s Interpret Poetry

May 14, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

How Wise Reader’s Interpret Poetry We are moving a bit from the biographies of great poets and authors to the interpretation of their works, although the stories of today’s great authors have yet to be fully written and yet to come. Today we are going to look at the basics of the interpretation of poetry … Read more

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The Black Sand Beach

May 10, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield The Black Sand Beach 🏝 🔥 I was at a black sand beach, At the very shoreline Where liquid fire lapped my feet. But God rescued me. He rescued me. The amber sea gaped open To swallow my limbs and torso, For the bowels of a worm Awaited my departure from the … Read more

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THANKFUL BY DJ KHALED FT LIL WAYNE AND JEREMIH

May 8, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

Being thankful for all that God has done and will still do is necessary. You may not know how it faces degradation everyday but it does. The song you will listen to today may be the kind you immediately discard. Try to atleast listen to the lyrics of the song. I assure you, you will … Read more

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Low Self Esteem

May 1, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield Low Self Esteem🫂 (It’s Mental Health Awarenss Month) What is low self esteem but the flip side of pride? What is pride but the flip side of low self esteem? This means a shattered ego in a family full of rods; It’s an ego asserting itself against all odds. What is the … Read more

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Social Anxiety

April 24, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

by: Shirley Satterfield Social Anxiety Oh my, I feel like a grasshopper in a field full of praying-mantis, Statuesque, tall insects towering over me in their eerie magnificence. I feel thusly insignificant always and Today. Why oh why did they lead me so astray?

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Hopes and Dreams: The Pulitzer Prize Guidelines

April 24, 2021 by Shirley Satterfield

It always helps an author in his or her quest to market books to earn credentials and win accolades since reputation and creditability for a writer is important And the Pulitzer :Prize for American writers is about top of the line and seems like only a remote possibility for most of us. However, what most … Read more