Best Religion Poems
Below are the all-time best Religion poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of religion poems written by PoetrySoup members
Who But GodWho but God could paint the evening sky
And use a brush that is a fiery torch?
Tonight, the garish sunset makes me high
In awe, I stand...
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Categories:
philosophy, religion,
Form:
Sonnet
Mountain ChurchFour friends and I, one Sunday, take a ride.
our church still closed just short of one full year.
We drive, white almond blooms on either side,
instead....
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Categories:
day, devotion, nature, religion,
Form:
Sonnet
You Took My PlaceAmazing love,
Amazing grace,
You gave Your life,
You took my place.
I should have died,
On Calvary's tree,
But You stepped in,
And died for me.
What can I say?
What can I...
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Categories:
devotion, faith, religion,
Form:
Rhyme
Repent and Believe*
Up until the summer of 1999, I only knew of the words "Jesus."
I knew what was being taught in church.
...
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Categories:
religion, bible, christian, forgiveness, jesus,
Form:
Free verse
Jesus Was TurkishA strange claim
Of a man of passion
Of kindness
He said
Let the children come to me
For what man would refuse the smile
The innocence of a child
He parted...
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Categories:
religion, age, animal, bible, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Oh JerusalemRemember
Israel of three thousand years
expulsed at times
enslaved by the Romans
gassed by Europe
persecuted by Saudi-Arabia
murdered by Iran and Iraq
shackled by Egypt
attacked by Jordan
robbed by Syria
sold out...
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Categories:
religion, allah, bible, god, gospel,
Form:
Free verse
Breaking BadBreaking Bad
Criminals
dance with slum lords
they shed fake tears
victims they shout
from Ivory towers
Mock and attack
they of dark cloth and deceit
possesses no real God
they whoreship only their...
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Categories:
religion, abuse, art, bullying, kindergarten,
Form:
Quatrain
Each Day Takes Its TurnStanding firm
we live
we give
we take
we learn
we strive to make sure
each day enlightens us
and brightens us
even as light fades...
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Categories:
religion, black african american, day,
Form:
Carpe Diem
PrayerOne more morning,after one more night,
One more thanks for keeping things right,
One prayer to bed,one as you rise,
Good morning God,thanks for another sun rise,
Prayer is...
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Categories:
faith, religion, uplifting, prayer,
Form:
Rhyme
The Instincts of InnocenceI reflect upon a word -
Innocence
To understand more fully what it means,
I think of what it conjures up for me -
childhood times...
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Categories:
innocence, religion,
Form:
Prose
A Talk With HimOutside, a table awaits idle: I join as though it was my companion
Pondering about life as if it were water appeasable to the deepest canyon
Trees...
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Categories:
faith, life, religion, me,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
religion,
Form:
Acrostic
Heavens' DoorwayOne day there was an accident, and to heavens gate I was called.
As an angel sat down beside me, upon the bed I had been...
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Categories:
religion, death, faith, god, life,
Form:
Free verse
How Do You DoWell, my father was a farmer, just chickens and cows
When it came to raisin' 'em, he really knew how
To milk those bovines for all they...
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Categories:
farm, father, jewish, religion,
Form:
Lyric
Epistle Xviii - the Abandoned SonI.
Father,
my knees
quiver and quake,
they bend
then break
like a reed
ensnared in
the tempest’s throes
II.
My sanguine palms,
stammering in fear of
Your reprisal,
whimper in their
muted state,
rendered silent by
their barbarity
III.
This timber crucifix,
once...
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Categories:
christian, god, jesus, religion,
Form:
Free verse