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Famous New Testament Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous New Testament poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous new testament poems. These examples illustrate what a famous new testament poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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The Legend Of The One-Eyed Man

by Sexton, Anne

...h against its painted surface
but the other one
waiting for judgement
continues to see . . .

Of course
the New Testament is very small.
Its mouth opens four times -
as out-of-date as a prehistoric monster,
yet somehow man-made
held together by pullies
like the stone jaw of a back-hoe.
It gouges out the Judaic ground,
taking its own backyard
like a virgin daughter.

And furthermore how did Judas come into it -
that Judas Iscariot,
belonging to the trib...Read more of this...

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