The Masnavi of Giti and Saeed - Part 15, 16 abd 17
Part Fifteen — The Third Cupbearer's Song
O Saqi, pour the midnight wine
That bears the ancient royal sign.
Arise and swiftly bring, I pray,
That sacred draught to light our way.
The wine that ruby lips inspire
And shakes the mountain's heart of fire.
A cup whose color glows like flame,
Beyond all count, beyond all name.
Bring forth that pure, untainted bliss
And
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Categories:
16, cute love,
Form: Masnavi
MIGHTY DAVID PRAISED AND DANCED BEFORE GOD SAMUEL 614-16
MIGHTY DAVID PRAISED AND DANCED BEFORE GOD (SAMUEL 6:14-16)
Mighty David praised and danced before God
David was a high stepper
A toe tapper
Man did He love God
Mighty David praised and danced before God
Mighty David praised and danced before God
And David danced before the Lord
And David danced before the Lord
Step, step O’ Hallelujah
Step, step O’ Hallelujah
Wearing His priestly
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Categories:
16, analogy, appreciation, dance, devotion,
Form: Lyric
Polling Line - Hiku 16 -
Written: June 06, 2025, for contest by Brian Strand
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v_o_t_i_n_g d
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Categories:
16, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Categories:
16, bird, morning, song, spring,
Form: Haiku
16 Blessing Before Meals
(Please) Bless us O Divine Lord
And these Your gifts
Which we are about to receive
From Your goodness
Through (Father Christ) our Lord
Amen
Poetry Form: Free Verse
Date Typed: May 19, 2025
Time Typed: 9:41pm
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Categories:
16, christian, community, devotion, god,
Form: Free verse
To My Children John 16 verse 33 Says We will Have Problems
God promises to take care of me and you.
He'll give you peace as you pass through.
He doesn't promise to take all problems away.
But He reassures us that we'll be ok.
He says weeping may endure for the night.
But joy can surely come with the morning's light.
Problems will come, but they will not stay.
While it's they're. Deal
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Categories:
16, anxiety, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
Inside cell of 16
By 11, I thought I'd have it down by 15,
But by 16 and a sour sunday morn,
And daisy chains foiled into the moor,
And hands that tighten but ne'er lighten,
Hands that strangle, stitch, and liven.
Of ties that wrangle, withhold, hang o'er the handle,
And toe-tipp'd kisses of kids with scissors,
Incisions of misses by razors and flesh
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Categories:
16, absence, abuse, childhood, family,
Form: Free verse
The Nightmare of Subjectivity - Apr 16
The lady looking up had said that “good
was bad” and then had added, “all was well”;
Tripped up on his feet, and after her fall,
she who was glad was then made madly sad.
But the man stooping down from where he stood
replied that “bad was good” and “well was all”;
Though with his words he’d made the
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Categories:
16, deep, growth, humor, irony,
Form: Italian Sonnet
The Echo Returns Naught - Mar 16
Shouting across the void, I’ve begged for you;
I’ve heard my straining voice fall lost to the
Abyss between us two; Ignoring my plea,
The echo returned not, no answer due.
Peering into the gulf—oh! what a view—
Reflection there was none, no none to see;
Heeding thus firstly your true nihility,
The echo unreturning, I turned from you.
The
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Categories:
16, freedom, growth, hope, love,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Categories:
16, sunset,
Form: Haiku
Categories:
16, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Glory In The Cross Of The Lord Jesus Christ - Galatians 6: 12-16
Are you none that glories in the flesh?
who thinks this will bring you salvation
so fear not persecution for Christ's cross
but believe in Christ alone for justification
Give no time to circumcision or the like
nothing will save you except Christ alone
for true circumcision is of the heart
where Christ can dwell your chief cornerstone
Confess the truth found in
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Categories:
16, christian, gospel, jesus,
Form: Rhyme
i'm still standing
Walking into that building, i wanted out,
However, this surgery I would not live without.
Lying on that table in that paper like gown,
Slowly losing consciousness as my brain shuts down.
Finally awake i look at my surroundings,
But I can barely see, and my heart starts pounding.
That week i spent staring with my one eye at the
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Categories:
16, 11th grade, cancer, strength,
Form: Rhyme
Marshall, December 16, 2024
The machinery of life is too much
The tests, the numbers, the x-rays
You are the clown cat, Marshall, always making me smile
Your white fur, your polydactyl hands that hold mine
I hold you now, I let you go, I love you
I breathe in your last breath with you.
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Categories:
16, cat, death, loss, memorial,
Form: Free verse
SOLEMN SUCH THIS A NEW DAY PRAYER- December 16 2024 -CR
SOLEMN SUCH THIS A NEW DAY PRAYER- December 16 2024
Solemn this such a new day prayer
All Father Elohim
Creator of all and everything
We awaken
With your breath in us
We awaken under your covering
Filled and surround
With your joy, peace your love
Mercies grace cries Holy, Hallelujah
Abba Father Daddy we’re thankful
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For this such a new day
All you’ve given and all
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Categories:
16, analogy, appreciation, blessing, devotion,
Form: Dramatic Verse
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