6 Poems - Poems about 6

"You may now not serve this country Though you may be fit and kind I tell you this quite bluntly I will suppress your kind Petitions and the public Shall never hassle my laws; Amist a starving republic They believe me When I tell them you are the flaws For I've convince them all the bathrooms Are threatening where you lurk I've convinced them all your...

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I slept at the foot of the mountain, There’s cheese in the trap waiting, Bait out the prey, Counting out every second it’s taking. Haven’t ate in several days, In a week. Listen for the snap, Now there’s dinner in the trap waiting. I forgot my second language, Guess I have nothing worth saying. Thank god for...

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All morning thoughts, to paper, aren’t meant to be, many are reserved for future time or day. So some, will rest like leaves fallen from a tree, thereby to hibernate and slowly decay. But a few will incline to serve God’s intent, those whisper to me from deep within my heart. Oft times its an avenue for me to vent, but to...

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Lighting Tomorrow Memory’s lantern near empty unfilled Each night in the darkness to flicker until Your eye without warning a flash unexplained Forever relighting and fanning — the flame (Dreamsleep: June, 2025) Shamal Winds Lost in the deepest recesses of myself And happier than I have any right to be The hidden regions my newfound oasis A Bedouin convert — home among the sands (The New Room: June, 2025) Infestation The American Dream becoming a nightmare ... Conscripted by strangers new thieves in the night Usurping our freedoms embedded among us Invested in nothing but — what they...

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Dreams Of ‘Papa’ Burning fat off your soul with each word that he wrote Every vision a banquet to swallow or choke In the ring or arena with blood boiling high A man greets the dragon with hello — or goodbye (Dreams Of Papa: May, 2025) Sins Of Omission Intending to deceive with words unsaid In your silence truth denied What’s stays on mute voiced in your head Its intention — vilified (Dreamsleep: May, 2025) Smyllum Park The great deceivers hope and affection Leave you a foundling an orphan...

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Written: May 22, 2025, for contest by Brian Strand ************************* * \|/ ~ \|/ * ~ * * F r o ...

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I CONFESS to Almighty (Eternal) God And to you My Brothers and sisters That I have greatly sinned In my thoughts And in my words In what I have done And what I have failed to do Through my fault, Through my fault, Through my most grievous fault Therefore I ask Blessed (Mother) Mary ever Virgin All the Angels and Saints And to you my brothers and sisters...

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Summer Hiku 6 summer shining sun strolling down scorching street ...

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Q What happens when they are saying, "Peace and Safety?" A then sudden destruction comes upon them as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. Q According to 1 Thess. 5:1, how does the Day of the Lord occur? A You know...

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2025.4.16 Six year passing. It was an early Tuesday morning. You laid on your sick bed without moving. For a while, you laid still with your eyes closed. I decided to get close and climbed on your bed, Placed my ear against your chest. Tried to listen for your heart beats. You breathed gently on my hair. I was relieved and stayed still. That was...

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O’ Pat Pattison, you, my brilliant teacher, I would shower in praises, had you not taught me better! for cliches void of thought are as worthwhile as a couch surfin’ moocher! O’ masterful and deepest sort of creature, shocked then, in the thrall of churning wounds, distraught I found your grace—and for my breaking clot you gave me poetry, this soothing suture....

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MIRZA GHALIB ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS Urdu poems about tyranny, the world, sky, sun, wind, night, faith, roses, creation & entropy. Tyranny adores those who adore the tyrant. —Mirza Ghalib, translation by Michael R. Burch Having adopted a mendicant’s rags, Ghalib, I’m amazed by the spectacle of generous people. —Mirza Ghalib, translation by Michael R. Burch I keep up awhile with each new jogger yet...

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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Mark Twain I can’t remember what I said yesterday so it must all have been true ...

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"In this manner; therefore pray: Our Father in heaven,(YA HAW) Hallowed be your name (Holy) Your kingdom come. (Millennium kingdom come) Your will be done (divine will) On earth (Millennium kingdom on the earth.) as it is in heaven. (His heavenly kingdom) Give us this day our daily bread (tomorrow's bread) And forgive us our debts, (trespasses/sins) As we forgive our debtors....

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___________ The heroine indulging in quarrels (kalaha) with her beloved, might well suffer remorse later, and try to end it all. __________________ Not dagger, even aversion robs life, My Love, I know it is no less a knife, Pray forget my harsh words, Let’s be the same love birds. O try and look me through my...

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