Abbess Poems


Scarlet

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Said the Mother Superior,
“I have completely lost track
of how often the Archbishop and I,
wearing ashes and cloth sacks,
crept into the crypt
and made the beast with two backs.
Altho...
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Categories: abbess, devotion, fun, humor, religion,
Form: Rhyme

the boy, padre and abbess

...The boy, the padre, and the abbess.

The padre hung in the bell fry the boy didn’t know
at the time, the padre was his father; this once proud man
reduced to a pathetic shadow of himself.
The ol...
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Categories: abbess, 8th grade, angst, animal,
Form: ABC


Circumstances

...Circumstances
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Circumstances leaves you few A chances.
No nick, no pick, no give me more.
Just a little sauce.
No custard tart.
You on shoestring circumstance
It's rou...
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Categories: abbess, absence, blessing, caregiving, family,
Form: Free verse

a doomed affair

...a doomed affair


when a young doctor/padre came to the convent 
to check on the nuns' health, he met the young abbess, and their world ignited
when he touched her arm, her impulse was 
to kiss...
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Categories: abbess, anti bullying, body, creation,
Form: Blank verse

The Boy, Padre and the Abbess

...The boy, the padre and the abbess.

The padre hung in the bell fry the boy didn’t know
at the time, the padre was his father; this once proud man
reduced to a pathetic shadow of himself.
The old...
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Categories: abbess, absence, birth, break up,
Form: Free verse


The Abbess

...The abbess

Blue-eyed prayers drip from
lips white as snow on a mountain top
her face is oriental alabaster.
Restless feet on stone floors
Every candle becomes a temptation 
a magnetic attract...
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Categories: abbess, age, anger, best friend,
Form: Blank verse

A Well Engineered Poem

...See the crying of the poet,
I think he's angry at the mowatt.

He finds it hard to see the troll,
Overshadowed by the tiny sausage roll.

Who is that hating near the Trump?
I think she'd like ...
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Categories: abbess, art, computer, conflict, corruption,
Form: Rhyme

Knocking In a Basin Filled With Leaves

...A potatoe cake bathing with an onion ring is an iconic sealed ring in a genuine abyss of calm. But an abyss is neither an abbot nor an abbess. For pretty tunnels created in a monastery clap link out ...
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Categories: abbess, assonance, baby,
Form: I do not know?

Simple Synchronization X

...Weary weapons wearing writhing works wonderfully wreathed wigs...... Oh wow how magnificent the yellow radiance of a piece of straw. Leaning bending learning. Admire nit a wisdom curl if a pitch of b...
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Categories: abbess, baseball, bird,
Form: I do not know?

Neophyte

...Neophyte
What can I say the pot plants in the yard are fed tiny rain drops 
saintly tears of a girl rejected by the abbess to join the order 
because she detect a wild sensual abandonment behind e...
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Categories: abbess, anger, career, class,
Form: Sonnet

Mountain Climb

...-Read from bottom to up, left to right and help me climb this mountain-

Truly
Rejoice
To be free,
To reach the top
Just allow yourself
You are very strong
I am no longer afraid
Soon I will b...
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Categories: abbess, happiness, love, nature, passion,
Form: Concrete

Just...Pretend

...Just...Pretend
by Cate Rock

Close your eyes...
Just pretend,
Let your mind wander,
Let this process began,

Close your eyes,
Look away...
Don't let it hurt you.
Make him go far away...
a...
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Categories: abbess, brother
Form: Rhyme
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