Abel Poems

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Form	Categories
	abel	wayne tolbert	Rhyme	Rhyme	abel, angel,
	Death's Demise	David Richmond	Tail-rhyme	Tail-rhyme	abel, death, religious,
	Stability	Rico Leffanta	Limerick	Limerick	abel, political,
	There are no Sons of Eden 2	Jack Webster	Rhyme	Rhyme	abel, god, religion,
	That What Was Then Is Becoming And Now	Kai Michael Neumann	Free verse	Free verse	abel, time,
	Disdain	Debbie Walker	Fibonacci	Fibonacci	abel, betrayal, feelings, mother,
	12 Sibling Days of Christmas	Freddie Robinson Jr.	Tristich	Tristich	abel, christian, devotion, family, religious,
	Biblikel Seconds	Kelsey Graves	Blank verse	Blank verse	abel, allegory, bible, change, culture,
	Six-Word Couplet Series Encore	P.S. AWTRY	Couplet	Couplet	abel, bible,
	The Annals of History	Gershon Wolf	Couplet	Couplet	abel, history, murder, remember,
	Twenty First Century Civilization Gone Askew	matthew harris	Free verse	Free verse	abel, america, death, destiny, heaven,
	Life In Shine	Bernard F. Asuncion	Acrostic	Acrostic	abel, birthday,
	Act of Love	arthur vaso	Quintain (English)	Quintain (English)	abel, art, integrity, paris, philosophy,
	Adam and Eve	arthur vaso	Couplet	Couplet	abel, art, eve, fantasy, funny,
	Morning Openness	Bernard F. Asuncion	Acrostic	Acrostic	abel, birthday,
	Drip Drop	Todd Aguilar Jr.	Lyric	Lyric	abel, corruption, grief, hip hop,
	God Hates Vegans	Wren Rushing	I do not know?	I do not know?	abel, betrayal, bible, brother, jealousy,
	His Name Was Seth - The Free Style	Dorian Petersen Potter	Free verse	Free verse	abel, christian, faith, hope, love,
	The Raw Power Of Natural Phenomena	matthew harris	Free verse	Free verse	abel, 11th grade, 12th grade,
	No FAKE Fire Drill	matthew harris	Free verse	Free verse	abel, 11th grade, 8th grade,
	The Writer	Patrick Doran	I do not know?	I do not know?	abel, anxiety, depression, journey, life,
	THE PASSING STRANGER	Elizabeth Adams	Free verse	Free verse	abel, adventure, age,
	Circa January 2010 Bell Tower And Carillon	matthew harris	I do not know?	I do not know?	abel, 12th grade, animal, beautiful,
	Raising Cain	Timothy McGuire	Rhyme	Rhyme	abel, god, murder,
	Inside a Poet's heart	Audley Johnson	Rhyme	Rhyme	abel, angst, deep, desire, emotions,
	Hell in Heaven	Mugisho Theophile	ABC	ABC	abel, angel, depression,
	THEY AINT NUTRITIOUS	Lamech Obare	ABC	ABC	abel, drug,
	My Teacher's So Cool	Gershon Wolf	Rhyme	Rhyme	abel, cool, education, school, teacher,
	King of the Jungle	Freddie Robinson Jr.	Rhyme	Rhyme	abel, allegory, metaphor, truth, wisdom,
	Image in the Image	Freddie Robinson Jr.	Narrative	Narrative	abel, god, jesus, spiritual, wisdom,
	THE BEGINNING AND THE END	Kim Rodrigues	Free verse	Free verse	abel, perspective,
	Sugar Coated Go Daddies	Freddie Robinson Jr.	Free verse	Free verse	abel, allusion, corruption, money, wisdom,
	dans l'heure bleue	Leanne Lovejoy-Burton	Romanticism	Romanticism	abel, dance, imagery, loneliness, longing,
	Once upon a surprising appendage ii	Robert Warlov	Free verse	Free verse	abel, funny, humor,
	Cain's Complaint	Julian Scutts	Couplet	Couplet	abel, brother,
	RAINBOW	olorunleke olorode	Classicism	Classicism	abel, beauty, desire, destiny, girlfriend,
	Take War And God Too	Indiana Shaw	Couplet	Couplet	abel, truth,
	THERAPIST	Edwin T Molosiwa	Light Verse	Light Verse	abel, best friend, love,
	What Kind of Man You Are	James Edward Lee Sr.	Lyric	Lyric	abel, allusion, conflict, confusion, corruption,
	Space Queen	Freddie Robinson Jr.	Epic	Epic	abel, adventure, imagination, science fiction,
	Envied Old Granny	Mugisho Theophile	ABC	ABC	abel, absence, abuse, africa,
	A Spiritual Seven	Carol Connell	Crown of Sonnets	Crown of Sonnets	abel, bible, character, god, spiritual,
	Whirlwind	Frances Schiavina	Lyric	Lyric	abel, wind,
	A Bible Poem	Ronald A. Williams	Free verse	Free verse	abel, bible, blessing, dedication, god,
	PEOPLE	edward johnson	Free verse	Free verse	abel, africa, america, creation, dream,
	Hell On Earth	Mugisho Theophile	Dramatic monologue	Dramatic monologue	abel, abuse, anxiety, conflict, evil,
	Eve Was African	Mario Vitale	Free verse	Free verse	abel, africa, animal, anxiety, art,
	Cain and Abel	Gerald Dillenbeck	Political Verse	Political Verse	abel, bible, conflict, gender, health,
	My First Love	Wadih Maakaron	Free verse	Free verse	abel, first love,
	Seven Things The Lord Hates	Carol Connell	Crown of Sonnets	Crown of Sonnets	abel, god, hate, heart, murder,

Abel Poem Example

A Genocide Story- My Mother's Eyes

They dragged my mother away
kicking and screaming
arms outstretched towards
my little sister
who lay dying on the ground
her lips parched
her eyes sunken
her wasted arms reaching out
“Myreik (Mother), don’t leave me!”
 
My father pulled my mother away 
the young soldier’s grasping hands
the one who had violated her
the one who now sneered
“Keep moving….she will be dead
Before nightfall.”
 
I hurried after them
stumbling through my tears
afraid of being left behind
I turned for one last look
There she lay…her eyes closing
left behind to join the
the dead along the path
my sister….
 
That night I didn’t hear her cry
or complain as the soldiers
dragged her away
she was beautiful
my mother
with eyes the color
of the sea
eyes that danced
and twinkled
like stars on a clear night
eyes that smiled
eyes that embraced
eyes that spoke
what words couldn’t say
I fell asleep to the sound of my father’s weeping
 
“Wake up,” I heard her say
as I fought to keep my dreams alive
my eyes fluttered open
I closed them to the hungry faces
I closed them to the filth on her dress
I searched her eyes
calm and glassy
they looked past me
not seeing

In them I read
no pain
no joy
no recognition
no….life!

Tears sprang to my eyes
tears for the death of my sister’s body
tears for the death of my mother’s soul…
 
My mother’s eyes
my mother’s eyes...
They haunt me still. 

Eileen Manassian

Though this is a fictitious write, the events depicted did happen during the Armenian Genocide in 1915 by the Ottoman Turks. One million and a half Armenians were marched into the desert in what has come to be known as the Death March. My mother's family were fortunate. They were able to run away in time. They relocated to Lebanon. My mother was a refugee at 14 years of age. She and her two sisters suffered poverty and had to work hard to make a living for the family. Their fate could have been worse. April 24 marks 100 years since that event. Not all countries have recognized the genocide. Unfortunately, America is one of them. 

 If you want to read an account of those days, read The Sandcastle Girls. Read of how woman were tied to stakes as the soldiers rode past on their horses and decapitated them. Read of how the orphaned children were gathered at night and put in caves and burned alive. Read of how the woman marched naked...their wounds festering, their hair matted...almost inhuman. Read of how women committed suicide rather suffer rape while others disfigured themselves to go unnoticed. History cannot deny the genocide. If justice is not served here...it will be....one day. God told Cain..."the blood of your brother Abel is crying out to me." The blood of these martyrs cries out today for recognition. 

Poem Copyright © Eileen Manassian