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Poiema

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"For we are his workmanship (poiema), created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance that we should do them." Ephesians 2:10. "

I read these words in the ...
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Categories: all is vanity, 11th grade, bible, death,
Form: Quatorzain

Cast Thy Stones

...Cast thy stones, cast thy stones,
Come ye one and all.
For ne’er were truer words than these:
“Pride cometh before the fall.”

Come ye saints, come ye church,
Let this be our creed:
“Despite t...
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Categories: all is vanity, allegory, christian, pride, religion,
Form: Rhyme



Emptiness of Poetry

...Poetry has left me again 
I’ve bled the hills and trees for words
I’ve searched for verbs in the hours

When someone fills the emptiness
I will have no need for pronouns 
No talk or fragments f...
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Categories: all is vanity, absence, loneliness, poetry, write,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberVanity of Vanities

...'Vanity of vanity, all is vanity... and chasing after wind'
    evokes a mood of despair, precious few grins
  Ecclesiastes is read in most synagogues on Sukkoth
    though it might not win any co...
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Categories: all is vanity, bible, holiday, jewish, meaningful,
Form: Couplet

You Inspire Me

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Waiting ...
Not on the LORD
But on a phone call
So, I turn to poetry
Led by Jesus & His Word
"All is vanity"

II
I know there's nothing new
Something Solomon knew
Wrote about in "Ecclesiastes"
All is vanity, under the sun
I seek heat under His Son
But the dead world will beckon
If no...
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Categories: all is vanity, bible, jesus, jewish, judgement,
Form: Free verse



False Promise

...The end of all is vanity,
damnation so accused
The mirror speaking falsely
—of promise purple hued

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)...
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Categories: all is vanity, vanity,
Form: Rhyme

Joke and Prayer - In Reverse Order

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 Lord, without You, what is time?
 Over and over, Seconds may drag like days 
Revealing relativity, time is not a thing
Deliver me from vanity, "All is vanity," wrot...
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Categories: all is vanity, beautiful, creation, growth, humor,
Form: Acrostic

Premium MemberTwilight's Reflection's

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Twilight's Reflection's
A Tribute To" Mr. G"
By: Tom Wright
5/29/99

In life's twilight, your youth, having long been spent.
I've observed you pass the hours, reading western novels,
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Categories: all is vanity, friendship,
Form: Free verse

A Day Under the Sun

...Blue Hunter's Moon of the Festival of Lights.
And the day of Vengeance of our Holy One to comfort all those who mourn.

Isaiah 61:3-11
I Proclaim the acceptable Generation or Year and Day of Yeho...
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Categories: all is vanity, blue, earth day, faith,
Form: Prose

Vanity

...Oh! How great our existence is only a rolling ball,
We're birthed to
Cry by self at birth or forced to cry.
Suck and dependent,

Start talking and mingle,
Crawl and dependent,
Walk by self or ...
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Categories: all is vanity, allusion, betrayal, corruption, fate,
Form: Verse

Perseverance and Joy

...Passion and compassion vibes flow
Let the flowers grow, you know?
Yes, you know...because it’s shown
In your oceanic eyes...it’s like an ice cream with its favorite cone...it’s flavorful and all a...
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Categories: all is vanity, longing,
Form: Rhyme

Which, Wisdom Or Knowledge

...“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36) 

Which, Wisdom / Knowledge? 

Man’s lures...
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Categories: all is vanity, analogy, bible, birth, character,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Rainy Love

...How will I describe your beauty with rainy season?
You are lovely,lovelyest and moderate like county family
I can't describe you-you are beyond description 

You are like clouds in cape always re...
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Categories: all is vanity, allegory, beauty, emotions, lost
Form: Free verse

Being Happy In Being the First

...Happy the woman who is the first wife
Happy the son who is the first born
Happy the pupil who is the first in class
Happy the soldier who is the first in a pile
Happy the cow who is the first in ...
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Categories: all is vanity, earth, satire,
Form: Alliteration

Peace

...Peace

I search, I ponder, but to no avail,
I march to the tune, my vessel doth sail.

Up, down, all around, from hither to thither,
From warm to hot, from cold to shiver.

Vanity of vanities...
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Categories: all is vanity, destiny,
Form: Rhyme

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