Drunk as a Skunk
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Noah, ‘a righteous man
pure in his generations’ (Genesis 6:9)
spent a year in the Ark
‘til on Mt. Ararat it parked
When he emerged
he got drun...
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Categories:
ararat, bible, drink, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
After the Flood
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AFTER THE FLOOD
Mount Ararat holds a testament
of stories told in ancient texts,
and stories shared down generations;
the aftermath of catastrophe.
Place names are the remembering
of gra...
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Categories:
ararat, childhood, history,
Form: Free verse
Mount Ararat
...The famous mountain where Noah came to rest,
ending the ecliptic flood, building an altar for time as test.
Flourished kingdoms at the upper Tigris grew,
Babylonia and Urardhu created powers to s...
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Categories:
ararat, 12th grade, humanity, meaningful,
Form: Ballade
Got Any Rivers, Hymn
..."Got any rivers you think are un crossable?
Got any mountains you cannot tunnel through?
God can do what no other power can do".
The lyrics to a song by John Wesley, a great revivalist
and acco...
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Categories:
ararat, christian, god, song,
Form: Rhyme
My Australian Story
...Noah's Ark
floundered at Mount Arapiles
laboured through Horsham,
Stawell and Ararat
run aground at Mount Ararat....
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Categories:
ararat, dream,
Form: Free verse
Deathbeds In the Desert -
...The sand is stained red
with our bygone blood,
the blood that brought us from Ararat to the Alti,
a tribe trekking intrepidly through the Eurasian terrain,
caravans of Caucasians clad with Celtic...
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Categories:
ararat, creation, history, western,
Form: Epic
No Ah Duh
...they planned their
route they knew the
route but didn't know
how high was the peak
having taken a peek at the
world's highest made them pique
but curiously
what they found
was a go around
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Categories:
ararat, muse,
Form: I do not know?
The Tower of Babel
...https://m.soundcloud.com/user-921599710/the-tower-of-babel
A tranquil land, when the Earth was but few
Refreshing renewal, beginning anew
Noah and sons, grew to remain
Multiplied nation, so it ...
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Categories:
ararat, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Noah's Grace
...Noah’s Grace
Noah found grace in the sight of the Lord.
Once built an ark and put many aboard.
All the while as he prepared for the ark,
Having room for the large be...
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Categories:
ararat, bible, god,
Form: Acrostic
Overarching Genocide
...Overarching Genocide
Noah built the wooden Ark in his homeland instructed by God
to save his wife three sons and their wives from drowning a life
raft rescue boat of sorts with three decks and ...
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Categories:
ararat, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Apres Moi Le Deluge
...-- Just a bit of silliness --
"Baissez le rideau, la farce est jouee..."
---- Daumier
39 & 1/2 days had passed;
the rain had lessened.
Noah, grungy and grumpy,
p...
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Categories:
ararat, bible, boat, dream, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Now Here It's Islam
...You are cruel and stopped counting your treasons
You're respected Muslim nevertheless.
You don't need to give yourself a true reason
To pray, it's scheduled five times nonetheless.
You do not a...
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Categories:
ararat, allah, history, strength, sympathy,
Form: Lyric
The Mice Plague
...A fat cat from Ararat
Ate too many mice and there she sat,
I have gorged myself I do confess,
My stomach is in great distress.
All I can do is sit and stare
As mice pass by without a care,
Th...
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Categories:
ararat, cat, children, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Noah's Ark
...Noah loaded all, two-by-two
Ending up with a floating zoo
For forty days and forty nights
They drifted on, viewing the sights
With much lightning and thunder
High mountains soon went under
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Categories:
ararat, bible,
Form: Rhyme
Dormacy Through the Strife
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I am the Pharaoh
and you are my sparrow
piercing my heart
like the point of an arrow
good times, bad times
and the in between
all this for you
forever my queen
I ride the night train
like a...
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Categories:
ararat, art, dedication, devotion, faith,
Form: Free verse
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