Baptism Poems | Examples of Baptism Poetry

They took me at seven, not with chains — but with silence, incense, and Latin refrains. Fr. Toni, black-robed, sharp-eyed and still, Read my soul like scripture, broke my will. Not to destroy — no, they had higher plans: To sculpt a mind that could command all man. Philosophy before puberty, Logic before love, I drank Cicero like milk, Dreamed in Aquinas above. They whispered...

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I have lived before the clocks were wound, When silence spoke and stars made sound. My hands once etched in temple stone, The prayers of kings, yet slept alone. I knew the scent of burning leaves, In Vedic dawns, beneath fig trees. I sang where Nile met desert wind, A priest of fire, a soul thick-skinned. In Rome, I wore the thinker’s face, In...

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Often I gaze In shadows I sought refuge Healing waters from the valley of visions Measured my portion In weaves I sowed my seed Through many days of distortion We Tilled the sky It bore us life In his ways I hope to walk The King of Kings is Yeshua He rose again from the grave Often I gaze In gardens of plenty Toward the east Toward the Valley...

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In building the Cornerstone is the first stone laid setting the foundation for...

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Core of ancient planets where the outback grows a-wild; Wind atop the atoll high, hearken to thy child! Desert flower, where is love? Where is grace for me? Someone get me God above! Fate and fancy-free! Railing tyrant, city old, absinthe in a glass. Green fluid, ignited cube, sugar, sassafras. Vision sacred, mystery. Harvest season: when? Weathervane, thy melody! Here and now,...

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Once a shadow on a wall dreams to weak to call wishing with a fleeting spark sitting silently between light and dark with tides that pulled and storms that raged I shed skin where we were new from fragile forms to something new we rose like the sun from a midnight blue When no fear remains I dance above on Earth's refrain ...

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So many years ago... Yet I remember well. The night we all prayed... God let us know... Then on each His Spirit fell. The certainty that He loves me... The presence of His love. The Holy Spirit He set free... In power from above. In a dozen men that night who prayed... In a circle holding hands. Each of us confused... dismayed... Ever since...

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Generation, slide like land? Fall into the sea? Toil, tamarind! Much is planned! So then, file my plea! Weather, looking bad of late. Volcanic my hate! Cross the world or just the strait? Better set the date! Thunder, roll above us all! Floodwaters to rise! Fate and Fortune, fill the hall! He who seeks the prize: Here is one last riddle! Nothing is to last? Play, O second fiddle? Goblin,...

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The treasurer they called Judas, In his folly and imprudence, Sold his Master for silver’s stock; The shepherd who betrayed the flock. The fisherman they called Peter, Tasked to build the Church and lead her, To be her foundational rock; The shepherd who cares for the flock. The scholar widely known as Saul Adopted the new name of Paul; He saw the light on one...

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Aim dead center, O aeon! Era, this is now. Ergo, O my stern scion; Come to anyhow! Looking-glasses are like wind. Reality grinned. Terror, tiger, tamarind! Sacred til he sinned... Gaunt the gambrel goblin? No smile a-face today. Whirling dervish, loud the din! War, be on thy way! Grey of the nebula pond; Why is waiting good? Yellow-speckled viper yawned! Gone but understood! Kingdoms are like prophecies? Yes, in this context: Rife, roil,...

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Dear me, You were carved for glory—not your own, but God’s. Each breath is a gift of mercy’s fragrant grace, Each dawn, a call to revel in His face. You are not your own—blood-bought, a jewel redeemed at boundless cost, To magnify the Christ who sought and won the lost. Your days are not a drift of aimless chance; They weave the...

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A new Pope A new hope Farewell to Pope Francis Who did a wonderful job as a great clergy As we know, age believes in no dynasty We come and we go like a kiss New blood is needed from time to time And of course, that’s natural; that’s not a crime Novum papam habemus Novum spem habemus We have a new hope We have a...

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Raw? Depends on what you saw. Disaster? From jaw. Who's the master? Real or raw? Melee, mighty, maw... Peoples of the ocean blue? Vehicles to ride? What exactly do we do? Heaven and Hell, hide? Tide of all tomorrows! I requite you each! Surcease of our sorrows? It must be in our reach! Peaches grow in gardens? An orchard is the place. Wolverines dwell deep in dens! Rage lurks on...

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When the ancient goes wild  Our hotel in Porto was at the highest point although we had been promised a room downtown we didn’t have to walk so far, s then I had paid in advance across the street from the hotel a big disused water tower from the time people didn`t bother with showers every day making us smell like...

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Spirits of the woodland deep. Gather, please, at gate. Shadow, dark fire, through me seep! Hummingbirds can hate! Where the prickly pear was grown? Deep beneath a lake. Where the angry god was thrown? Someone made mistake... There to build, O pyramid! Tumble down the step. Deterrence means getting rid? Soldiers, step with pep. Stars above the forest? From heaven, do ye swing? Harpsichords, harpy, ne'er rest. Sight-line, foe to...

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