Best All Is Vanity Poems
Vanity 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
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
The Lay of the Best Man - Part 4...The Lay of The Best Man - Part 4
I ask you this: Have you ever known a man to ‘buckle under stress’?
Or have you never seen a man have a ‘moment of madness’?
Have you not heard about the unfortu......
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Categories:
all is vanity, bullying, character, corruption, discrimination,
Form:
Lay
Respect My Integrity...Bare me out
Why all these doubt
I dare you to
Respect my integrity
For they say i am mad
Because of poverty
But whither rich or poor
All is vanity
I will shew my self wise
Or else fools ......
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Categories:
all is vanity, abuse, inspirational, integrity,
Form:
Alliteration
Vanity Upon Vanity...?what is this life,
if all we do is acquire it’s wealth and forsake the master above?
I do not seek that all should comprehend,
but heed the kings advice…
“vanity upon vanity, all is vani......
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Categories:
all is vanity, bible, culture, humanity, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
A Brief Epistle in Urgent Forewarning against Melancholia--Part II...(continued from, "An Epistle Warning against Melancholia: an Allegory--Part I," where somewhere in late 18th-century Europe a friend, Laetitia, by way of a letter warns her beloved girlfriend, Euphor......
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Categories:
all is vanity, depression, friend, metaphor, philosophy,
Form:
Prose
Rule the World...We came, We saw, We conquered " Julius Caesar "
We conquered
then turned on ourselves without mercy
tens of thousands slaughtered
in the name of religion or boundaries
There have been many who......
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Categories:
all is vanity, truth,
Form:
Free verse
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
Haiku Number 3...Christmas time haiku -
“tableaux d’une exposition”
post-it notes on walls
Long Tooth
May 25, 2016
The painting here is a beautiful portrait of Mussorgsky the composer of the famous classical......
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Categories:
all is vanity, art, imagery, music, poems,
Form:
Haiku
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
What Next...The height of science and the width of commerce
in my dwelling place they merge
with the ambassadors of understanding
giving me their pledge.
Capturing the seat of the wise
and sitti......
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Categories:
all is vanity, health, money, political, power,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Unsung Hero...Here he lies lifeless
He whose hands had many healed
though unsung by some
Now, we cheer him home
Down his homestead, we set him
Our selfless hero!
Pain is the pleasure
of earthly patriot......
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Categories:
all is vanity, bereavement,
Form:
Haiku
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
All Is Vanity...My mother was an aristocrat,
at least in her own mind,
she had a certain noble air,
a ramrod for a spine.
She knew her face was beautiful,
exceptional and rare,
and when she walked into a roo......
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Categories:
all is vanity, daughter, death, depression, motherage,
Form:
Rhyme
Why Are We Here...Where do we come from? Where are we going? Why are we here?
Philosophers rack their brains over these questions
Saints and poets alike try to come to grips with them
But do they concern the aver......
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Categories:
all is vanity, life, philosophy, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse