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Best Antioch Poems

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I Am So Tired
I am tired of counting the red dwarf stars in the Milky Way.
I am tired of counting the 7 years of grain in Pharaoh's silos.
I...

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© Beryl Dov  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: antioch, bereavement, dark, death, depression,
Form: Free verse



Origin of Christianity
Origin of Christianity

(If you don't like religious writes don't read on)

It may surprise some that Jesus was born a Jew, his parents Joseph and Mary...

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Categories: antioch, bible, christian, faith, history,
Form: Didactic
On the Road To Vezalay Part 2
The Holy Land

The butchers slab of Hell, of Christian and Infidel.
Swords slash and cut lose the soul, fear! not 
conscience pays the toll. And yet...

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Categories: antioch, educationwords, me, christian, prayer,
Form: Epic
Redneck Angel
Redneck Angel
Lyrics By Robert Taylor


A thousand cases of beer
Hangin’ with Jack all night
Sleeping with women from a bar
Not knowin’ their names when I woke

Then I...

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Categories: antioch, life, love, god, angel,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Whips of History - 1
This whip is a relic of war
an instrument of severe education, 
come now Avia, look how lovely and vulgar,
it is essential for you to appreciate...

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Categories: antioch, christian, history, passion, poetry,
Form: Crown of Sonnets



Prince of a Cat - Ninth Life Long Since Spent
Preface to this brief bitty
written snap ting snapshot – word ditty
dates back before I reached gritty
age of eight and fifty, aye recall a kitty
rescued by...

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Categories: antioch, animal, beautiful, creation, cute
Form: Elegy
The Land of Milk and Honey
Within the year crusades began, 
led by the noblest of the land. 
Hugh Vermandois was first to arrive, 
with an huge army at his command....

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Categories: antioch, history, places,
Form: Rhyme
On the Road To Damascus Part One
ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS
By Roy Merritt
(A Humorous take on the life of the Apostle Paul)

I was on the road to Damascus to give them...

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Categories: antioch, humor, religion, silly, ,
Form: Rhyme
Saint Paul
The man from Tarsus, in Cilicia, in modern-day Turkey
bloodline of the Hebrews and Israelites of the Tribe of Benjamin. 
by racial ancestry Israelite
by citizenship Roman
by...

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Categories: antioch, baptism, bible, blessing, change,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member A New Species
In an Asia city, a new and  infamous name began.
“They were called Christians first at Antioch”.*

This species was built upon relationship with its ...

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Categories: antioch, bible, christian, community, creation,
Form: Prose
Saint John of Rila
Saint John of Rila
Father John –
I have no bread
(short is the bread daily)
And the Lestvitsa* -
so long …
Longer than a thought
and shorter than a peal
of...

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Categories: antioch, religion
Form: Free verse
A New Wind
A new wind blows from Korea to Tanzania,
     the same wind blew from Antioch to Berea
A fresh breeze grace the Peruvian...

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Categories: antioch, christian, gospel, love, spiritual,
Form: Lyric
I'D Love An Answer From You - Jesus Did Walk Here
If every one of us, with a relationship burning
In heart and mind for Jesus, have been evangelizing
Why's Maoist China dominating The Globe despite Columbus ...

Why...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: antioch, allegory, allusion, america, angst,
Form: Didactic
A New Car Rental Place Part I
Cecelia was a new person in town to see
about the rooms for rent with availability.
This woman came to start a car rental company.
It would serve...

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Categories: antioch, adventure, fantasy, people, people,
Form: Rhyme
Struggle To Write
Struggle to write

Witnessed courtesy the following poetic sight
especially when dark shadows foretell edge of night
twilight zone expanding
into outer limits of width and height
obscuring webbed wide...

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Categories: antioch, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things