Best Calvary Poems
Below are the all-time best Calvary poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of calvary poems written by PoetrySoup members
Reborn On Calvary
In the darkness of day,
we, the tear baptismal ones
were reborn
In the shadow of Calvary,
we, the gospel seed
was crucifixion conceived —
A bereaved delivery
On that...
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Categories:
calvary, birth, religious, symbolism, visionary,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Tears To WeepWhen I lay me down to sleep,
And cry the tears that sinners weep;
To speak the words of a contrite prayer,
And know that someone listens there.
He...
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Categories:
calvary, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
What Easter Means To MeI followed you from Galilee
To that sad day on Calvary
Of love You spoke
New hope You...
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Categories:
calvary, faith, holidayheart, easter, heart,
Form:
Rhyme
An Open WindowI watch this world pass by,
miracle after miracle,
overcome with thoughts
of life and death -
heated in a buttery sky;
the air melts into...
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Categories:
calvary, faith, imagery, inspiration, jesus,
Form:
Free verse
Sin - 1
Sin is a disease that destroys from
The darkness where it lingers
Always taunting us in the shadows
Of bitterness and dread, sinister
And haunting, calling out to the...
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Categories:
calvary, blessing, inspirational, jesus, sin,
Form:
Free verse
Seven Kingdoms
I
The Holy Bible said seven kingdoms would arise,
then like windblown grains of sand, fall to the dust
Six kingdoms have come and gone, blinked their eyes
and...
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Categories:
calvary, judgement, religious, spiritual, truth,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Through Your MercyOften, i have spoken with you
about urgent thoughts pillaging
my restless heart. During limbo
of midnight’s shadow, my knees
grate in rage when your songs
do not...
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Categories:
calvary, inspiration, prayer,
Form:
Free verse
Immutable Beliefs Upholding My BeingThis Current Life of Mine
Created by the Supreme Almighty for His pleasure, I bear His...
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Categories:
calvary, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Prose Poetry
At GethsemeneToday is Good Friday. Jesus, the Nazarene, who robbed no one, cheated no one, who loved all, healed the sick and performed only acts of...
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Categories:
calvary, angst, betrayal, cry, death,
Form:
Free verse
RebukedDon't try to trick me Satan!
You have no hold on me.
Your sting was fully conquered
that day on Calvary.
You are no longer welcome.
My days of sin...
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Categories:
calvary, devotion, faith, inspirational, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Jesus Did It AllJesus walked up that hill to Calvary
Freeing a sin filled world from slavery
To evil that was caused by God’s enemy
A fallen angel who was filled...
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Categories:
calvary, blessing, brother, christian, faith,
Form:
Lyric
Lord Jesus Christ, My Joy
Christ, the Lord of all tomorrows
Lived a holy life of true worth
Died for me, the Man of sorrows
Angels proclaimed His virgin birth
The wise men came...
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Categories:
calvary, god, jesus, joy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Pearls of Mother's Great Lovethe pearls from your eyes
are far more precious to me
than any treasure
your big sacrifice
nothing more to compare with
you’re my great hero
I owe you my life
mom,...
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Categories:
calvary, dedication, easter, love, mom,
Form:
Haiku
Seven Last Words of JesusI.Jesus Spoke to His Father
Jesus spoke to His Heavenly Father
Raising up to heaven His ardent pray’r
With deep bleeding wounds that he’d all endured,
Still hang on...
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Categories:
calvary, celebration,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Scorpion
Collaboration: James Swartz, LadyLabyrinth
"Scorpion"
Lack of water leads to lack of life
exposed beneath the Sun like blood
from the tip of a Scorpion’s tail
Corporal attitudes aligned in...
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Categories:
calvary, desire, imagery, life, lust,
Form:
Free verse