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Best Calvary Poems

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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 Weep
When 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
Premium Member What Easter Means To Me
I 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 Window
I 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
Premium Member 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
Premium Member Through Your Mercy
Often, 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
Premium Member Immutable Beliefs Upholding My Being
This 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
Premium Member At Gethsemene
Today 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
Rebuked
Don'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
Premium Member Jesus Did It All
Jesus 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
Premium Member Pearls of Mother's Great Love
the 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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© Len Gasun  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: calvary, dedication, easter, love, mom,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Seven Last Words of Jesus
I.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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© Len Gasun  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: calvary, celebration,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member 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

Book: Shattered Sighs