Best Chapel Poems

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I live in a deserted chapel, 
Buffeted and corroded by harsh winds,
And yet to me it is a godsend haven
Away from hazards...

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Inside a barn long since made into a chapel,
The congregation sits on wooden pews among the calves.
Maybe others a dog or a cat or two,
Creatures two legged,
And ones who stand on all fours come to rest...
Perhaps play and eat their meals for the day.
Man, woman,...

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The 
Ringing
Of chapel bells
Resonating in tune
On our favorite melodies,
Especially those golden-oldie hymns,
Harmonies for a hungry heart
Singing
Bells

HONORABLE MENTION
written June 20, 2021
for "Ring My Bell" Poetry Contest
sponsored by John Anderson...

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Beside the old chapel of Berhampur
A shadow of man 
Residual on the lonely roads,
Always walked in circles
After 3’o clock at night.
One crossing to another,
He moved with no hurry.
Like a pendulum of his world,
He collected time and stones
In his empty pockets!
I could see him getting heavier
while...

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The Sistine Chapel

Thy ceiling reaches to touch eyes
where Michelangelo and God rise.


© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
January 22, 2010

Poetic form: Crysalline...

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Jane and Norman are going steady
Now are planning their wedding
They decided to wed 
At a roadside chapel
Off a country road
Their minister will 
Do the ceremony

Jane will have bridesmaids
A flower girl or two
Maids of honor will lead
Then the bride will follow
Walking slow to the groom
She is...

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Lifted into the eternal,
Peter walked through Heaven's pearly gates...
Greeted by his name's sake.
Ushered into the city of golden streets,
Meeting up with Jesus Whom escorts him around personally.
Manor houses arranged beautifully throughout this Holy city.
"One of these houses are yours Peter," Jesus said to him.
"Which one?"...

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Back in 1887, The Convent Of Our Lady was built,
It was part of a school for girls run by grey nuns;
1971- demolish, sad that tilt,
Art gallery wanted it and offered big sums.

It was part of a school for girls- run by grey nuns,
Reconstructed in...

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I know you see me from up there,
from halfway up the steep and twisting lane.
In early half-light as you take your walk
I no doubt seem to loom as you descend,
appear to grow, to rise from earth,
my boxlike rectilinearity,
severe and unadorned geometry,
a silhouette against the solitary...

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~The Chapels bells are ringing
   Best man’s hands holds Wedding rings
   While the groom nervously squirms
   Bride walks in love’s march
               ~
~Anticipation awaits
  ...

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The fall has remnants of the summer, but the day's not hot,
and all of our beloved are gathered in a woodland spot.

Bearing their good wishes, they have walked the pathway to
this autumnal chapel where I'll make my walk to you!

Around us, in our wedding colors...

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When my husband and I were in Las Vegas, I had a great suggestion,
To go to the Little White Chapel, and renew our vows in celebration.
I thought it would be such a lark we wouldn’t forget.
Having Elvis perform the ceremony would be the best thing...

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And the cemetery was
quite and intensely sullen;
a damp breeze blew
anticipating a cool rain...
an open gate led to a chapel.

Two marble angels stood
by the Gothic bronze door,
their looks were too somber;
and walking in I saw candles
burning beneath white skulls
stacked in piles like bricks. 

The smell of...

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our trees have blossomed,
and some have knots in their yokes,
like one in my throat.....

fragile limbs look down and weep
to acknowledge my despair




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"Tanka Tears" Contest: Sponsored By Rick Parise
2/10/15...

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"Imagine a lovely garden, tea for two, and this story . . . "



The poigant auroma of ashwood fills the elements
the man made structure pays homage.
Many occasion will tread the aisle and rows
brides,holy communion to pall barers alike....



One time inparticular,early morning a knock at the...

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