Best Church Poems

Four friends and I, one Sunday, take a ride.
our church still closed just short of one full year.
We drive, white almond blooms on either side,
instead. Their branches wave as if to cheer,
“Prepare the way! Prepare the way for God!”
Each blade of mountain grass we see...

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I had seen her before in the spring and summer
The homeless lady sitting on the church steps
She would ask for help from people going into the church
She mostly was given spare change and occasionally a dollar or two
No matter how small the amount given, she...

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gathered on the lawn at Sabbath - a chattering of starlings


For the Wonderful One Liners Poetry Contest of s. grace...

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A funeral is not the place when you find you need to laugh
Here is my true story about my little gaffe
I hope this poem does not offend
It is written in memory of a very special friend

My father’s friend had passed away
And to the church we...

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Bless the deviled eggs and the preacher’s children.
Grab a piece of fried-to-perfection chicken.
Coca-cola cake or banana pudding?
~ Prodigals welcomed






January 29, 2019
Sapphic Stanza with a JUX Poetry Contest
Craig Cornish, Sponsor...

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Silent
is she whose
sharp mind
unraveled;
she died.

This woman,
friendly,
loved to gab
and laugh.

Unsmiling
in her 
casket now. . .

her face
is strangely

beautiful.


May 13. 2019 for the 'Charlieku New Form' Poetry contest of charles messina

Poetry form description:  The poem must be 15 lines long  and the syllable count must be...

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Faith & Divinity
A house ~ a church ~ an artwork
Future legacy






06.02.2016
A-L Andresen :)...

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When I went to the Temple
It should have felt like home
So as I sat in the pew
Why did I feel all alone

Was my heart disconnected
Was there something wrong with me
Why did I feel like running
From a place that felt empty

Three thousand souls I counted
The church...

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NOT FROM CHURCH PEWS

Never cause of falls.. God helps us stand
about to stumble.. extends his hand.
Aware God made us.. out of wet clay
Christ left  footprints ..to show us God’s way.

Never pain or burden’s.. our way toss
Satan’s deep abyss.. God helps us across.
Life’s heavy yoke...

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Ding dong church bells......

When the sun rises in the morning
then the church bells begin to toll in the tower
These church bells are the voice of God
They make people to assemble to sing the Divine praises

Ding dong bell, Ding dong bell
Its a divine sound of a...

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Centuries you rule
a safe passage heavenly
in conformity
with deeds given to aid you...
after the battle we fall.

© Harry J Horsman  2014...

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THE CHURCH AND THE GRAVEYARD

The Graveyard stood behind the Church, 
Perhaps they are mysteriously compatible! 
Through the front door of the Church you enter, 
And with time, through the rear door you exit
and go ; 
Forever mingling with Life’s eternal flow! 

In the Church marriages...

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December 14, 1965           

"Mr. Samuel Cooke. Sam Cooke??
You been in that casket for three days..
You a long way from Chicago, son?"

And Sam said, "What happened
Where am I?"

"This is the Judgement room.
In about ten minutes God...

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The Good Harvest

Years ago I was a farmer,
And my neighbor had a field.
But he let it go to briars,
He was not concerned with yield.

As I passed his field one evening,
In my pocket there I found,
Four tiny seeds left over. 
From those I'd planted in the...

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what happens to those words we say
that speak in silence when we pray?

do they remain inside our head
to die with us when we are dead?

or do they echo off the walls
of bedrooms, churches, schools and halls

to fall upon the silent ground
and lie unheard and lost...

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