Best Commending Poems

“… The 1986 revolution in the Philippines … brought an end to the martial law imposed by Marcos’ regime in 1972, and saw the accession...

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I ...
sit by the
window ...
cold, damp air
wrapping
tendrils 'round my
nape,
reminding me of
February ...
of her ... of farewell
chill thoughts
gather like
a knot
in the back of
my skull ...
thrumming like...

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Chants echoing home bliss
Celestial songs of heart
Commending folks’ good times
Clear through guitar rhythm
Celebrating triumph
Clarion for me to hum:
“Cordillera*, you're God**-blest.” 

*My home region in our...

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Social conscious, the brain behind the hand,
it’s wooden spoon ready  to smack the non-conforming adult /s/,child/ren.
Driven by western views of political correctness,
it dictates how...

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I was once told that I sin, because the color of my skin.

To the world we live on, not in.

Complexes our diverted souls from within.


Hear...

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(2 Corinthians 10:12)
"Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by...

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One Blackberry winter in the cliffs of Ireland
An early woodpecker passed by
And a red robin flying so high
Colored like chrysalis in an orange land

A white...

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Human imperfection is our heritance from Adam and Eve.
If any of us think we're guiltless, it's ourselves we deceive.
Human weakness is the stained affliction of...

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THE REALISTIC PESSIMIST
Is it about life or death?
Is it about death or birth?
If it is about death, and not life or birth,
So be it

You either...

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God be praised for His work in our victory
Proclaiming that salvation is verily assured by His grace 
As taught by His inspired Word*, devoid of...

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"Time is the thief you cannot banish."
                  ...

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In their celestial separation of almost two decades
My parents’ “till death do us part”* vow survived various blockades
With Mom’s “sudden” flight to heaven due to...

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Long Live Brussels! 

We need to fight back, 
And in arduousness react, 
Without restraint or hesitation, 
And blame in aggression. 

Islam and faith must go...

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"But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up...

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Just like now, there were both the good old days and the bad old days.          ...

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