Best Confirming Poems


For Rachael

Oh sky look down on this earth of gray,
Something dreadful on the horizon looms.
There is no black and no white today,
Laws exist but justice is doomed.

Morality is labeled religion,
And must be separated from state,
Whose own religion is political correctness
And determining God's fate.

Oh heaven rain down on us,
Ae are tasting your tears.
Yes we've become that bad,
Confirming your fears,

That what has been done ,
Is being done again,
Those lessons taught,
Coming to naught.

Judges and laws make it legal,
To be rid of your innocent babes,
Under a symbol of the eagle, 
God's loving justice betrayed.

Racheal you cry the tears,
That now only heaven supplies,
Because ours have dried,
In the dust of our alibies.

Excuses and lies are linked,
As you and I know well,
The truth is all but extinct.
Truth is foreign to hell.

Oh heaven, look down on this world of gray.   
Something dreadful is watching and looms.
Is there nothing left but to watch and pray,
While Rachael wails by the dumpster tombs?
Categories: confirming, angst, death, life, loss,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member Merchant Ship

A swallow swoops for flitting flies
While Johnny rubs exhausted eyes
(As morning clasps the rising sun)
Confirming Captain’s day’s begun:
Slow streams emerge from melting snows -
The Merchant Ship’s in stark repose...

As Johnny frets with tingling tongue
A Vulture fleeces fields far-flung
 (Beneath a bleeding sun above),
And Captain culls the dead with love:
Yes, while the silent water flows,
The Merchant Ship just gulps and grows...

A serpent weaves amongst the weeds
As Johnny dares audacious deeds
(When evening drains the dying day)
To stop the Captain, come what may:
And while the raging rivers grow
The Merchant Ship rocks to and fro...

An owl, a’ branch, has teacup eyes
That glimmer dark as Johnny dies
(Now sown inside the future’s womb)
When flushing Captain to his doom:
Trapped in titanic undertow
The Merchant Ship’s swept down below...

A fledgling bird sprays morning dew
As Johnny Junior’s born anew
(He’s baptised in the dawn ablaze)
To rectify the former days: 
Raw rills arise from melting snow
And virgin rivers start to flow...
Categories: confirming, allegory, morning,
Form: Ballad

About Me Pt. 2

I’m a man of my word,
I always do my best to keep every promise,
and I never make a promise I know I can’t keep
I’ll give you the shirt off my back if you really do need it,
but I’m no humanitarian
I always offer others my help,
but I rarely accept the assistance of others,
because it makes me feel like I’m weak
I am weak,
yet, I’m stronger than I seem
I am a rock star on the inside,
but, physically and mentally, I’m a rock star who has no musical abilities
At times I have self-esteem,
but, I really never do
I’ll say I believe in myself and that I’m happy with what I can do,
but, truth be told,
there’s always that nagging doubt,
the lingering thought,
the dreaded fear of proving myself right,
and confirming the utter worthlessness that I usually find in myself
I overanalyze everything
I’m always thinking about something
I love to watch people
but I hate it when people stare
I am a Christian,
but at times I wonder if God even cares?
then call myself a fool for ever thinking that way,
as I finally see all of the things I take for granted that He’s blessed me with 
everyday
I always wait too late to say what I’m feeling,
or can never seem to find the courage to say it when I want to
With time, I’ve grown too scared to reach for the stars,
to walk out on limbs,
put myself on the line
but, I don’t want to be left behind,
I don’t want to watch those around me grow and become happier,
while I am stuck in misery
I don’t know who I am
© Daron Long  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: confirming, introspection, life, people, social,
Form: Free verse

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Premium Member Occam's Butter Knife

As I rummage through the cabbage patch of general affairs,
I’m made aware of certain signs of cultural decline.
I see it written in the talon marks of chem-trails overhead,
Confirming all my pet conspiracy theories.
It’s rooted in the topsoil of a flat earth conviction.
It’s every suburban legend’s low hanging fruit. 
It’s the latest mass shooting as a Tik-Tok challenge
Teasing gut brain muscle memories with algorithms of outrage.
It’s all flash, but no drive, just broad-spectrum rhetoric
Inducing Karenoia and cultivating satanic panic, 
All in the name of the Good Lord and Savior.
It’s the dog whistle only heard by those whose ears 
Cannot think outside the Fox, where waxy yellow build-up
Is impacted, unyielding to the voice of Reason.
It’s, “OK groomer,” “Don’t say gay,” and "Let's go Brandon."
It’s the Battle Hymn of the Replacement.
It’s the influencers trending on social media.
It’s the meme that captures the lapsing of just a still moment,
Like a fly frozen in the amber of time everlasting.
It’s the universal selfie unapologetically posted on the Cloud.
You may be cool, but you’ll never be Korean cool.
And yet you try ever so hard to be.
When I slice with Occam’s butter knife
The loaf becomes a senseless pile of crumbs.
And so it goes.
Categories: confirming, allegory, america, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse

Timing:The Art of War

its
  as
     if
                 INCUBUS
IS SITTING BACK THERE JUST WAITING TO TORMENT ME

I
 MAY 
LOOK
      WOUNDED
but  its an ILLUSION

         THE GREAT MAN
what does He want all of a sudden  
                                              whats His game

i know His intentions are good but im TIRED of being protected
   
  
   L
    A
      T
        C
          H
            I
              N
                G                   onto it may distort my memories
i try to let go but the fear paralyzes me
its a mixture of REALITY and FANTASY
                                 
                                       i havent REPRESSED any of it

the slate is CLEAR                        MENTAL STABILITY
                             PROPERLY PREPARED PATIENT

confirming my preconception that WE ARE ALL USELESS AND WEAK when we sleep

                                                VISCERALLY
 IM READY TO BEGIN
                                     THIS NEW JOURNEY
Categories: confirming, faithmay,
Form:

The Insomniac Diary

Day one passes into ten and twelve and eight-
Teen years spent by the neon glow of
Alarm clock stifled, the heavy hand, a fist
Trying to wake the awakened
But the sleepless cut the tongue, the wires
The life support system down in a blaze
Do not try to wake me when I have not slept

Scribbled down a diary entry on the back of 
A calling card, a cigarette box, a prescription
Weighted down by a cup of thick black coffee
And the stale remnants of a Bloody Mary
The tick that follows tock which drives me to despair
Sat beside in thoughtlessness as I contemplate myself

The world and everything, nothing lies forgotten
Off the record, under the carpet, when you are an insomniac
You cannot sleep on anything and nothing lies dead
It just rebirths itself as you watch the minute tick
At the rate of a slothful hour, ticking and tocking
And checking the boxes, confirming, yes I have gone insane.
Categories: confirming, me,
Form: Free verse


Broken Record Sickness

Two hands in folds of shoddy cotton,
in clouds of cheap champagne and cigarette smoke.
My ringing ears

Echoing the television murmurs,
but it’s the same news on a broken record,
broken record horrors.

Now the clock— It’s snickering, a thief, consuming time and stealing
the 217 kisses, the 32 chocolate milkshakes shared
in his old Porsche,
the 3 ice creams in December and the 12 shivers that followed, 
the 56 morning coffees, 
the 12 months of moon cycles—
I counted them one by one, refusing to let time
pass
him
by.

I remember with him
the 314 soft embraces, the 17 drops of brandy
that dripped down our chins, the 39 words 
yelled then regretted, the 3 meteor showers
he slept through.

Waiting room. I try to peel the hospital scent from his skin,
but it’s a lonely phantom refusing to depart.
The summer cologne lingers its dollar’s worth on his scalp,
quickly fading, masked by Lysol, white walls, sickness.

Feverish. He closes his eyes, heart monitor beeping to a constant,
the peaks on a swift descent. 

Because as time chews away
the 3 teeth bumps, the 14 letters, 
19 skin tracings, 2 chalk outlines,
the 3-syllable, 8-letter words,
and the 100 times
I confirmed reality
(as he cried, in vain, 
for release),
I’m forgetting already 
the smell of his hair, the precise pores
and number of freckles on his cheeks.

Now. I turn car key, start engine, breathe broken- record breaths.

I’ll pretend it’s all a formula I’m confirming,
because Fate never meant us to be. 
I am discovering truths:
we’re just awkward children in this adult world,
aware of waning time, unprepared, longing for youth.

His Gods have plugged us both in like variables,
and we’re no longer oblivious to the outcome,
because I’ll wrestle with Love, plead with Death,
beg and bargain with Time,

and still,
I’ll drive on.
Categories: confirming, lovelonging, time,
Form: Free verse

Mar-A-Lago Poker

The wife took a job that pays pretty fair
Combing out daylight from Trump's orange hair
Displaying his lust
Trump stares at her bust
Confirming an Ace can not beat a pair!
Categories: confirming, humor,
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Tick Tock Tick Tock

TICK TOCK TICK TOCK

We can never catch up with the 
Clock and time,
No matter the length of this 
Solar rhyme,
The sun rises in the east every 
Brilliant morning,
As a new wondrous day, 
Begins dawning.
It sets in the west every evening,
Each country having its own
Particular calling,
And slowly a moon rises, 
In all its glory
Foretelling of romances, each 
A unique story!
According to our predictable calendar,
Things haven’t changed, says 
Our lunar traveller,
The moon will eternally rise 
In the east
And will always set in the west.
In between it wanes or 
Becomes full,
Gravitation of the moon and
It's pull,
Causes tides of oceans, 
Be it low or high,
That no man would deign to deny!
Again this movement of oceans
Help us,
To measure time, as it 
Gallops ahead,
It overtakes us and before,
We know it we're dead!
For human beings, also 
Have a cycle, 
We are born, we live 
And we die,
This is a truth, about something,
No one can lie,
Long lives or short, we are also
Affected by age and time,
As nearer to heaven, 
We hopefully climb
And, the world revolves,
On its axis,
As surely as man has to 
Pay his taxes!
But thank-you God for allowing
And giving
Us humans, more than a 
24 hour cycle, 
That we may enjoy our children
And life,
Just sad for the poor, who 
Have to strive!
The Sun, moon and oceans 
Have a 24 
Hour cycle each day,
Confirming how surely, creation
Went forward His way!
Bringing Summer, Autumn, 
Winter or Spring,
Each season doing its very 
Own unique thing
Responsible for this work of art, 
And time
Is The One I had in mind, 
When I began this rhyme,
Our Maker,
And Divine Creator!
Categories: confirming, moon, seasons, son,
Form: Rhyme

Your Smile

Loneliness visits
when stranded alone
Confirming the emptiness
—lost to bemoan

The darker the moment
the thicker it spreads
To lie and to cover 
—my spirit in dread

It blocks every motion
I make to get out
Its shroud to enshadow 
—within and without

As somber it tenants
it knows all the while
Its life but a memory
—the moment you smile

(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)
Categories: confirming, smile,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Lionsgate

Star of Sirus
                                      Sparkling brightest
                                      Aligns with the sun in Leo
                                      Night darkest night
                                      All year she’ll await
                                      Bright star so bright
                                      On August eight
                                      Dog days of summer
                                      Rising on the horizon
                                      Nile flood
                                      Taking life away
                                      Lyon hungers for blood
                                      Devouring his prey
                                      Gatekeeper’s trust
                                      Opens the portal
                                      Shades of deepest orange
                                      Evoking energy
                                      Open your heart mortal
                                      Flames of fire scorching
                                      The doorway closes in 
                                      Mid-August 
                                      Energy in abundance
                                      The lion doesn’t hesitate
                                      Leo the Lion
                                      The fire sign
                                      Courage and pride soar
                                      The lions gate
                                      Confirming presence 
                                      Intentions roar
                                      Dominance 
                                      Eastern sky
                                      Opportunity awaits
                                      August eighth
                                      Leo’s alliance to the star Sirus
                                      Opening Lionsgate
                                      Sun is in Leo
                                      Enter the higher dimensions 
                                      Layers of energy peaks
                                      Opportunist the lion does not hesitate
                                      Enter the Lionsgate at own risk
© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: confirming, august, space, star,
Form: Light Verse

Premium Member PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO CONFIRMS OUR PRAYER

May 4 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Chronicles 14-15

Key Verse – 1Chronicles 14:2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.

PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO CONFIRMS OUR PRAYER	

Praise be to God for confirming our prayer:
Perceived by His enlightenment
Presented with earnestness  
Propelled for edification
Propped upon eternity
Pushed to evangelize  

1Chronicles 14:10 Praise be to the Lord Who 
responds to our enquiry that assures:
Truth that is tested
Triumph against tests  
Thanksgiving midst trials
Trust with thoughtfulness
Tact tackling tremendous tricks  

1Chronicles 15:26 Praise be to the Saviour 
for His help that is: 
Always strong
Assertively sure
Abundantly supplied 
Affirmatively Scriptural
Available and safely steadfast. Amen!

May 4, 2024
Categories: confirming, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration

A Woman Like You

Always I have dreamed of loving a woman like you ,
So kind and understanding in all of the things you do.
   Everyday you are always the same so full of life,
Making me so proud the day you become my wife.
    Never do I worry when things do not go my way,
Only words of encouragement you would have to say.
    To hear  you laugh or to see  your beautiful smile ,
Stays with me in my thoghts for such a long while.
    I am forever thinking of the happiness you bring me,
Confirming our lives together  was always meant to be .
   Every night I Thank my Lord for how special you've been,
I find myself a very Blessed man for what he did.
   A person could ask for no more when it comes to love ,
Especially when there's no doubt it was made from above.
Tac
Categories: confirming, devotion, happiness, inspirational, life,
Form: Free verse

Freedom and Oppression

What saddens my heart is seeing the oppression of people in foreign lands that only want
the taste of freedom,
And the choice to believe differently in hopes of receiving Gods Kingdom.
Not being able to make simple choices for them selves I find totally, appalling,
I have compassion for those that struggle, but are denied receiving Gods calling.

There is one thing these dictators cannot stop, what is in ones heart and on their minds,
Or the silent prayers spoken under their breath, confirming their love for God and praying
someday this freedom they too will find.
Afraid to speak the name of Jesus out loud or possess the Bible, our holy book.
Intimidated and threatened is why so many are afraid to boldly take a look.

Christians from the very start have had to suffer for their beliefs,
And the years have only strengthened our faith while compounding our grief.
We are still being persecuted as Jesus was that day upon the cross,
Our day of salvation and the worlds greatest loss.

Time will eventually tell who was wrong or who was right,
As the closing pages are being written on this never ending fight.
For our prophecy is nearly fulfilled and judgment is at hand,
That day our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will command and rule over our land.

No one wants anything shoved on them, and Christianity is a choice,
Jesus died for our sins but our opinions are ours to voice.
Whatever master you choose to serve He will not interfere,
But His love for mankind will always be and that is clear.
Categories: confirming, devotion, faithday, heart, day,
Form: Verse

Life After Suicide

LIFE AFTER SUICIDE

In our barrenness, mourning reigned in our bosom
Our wait conquered years, filled our bucket with tears.
My wife taught me to give up,
But Chidi’s arrival widened our joy-horizon.
His birth birthed our real lives,
Reflected his mothers image in my likeness,
My pretty-smart son made us a home.
Twelve months later started the civil war,
Dodging bullets, we forgot our greatest asset
In running for our lives, we ran from our life
Risked it back to the battlefield, my boy was gone.
My heart wept from his mother’s eye, another covenant with pain.
His birthday was our only sweet memory,
Hoping to celebrate his heroic return someday, but
It wasn’t enough consolation for our undeserving loss.
Years later, poverty and vengeance introduced us to a life of crime,
We built a mud house by the village entrance,
Entertaining strangers with death to possess their substance.
One day, the lot fell on a certain man in clergy regalia,
He acted like a lost son of the soil tracing his origin
Such patriotism kills my zeal to send souls beyond,
But my wife insisted I do the usual, again I gave up.
Did the usual; he kicked that bucket of tears.
But unusual was, his death interfering with my peace,
Reluctantly I ransacked his luggage, found a photo
An image of a smiling-innocent infant boy,
I remembered snapping Chidi in that pose, just like him.
As I observed and pondered, I heard my wife from behind
‘How much is in the bag’, my confusion responded with silence.
When her curiosity sighted the cause of my dreary mood,
It loosed a scream from her tongue, she ran to the cadaver,
Stripped its panties, the butt birthmark was not faded.
Confirming my suspicion, she fell dead after another scream.
 Still staring at the photo, I saw the image lying lifeless before me,
Only then was I convinced that I killed my reason-for-living.
At that point I didn’t wish for death, I wished I wasn’t born
Wished we remained barren, wished the war ate him up.
My son Chidi was my life, his death was my suicide
That day turned my world to a morgue, I am a walking corpse.
Categories: confirming, death, father son,
Form: Elegy
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