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Best Covetousness Poems

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Premium Member Repent and Believe
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  Up until the summer of 1999, I only knew of the words "Jesus."
  I knew what was being taught in church.
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Categories: covetousness, bible, christian, forgiveness, jesus,
Form: Free verse



Of Love of War
of love of war

the staff of a prophet, seen
fairness not imagine, sings
shouting out, obscenity
recognized, yet

in search of fame, seeking stance
the moment arises, seek
of voice of...

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Categories: covetousness, angst, celebrity, encouraging, freedom,
Form: Dodoitsu
Illicit Itch
Spray your love in the masochistic mist, 
shapely satisfying the illicit itch...
With handcuffs upon the wicked wrist, 
narcotic nectars that will bewitch…
Salacious secretions that must...

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Categories: covetousness, beautiful, deep, desire,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member First

Matthew 20:16 (KJV)  So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

He was the first to...

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Categories: covetousness, bible, christian, forgiveness, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When Need Becomes Greed
There are many different needs for each chapter of our lives.
From youth to when we are joined as husbands and wives.
These needs will change with...

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Categories: covetousness, perspective,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member True Loneliness

If He ever left me, I would be so lost
Without a hope or chance,
No prospects, no promises or potentials
Without even expectation or anticipation
I’d be so...

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Categories: covetousness, christian, courage, fear, jesus,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Yearn To Know Him - 2
I yearn to know Him
Better than I can explain
Assuring my heart and soul
Of love that is filled with hope
Love that is always in control
Of my...

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Categories: covetousness, blessing, christian, faith, hope,
Form: Free verse
Mine's Bigger Than Yours

My golden ego soars higher than yours
I can hold my breath longer underwater
of course,
because my publican lungs are stronger than yours
I can outshout your taxing...

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Categories: covetousness, allusion, corruption, political, power,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member To Live In Heaven
The two kinds of sins are Original and Actual Sins
Original Sin is what we inherit our first parents, Mama Eve, Papa Adam
We are brought into...

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Categories: covetousness, black african american, christian,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member My Sin Is Great But God's Grace Is Greater
MY SIN IS GREAT BUT GOD'S GRACE IS GREATER

My sin is great but
God's grace is greater
Your sin is great but
God's grace is greater
I may have...

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Categories: covetousness, community, engagement, feelings, forgiveness,
Form: Pastoral
My Black Wooden Spoon
With none in my infant's mouth, I was born
Even though a big silver spoon I craved
Of an affluence, I was left quite forlorn
Hence, contentment without...

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Categories: covetousness, courage, desire, metaphor, storm,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Two Kinds of Sin and Its Types
Two kinds of sin are Original
Actual
Original sin is from our first parent disobedience
Actual sin has two types Mortal sin
Venial, daily or 7 Capital/Deadly Sins
Chief Sources...

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Categories: covetousness, black african american, christian,
Form: List
Count On It
count on it...

that numbers made the world
we came to believe
after all ten digits 
long ago ran out
and we stuck our toes into the fray
to count...

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© Goode Guy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: covetousness, imagination, introspection,
Form: Narrative
Vibration
Call it alliteration or pun  or something else you are free,
Don’t make a brouhaha out of this ,broer!,
The brevity of my blizzard of words...

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Categories: covetousness, allegory, life, political,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Shara's Christmas Journey
Lust of the flesh is sin.
Sin is lust of the flesh.
Try repeating this one once.
What word was miss-pronounced?
Hearing is believing.
With fellowship and greeting.
Duffing our sacred...

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Categories: covetousness, anti bullying, beauty, bereavement,
Form: Lyric

Book: Reflection on the Important Things