Best Exemplified Poems

to my daddy, Walter M. McGlothin (Aug. 2, 2005)... going home!!!

When someone you love is taken away
There is never enough time
No matter if its
Days,
Weeks,
Months,
Years,
Eons...

~

The heart...

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Acknowledging the essence of near-death experience realistically
through reading about its characteristics mindfully
as regards presented historical reports numerously
and research of its circumstances done clinically---
I’m made aware...

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Charity*: God’s love**, abundant and free	
Offered by the Lord, perfectly sublime
Paid by Christ’s blood of sacrifice-degree…
Having owned it; I enjoy my faith-climb!

Genuine compassion, radiant with...

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The parlor exemplified family
it was always decked out in tradition. 
And held a spectacular Christmas tree
like a post card...or Rockwell rendition.

A lit fireplace flaunting boughs...

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For this tribute poem, my heart exclaims:

Dad: you’re my greatest human fortress, steadfast indeed
The Almighty I praise for your legacy, thriving with blest breed.

Mom: being...

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Who is my enemy?
Do I really know? Those 
who are waging a war to amass
lands or wealth, or those who 
are depriving the downtrodden
of food...

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Us
Two Peas
Talking, Hearing, Touching
Love exemplified, Union personified.
We

Singular
Empty Pod
Silent, Deaf, Abandoned
Trust betrayed, Marriage broken
Alone




24~12~2014
Maurice Yvone
Sponsor: Dr.Ram Mehta
Contest Name: Cinquain 
Theme: LONGING  ...

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“Fire burning in a hill
The lines are rocky rough
Red angels wait to pick remains
The cindered shoulder
Of confused men” 
(Peter Murphy)
 





"On the Cindered Shoulders of...

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The Deacon’s Feet of Clay  

By Elton Camp

At the fundamentalist church, Larry is a deacon
As a truth-teller, he’s thought a shining beacon
“It is the...

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Brevity reaps a fast reward,
Exemplified as in a timely toot,
Enticing ones alert attention
Predetermined by emotional senses.




For Andrea Dietrich's Four Letter Words Acrostic Contest...

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Filled with fervor-
ardent love flows from within;
all sixy-four inches of me
stretches as an Oak tree
to praise my God the Lord Jesus
Perfect love exemplified
Who divinely created...

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How surprising can a being gush out blood from another?
Or can the teeth of one taste the raw of his fellow's flesh?
How bad can a...

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My God, You are so good* to me…
Despite my sinfulness and selfishness
You gave Yourself to me with Your loving kindness
To save me from hell and...

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Admonishing against arrogance and apathy
Building lives buttressed with leadership brace
Caring for his children, blending compassion and circumspection
Daddy* dearest is decisive, determined, diligent, dedicated, disciplinarian...

Empowering with...

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SUPERLATIVES

S  uperlative sentiments subliminally stupefy- salubrious solitude

U  niquiviocal uproariously unconventional, uninhibited, unabashed

P  reposterously pedantic, precarious pandemics, perilous pandemonium 

E  uphoria exemplified,...

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