Best Humbler Poems

In those primitive times of long, long ago
when behemoths wandered the land
when mankind was wicked and ruthless and raw
and battles were ever at hand.

An unruly...

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Lately I've been on flats, between heaven and hell
Who but the Almighty buffers me from lack

My stance is firm, I move with care
Not to tear...

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No one visited his grave today
No last respects did anyone pay
For his mortal soul did no one pray
No tears were shed when he passed away

His...

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Pride is a motivator,  a stimulator of scarlet soul
an accelerator to the next glorious goal
generator of newcoming awakening
cultivator out cunning the unkind
cutting away all...

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Life is about having the right attitude.
Don't be known as one with platitude.
Someone who is a habitual whiner, 
is not a good companion at a...

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It is not as simple as merely changing one's name
You must understand the cauldron before that came
And the hustler's hair caught fire burning into red...

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                  Scaly Kelly scrawled a scribble rolled up...

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When you were in front of me, your eyes
cut through me, they could expose me.
It took a while, but you broke me.   Just...

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What does it mean to be immersed in the waters of true love?
To be completely vulnerable; by her eyes willingly held captive.
I had constantly pondered...

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Kinder than me, You are
                   Unaware of...

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Quotes:
1. "Doubt is not the absence of faith - certainty is!"  Karen Armstrong

therefore

2. "It is impossible to be a true Christian and not have...

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You revealed the face within your face
Human,lowly, humbler than an ant
The pathos in your eyes made sad my gaze
The other face, defended, has no grace
With...

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Just Your Average Sinner
I am just your average sinner,
sly glances say, I am second chance, time around .
I spin mediocre wildest-dreams
in rundown hope hotels
I am...

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Dear Sue,

I am remembering our strong negative responses
to the young woman who surreptitiously read
her aunt's very private diary,
filled with vulnerable statements
of the most intimate nature
and...

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Soon We Celebrate the Day
By Franklin Price
12/22/2016

Soon we celebrate the day
When Jesus Christ was born
Most likely not the actual
Historians are torn

No question that it happened
Doesn't...

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In the midst of a milling crowd I stand alone,
Nonconforming, footloose and fancy-free
Trekking on my own beaten path and
Reaching yonder for the things sublime
Over in...

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I was Douglass
A good person
Better than the day that gifts a friendly sun
A humble fellow
Humbler than the trees that regard the regal ride of the
wind.
Oh,...

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I was standing in front of 
A small roadside tea vendor,
In a city called Guwahati.
It was a pleasant morning,
In that otherwise dusty metropolis.
While I was...

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Time has endless Patience
There from the start
There too, 'twill be, at the end
  when all else departs

Time's a humbler of Empires
Outlasts them all
Watches monuments...

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Poetry Defined

I’m a poet; you’re poets, and Poetry’s “Christ,
As God’s Word” meets the cross, where Love’s Truth, ‘Grace’ sufficed,
To absolve men from sin! More proof...

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