Best Humility Poems

How high the bar that makes a poet Real!
(He walks in mists, and shadows of himself)
To be a poet, is to burn with steel
Set short time in the forge, the lesser self!
He brands his heart with fiery words, set down
And burns his mind with thinking, ‘til it glows,
He hopes, of sonnets, his will be the...

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It's said 100 million Americans watched the Superbowl, which like a religious event is held on Sunday. I wonder if 100 million Americans have ever gone to church on a Sunday. Now I love a good football game: it is a brutal and beautiful sport, replete with a gladiator's violence and a ballerina's grace. But...

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I often cower at the thought
of conflict, and what grief it's brought -
while you have courage to engage the fight
for what is right.

I frequently will fret and fear
in dread at what might happen here - 
while your strong hope believes the future brings
a bird that sings.

I sometimes walk with head held high,
a prideful, unrepentant guy...

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There are times when I barely survive
The moments of melancholy and pain
Moments when I just have to cry out
With fears that make me feel beaten
Moments when I don’t know what to say
There are only heartbroken tears flowing

All I can do when I find myself feeling this way
Is reach out to the all knowing Son of...

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                    Tribute to my Poet Angel
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Humility is not Inferiority
      concluding, 'Woe is me!' 

   Open your heart's eye wide to see
      What can I do ~ Where is my opportunity...

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STAND WITH A FACE OF HUMILITY

Thou curse a great angel to fall 
from the heavens of glory and power,
though let man build towers for himself alone
letting him gaze on earth down.
Daggers are unknown but 
they are directed to oneself
piercing six-inches deep in the heart
though made unreachacble stars of ruthless dreams,
there bete noire, implacable enemies abounds...

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Ars Poetica
 
Horace circa 19 BC gave some sound advice to
poets on the art of writing poetry and drama.

The following thoughts may echo in our minds,
most likely, the intent of what he may have meant . . .

A poem may excite and delight readers with its
imagery, meaning, metaphors, and so much more

A poem may speak...

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I found myself eating grass, acting foolishly
Running with animals, untamed in the fields
One day reason was granted
This understanding was painful
Reaching out I cried for help
Then a Wind heard my plea 
Took pity and carried me off
Offered protection and shelter
Gave back all that was lost
Whispered, “Oh Nebuchadnezzar”
“I’ve waited for you”
Showed how love worked
Forced my soul to...

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In twilight's realm where...
moonbeams entwine.
There are two owls engaged...
in a contrast of minds:
A Great Horned Owl so proud and strong!
And a Great Gray Owl whis is cunning and long.

Amidst the trees their feathers shone,
"Who is the wisest?" their voices cried...

As their debate ignited, fierce and esteemed,
Their claims soared through the moonlit tide.

Their egos clashed, each...

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All of the wrongs we have done to each other,
We will overlook...
W's lawsuit against my church, because they will not permit him to smoke there,
My interminable and intolerable lateness,
J's calling me, 'pathetic',
MY frustration with W's 'INCORRECT' political opinions,
W's insults, via text message,
MY chauvinism about my religion...
J's unpleasant, unfriendly criticism...
ALL these, we will overlook...

And give each...

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Humility and pride


1. Humility is the portal to spiritual understanding.


2. Pride is the principal obstruction to spiritual perception.


Intellect should direct us to a higher Being. Prideful thinking does not permit clear thinking; when pride gets in the way, a normally rational being is not able to perceive evidence of God in the cosmos.




John Derek Hamilton
September...

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I loved her, and O!  How I meant not to!
To be my dead wife's husband, and a friend
Respectful of her sister, humble, too,
And now, respect and friendship're at an end.
I thought that I could keep my feelings out
Of any interaction that we had,
I thought that I had bound them, with ropes stout
And just for...

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Signs of humility is so very hard to find
so many pump up self think they're swell
but they forget God who constantly looks
for humble hearts, of themselves won't tell

Everywhere there are people caught in pride
Focusing on their own self-seeking desires
Never thinking of the ways to give tender care
Not reflecting on all the things that love requires

Look...

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Collaboration by Gordon McConnell and Regina Riddle

Signs of humility is so very hard to find
so many pump up self think they're swell
but they forget God who constantly looks
for humble hearts, of themselves won't tell

Everywhere there are people caught in pride
Focusing on their own self-seeking desires
Never thinking of the ways to give tender care
Not reflecting on...

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