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Best Innkeeper Poems

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Innkeeper
So why did I do it?
It still isn't clear.
The rooms were all taken;
The busiest this year.
And all of them dusty,
And all of them tired.
The trek...

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Categories: innkeeper, baby, bible, christmas,
Form: Rhyme



The Innkeeper
The death penalty.
What a laugh
And their pulling on strings
To keep this going
As their money bags swing
Lifelessly
From left to right.
How dare they take an old mans
Walking...

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Categories: innkeeper, adventure, allegory, angst,
Form: Free verse
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The Story of the Nativity in Rhyme

The night was cold, the journey long
The stars were shining bright,
As Joseph and Mary neared Bethlehem
On that wondrous night

The...

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Categories: innkeeper, christmas,
Form: Quatrain
Falling Bridges
The greatest miracle in days of yore  
unsurpassed, two millennia past or more 
a carpenter by trade, Joseph by name
was betrothed to Mary, a...

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Categories: innkeeper, angel, child, confusion, education,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Wonderland I: Prologue
The west winds of springtime
Brought forth April showers
That rained on the pavements
Of Southwick for hours.

It was standing room only
And full to the brim
As people sought...

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Categories: innkeeper, character, literature, london,
Form: Narrative



The Christmas Donkey
I was just a little donkey
carrying a Special Load.
A weary Joseph led me...
and on my back, Mary Rode.

Mary was tired and cold
and needed a place...

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Categories: innkeeper, birth, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
The Sheep and the Shepherds
Was there something of an issue there,
With a wondering sheep being lost, 
Just at that time when the shepherds, 
Were on the way to rejoice...

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Categories: innkeeper, angel, animal, birth, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wonderland VIII: Conclusion
it feels good to escape
with authors and poets
and dream up new places
with tales that are spun.

but sometimes what's real
and sometimes what isn't
encroach on each other
and...

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Categories: innkeeper, 10th grade, emotions, literature,
Form: Narrative
You'Ll Never Win Being Satisfied In Sin
You'll never win being satisfied in sin.

If you don't want to win, I suggest

Strongly that you do it, do it, do it

'Til you're satisfied whatever...

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Categories: innkeeper, inspirationalworld, work, child, sin,
Form: Rhyme
A Horse Story
Horse Story 
Whatever you do a horse will not be accepted in 
bar or an inn, our horse after hours of ploughing soil
was give beer...

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Categories: innkeeper, blessing, cheer up, giggle,
Form: Blank verse
The Hostler's Daughter
Lassie, pretty, invincible pleasure
The pride of a skilled crafter!
There lived on the landscapes a farrier,
By the ruins of Ottoman Empire.
His daughter, heaven's courtier!
A professional innkeeper;
Sometimes...

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Categories: innkeeper, imagination,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Mary Joseph and the Donkey
Mary Joseph and the Donkey
By Franklin Price
12/23/2105

Mary, Joseph and the donkey, on the way to Bethlehem.
Jesus not yet born, but he was still with them
Warm...

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Categories: innkeeper, christmas,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Wonderland V:The Chef's Tale
Morning

The Innkeeper checked his watch once again 
Hoping the chef's feelings weren't hurt.
The last time they were, he arrived two hours late
And then left, serving...

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Categories: innkeeper, betrayal, conflict, drink, food,
Form: Narrative
A Horse Story
Horse Story 
Whatever you do a horse will not be accepted in 
bar or an inn, our horse after hours of ploughing soil
was give beer...

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Categories: innkeeper, blessing, cheer up, giggle,
Form: Blank verse
Undeserved Kindness
How tenderly you cared for me
when you found me broken on the road
did lift me up gave me your own cup
removed from me my heavy...

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Categories: innkeeper, dedication, devotion, faith, forgiveness,
Form: Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs