Best Litany Poems
Lighthouse LitanyLighthouse Litany
Statuesque and stalwart in your seaward gaze
There's such comfort in your beauty, you amaze!
Seafaring ships lost in wayward windswept seas
Conjures fears of drowning in crews prayerful pleas
As sailors catch sight of your luminous light,
You guide them to safety on a moonless night.
Your gift...
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Categories:
litany, light, sea,
Form:
Couplet
Litany Prayer PoemHALLELUJAH
Praise be-
God made me
Praise be-
Jesus set me free
Praise be-
Holy Spirit helps me,free-to-be
Praise be-
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Categories:
litany, celebration, christian, poems, prayer,
Form:
Didactic
Litany of Divine TruthEternal Father gave Father Christ the three-fold office of priest, prophet and king and will be called everlasting Father.
Father Christ, I believe
The Holy Trinity is in Father Christ
Father Christ I believe
Father Christ, You’re the Highest Priest of the Universal Church
Father Christ, I believe
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Categories:
litany, christian, devotion, faith, god,
Form:
List
A Litany of ThanksgivingThe highway bridges
Remnants of conversation
Clothed in ethereal blue.
Variform clouds
Stark white or gray
Bandage my heart.
Brother’s litany
Of thanksgiving
Floats above my head.
Mom and dad were
Good parents.
They worked hard.
Cemetery gates swallow us
Sleek and black
Like a raven
Plucking its prey.
Attendees’ musings are
Wetness on the
Road’s cheeks
Tactile as a
Cat’s tongue
Freshening the...
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Categories:
litany, bereavement, brother, death, faith,
Form:
Free verse
A Poetic Litany of Poems Celebrating Mlk DayThe Man…The Spirit
His name was Dr. Martin Luther King;
He was a peace-loving human being.
HIM
Preaching peace and love–
A mountain top of a man:-
Martin Luther King.
THE HUMAN DOVE
He came bearing a dream for humanity
Teaching nonviolence, peace, and love
He was a drum major for human equality
Sent down...
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Categories:
litany, black african american, high
Form:
Alliteration
Litany of LifeLive for life
Live for love
Love for keeps
Love for all
All is well
All is good
Good confesses all
Good resides in truth
Truth or consequence
Truth or dare
Dare to win
Dare to conquer
Conquer hate
Conquer fear
Fear no evil
Fear God
God is love
God is peace
Peace rejoices in you
Peace be with you
You hate
You lose
Lose your hatred
Lose...
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Categories:
litany, change, confidence, culture, family,
Form:
Blitz
A Litany of Poetry DevicesThe truthful liar mesmerized no one
Even his most fervent followers fell short.
We watched his interchanges which seemed crazy,
And his bragging and grandiose plans abort.
His love seemed wrapped up in his loving buck,
Stealthy snake-like purport with enemies he would consort.
Boom! He was on the TV....
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Categories:
litany, poems, poetess, poetry, poets,
Form:
Free verse
A Cherry Tree LitanyI feel the warmth of early morning sun.
The blackbird, singing in the cherry tree
Entrances all with matins just begun –
Ethereal plainchant, plangent melody.
The snow-white blossom hides a darkling bird
From eyes that would discern this source of joy.
Though nothing’s seen, his heartfelt song is heard,
His mate...
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Categories:
litany, bird, nature,
Form:
Sonnet
Litanywhat sin lies within seeking to learn the nature of our existence?
the wisdom of the ages is meaningless if humanity is gone
is afterlife more important than continuing humanity?
our very cosmos is filled with unidentified flying objects
time, beginnings and ends are tools which human consciousness created
change...
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Categories:
litany, future, people, perspective, philosophy,
Form:
Monoku
Pirate's LitanyStarlight
Starbright
Radiance in the shadows.
Starlight
Starbright
Shining high above the gallows
Starlight
Starbright
Guide our men at sea
Starlight
Starbright
Bring them on to safety
Starlight
Starbright
Across the seven seas
Forever shining upon their sails,
Longboat in tow, sword in hand
Valiant at arms upon the rails.
Each man a brother in this band,
All willing to die with a word
Hanging...
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Categories:
litany, adventure
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A Litany Alittered With AlliterationsFashioning the favourable foul,
Cutting the caustic cordial,
Rearing a rabid recall.
Pardon the potion
When blind and blundering
We fathom the favourable foul.
String along the slug
When casually and crazed
We concede the caustic cordial.
Split the sauce
When tardily and turbulently
We receive the rabid recall.
Behold the botheration of the booze!
Jilt the jitters...
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Categories:
litany, addiction, wisdom, word play,
Form:
Alliteration
Litany of Poetic DevicesThe night peevished in silence
Here on the grass I sit-but my heart stood
I hear my tiny thought tingle
It fluttered in my head like the wings of a bird
But, will this peace that I seek find me?
Even the sea is a lion that dares the...
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Categories:
litany, celebration,
Form:
Free verse
Louisiana LitanyLouisiana Litany
Bobby Jindal
Appeases christian rightists unlike William Tyndall.
Thinks Presidential aspirations a plus
To bring budget woes to US....
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Categories:
litany, celebrity, christian, creation, political,
Form:
Clerihew
Litany of DecayThis is for Litany of Decay
All hope tonight is just a void
Th cure was lost so long ago
But I still dream you will lie next to me
Though you gave up on me so long ago
I miss the way the pain made me forget
I miss the...
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Categories:
litany, allegory, angst, animals, childhood,
Form:
Lyric
Litany of BeesBuzz, buzz, buzzing our work is never done;
gathering the nectar kissed by the sun.
Buzz, buzz, buzzing a familiar tune;
We sing in harmony, throughout the afternoon.
Buzz, buzz, buzzing in a magical ballet;
Our pockets filled with beads of gold, then we fly away.
May 28, 2022
For: Bee Creative...
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Categories:
litany, imagery, nature,
Form:
Couplet