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Best Mortal Sin Poems

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Premium Member The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of chance and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity,...

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Categories: mortal sin, death, evil, family, fate,
Form: Haibun



Premium Member Texian Macabre Arena
The First Texian Macabre Arena Ballad (The extended free-fallen edition)
 
In another life, is where I first saw your face!
One summer afternoon, lying wounded next...

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Categories: mortal sin, pride, sin, sorrow, symbolism,
Form: Ballad
Robot Revolution
Abandon futile attempts to run
Behold the process has begun
Step toward your darkest fear
Let’s flip the switch to a new frontier

Penetrating deep within
Evacuate your mortal sin
This...

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Categories: mortal sin, computer, dark, science fiction,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Depression
Unending darkness floods the skies
alone in dreams my heart must weep
no words are spoken or even cried
such silence lives where shadows sleep

My pleas just echo...

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Categories: mortal sin, angst, anxiety, depression,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Saints and Demons On Halloween
On the eve of All Saints Day known as Halloween
We've a night where nothing is ever as it seems
 
Abraham, Martin and John hosted a...

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Categories: mortal sin, holiday
Form: Couplet



The Devil Danced At Midnight
THE DEVIL DANCED AT MIDNIGHT

The devil danced at midnight
beneath a waning moon
with his minions before him,
twas a sight to make one swoon.
He pranced in jubilation,
then...

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© J. Summers  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mortal sin, halloween,
Form: Rhyme
The New Seven Deadly Sins
I think it's time to do an update
Of The Seven Deadly Sins
Most people do not know them all
Sit down and let's begin
I'm not really religious
But,...

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Categories: mortal sin, religion, sin,
Form: Rhyme
Can I Justify My Suicide
I was once asked if I wanted to live?
Did I have anything left to give?
Would I be able to justify this to my kin?
Could I...

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Categories: mortal sin, suicide,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hemlock Kiss
His last kiss cast poison upon my lips
Wine of sweetened hemlock I'd taken sips
With little time left for pain and sorrow
I write of what I...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mortal sin, betrayal,
Form: Sonnet
The Inadequate Poet
I’ve got a little secret, on which I would like to let you in,
But first, please promise me you won’t think I’m full of mortal...

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© Theresa T  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mortal sin, funny, poems,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Yesterday
sometimes when my mind gets free
and uses yesterday to trouble me
and i can find no peace that day
no music there for me to play
and looking...

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Categories: mortal sin, life,
Form: Rhyme
War of the Spirit
They live in mortal sin and shame
Between the lines of old and new
As us the righteous good and few
See infidels who aren't the same
How dare...

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Categories: mortal sin, art, faith, war
Form: Italian Sonnet
What Are You Thinking
(8/29/12)

What are you thinking of when you feel GODS might
When you feel his presence and your hearts in flight.
Do you feel a chill going thru...

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© Louis Rams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mortal sin, faith, heart, heart,
Form: Rhyme
She Does It Like No Other
Calculating my thoughts
down to a minute on
the clock
wondering just how long
before my heart is on 
the chopping block
seeing your face, your lips, 
the way your...

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Categories: mortal sin, black african american, body,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Tree of Life
The tree of life is thriving 

In a garden by the lake

Saving men from mortal sin

While the earth and heavens shake

Its seeds continue spreading 

Bearing...

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Categories: mortal sin, life, tree,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs