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Best Persecute Poems

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I Once Was a Soldier
1.
Why do we persecute this Jesus?
this Palestinian Jew, with claim
to one almighty God?
Ahh! let me home, it’s all too
much, and no avail.

so I Longinus, leader...

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Categories: persecute, jesus, , cute,
Form: Free verse



Gypsies
We are the children
of the Four
A wandering race
The leaves, trees
and streams feed us
The earth, water and
winds sustain us
We belong to no man
A race so
complicated
You talk...

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Categories: persecute, death, holocaust, , cute,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Writer's Dream of Freedom
in a dusty old Amsterdam attic
Anne Frank finds refuge
outside the menacing Gestapo
seeks wordsmiths to persecute

Anne adds another page to her diary
memories of Frankfurt
blurred by pains...

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Categories: persecute, cute, fear, history, poetry,
Form: Free verse
You Know My Torment You Hear My Cry
Watching the television
Reading the news
I ask not for your views
your case for war is farcical
Your indifference to human suffering is immoral
Yet you call yourselves men...

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Categories: persecute, nature, anger, me, rights,
Form: Free verse
Where Did My World Go Anyway
Very silently step by step
In the dark it slowly crept
Until one day, to my surprise
The world I knew, I could not recognize
Little bits first then...

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Categories: persecute, change, violence, world, ,
Form: Rhyme



The Runner and I
There was a little boy so blue
amongst the pain of life he grew

He wondered where he'd be one day
so Satan helped to lead the way

He...

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Categories: persecute, bullying, evil, husband, mystery,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Angelic
And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice. There...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persecute, analogy, emotions, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Acrostic On Jaimin Rajyaguru Sir
Jaimin sir, a kind man, with smile cute,
Prepared for supporting me in lawsuit
Is ready to fight against any odd acute;
Managing school and university with astute.
In...

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Categories: persecute, friendship, inspiration, inspirational, ,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Better Love Mercy---
People whom are haters, better love mercy
People who rape women and children
People who steal for false prosperity
Like minded sinners filling up hell
People whom are murderers,...

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Categories: persecute, appreciation, blessing, desire, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Take My Hand Not My Life
Take My Hand Not My Life

Life special moments of splendors
Smoldering away like embers
Silently yearning to be wanted 
But always undesired
~
Take my hand not my life
~
Tolerate...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persecute, abuse, immigration,
Form: Free verse
The Struggle
HE STRUGGLE

Heated walls Suffocating air 
Warm bed sheets
Soft, steaming pillow.
Prickly heat, Trickling sweat
Crossed midnight, exhausted body
The cock’s crow disturbed my rest
Need to rush to the...

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Categories: persecute, anxiety, change, conflict, depression,
Form: Free verse
Perfectionism
Perfection, is an evil lord
demanding ever greater tribute, 
it wields a sharp and heavy sword
that pierces deep to persecute

I fear this liege, this graven image
there's...

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Categories: persecute, pain, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Unsung Heroes of the Predawn Light
We are the unsung heroes of the predawn light.
No we may never have fought in a great war,
or saved a soul from the snapping jaws...

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Categories: persecute, care, children, work, ,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member You'Re My Light - Davedas Concrete Candle Style
~ You  Are My  Light  ~
( Daveda's  Hybrid  Concrete Candle)



~O~



 Dear 
 Lord 
 You're 
 My Light 
 You...

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Categories: persecute, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form: Free verse
Moneylender (Poem Based On Shylock; a Character From Merchant of Venice)
Moneylender 

You were rejected by your fellow man
A pound of flesh to heal your wounded pride
A just reward for squelching on a loan

Your hatred toward...

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© Jesse Wood  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: persecute, dedication
Form: Villanelle

Book: Reflection on the Important Things