Best Praying Poems

I saw a praying mantis as I went about my day
The brightest green, the coolest form
and I just had to say

“Please tell me of your prayer” He answered in his mantis style
“I pray my friends are happy
and they wear the nicest smile”

“I pray for those...

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Lord,
Should I pray for tomorrow?
I’m sure I’ll have many things I need.
But tomorrow may not come.
So I ask you Lord,
Should I pray for my next day?

Rivers will continue to flow.
Birds will fly and find their food.
Clouds will come and bring the rain.
So why should I...

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Oh, praying mantis, there with majesty,
you hold your slender arms so still and sweet,
in prayer like form that somehow makes us see
a kind and gentle species when we greet.

Your odd, triangle face responds your way
by nodding side to side, as if you hear
and grasp the...

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Quickly, 
Quickly, 
Quickly.

You spoke in search of light relief

And hearing your cries for Help

I cried myself to Sleep

On the rotten old couch upstairs 

While Mum Cradled you in your Marital Bed

I Prayed religiously 

Death come Quickly

To Shelter 

You from the Cancer Pain

A Milkshake Cocktail of...

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Praying Mantis

Patience – a virtue
silence in the sight of God
Grace – before meals


8/20/2016

submitted to – Praying Mantis – Poetry Contest
sponsor – Anthony Slausen...

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My girl she can keep very still,
it's no major act of will,
and can hold a stare without her eyelids dropping,
with her arms held out and bent
you can't tell that her intent
is to quickly swipe my wallet and go shopping.
She hides her feelings to me
and I'm...

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(A Prophetic Poem from the Holy Spirit)

When you pray in My Name there is hope!
There is peace!
There is joy unspeakable!
Did you know that when you pray in My Name it is like a supernatural key?
Yes, all of the heavenly hosts are at your beckon call...

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The wheels
                                in the brain         and...

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Wishing, Hoping, Praying

I wish so badly that I was dead
Found in a tree hung under head
The tender kiss felt from a rope
Its for this end that I do hope
To end the pain felt day to day
Its for my death that I do pray
So I am...

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Mantis
Verdant, skinny,
Praying, sneaking, planning
Insect, wife, insect, husband
Surviving, hoping, dying,
Fearful, easy,
Prey...

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for what is it
she prays
motionless Madonna
rapt in stillness
awaiting the unexpected
mate or meal
slender neck
cleavaged eyes
pious predator
poised on spindle legs


©8/29/2018

for Personification Poem Poetry Contest...

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Blinded By Life And Praying To Truly See


Hold that thought, 
the world desperately needs you
not just your skin
your deeper schemes
nor love that hath
quietly fled your stealthy
grasp
This loss, this aching
scrapes the brittle bones
tears apart your soul
seeps into your midnight bed
breaks your feet
swallows your vanity
and then vomits...

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Pray all alone since you've been gone
Knew all along, something was terribly wrong
Had to realize I wasn't that strong
Now in my head, only sad sad songs...

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When I take flight,
will it be by day or night?
Will you see me,
even if I am right in front of thee?
To fly like an angel I would be,
loving you and flying very free.
I would like to fly,
fly into the bright blue sky.
I will be there...

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Now I lay me down to sleep…

I pray that God will always be there
Holding me within His loving embrace
Whispering to me of gentleness and grace
Reassuring me that I have what it takes
To reach for the stars and find the moon
Shimmering its light across my thoughts
Mysterious...

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