Best Respecter Poems

Darkness stalked through the shadowed lands
only briefly glimpsed before vanishing.
It passed through valleys and ridges leaving
in its wake despair and torment and Blood soaked lands.

No...

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It came without warning four hours before morning,
respecter of no man nor beast,
though the house was secure it had got in before
and headed straight up...

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The Bad, The Ugly and The Good  (aka: Bad, Badder, Baddest)


The Bad
I am the gun-toting, God-fearing Ganja Gangsta.
I’ll smoke you, pray for you, then...

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Cancer - The Invader 

By Betty Harp Butler


Cancer does not knock-
It invades.
It comes when you least expect it,
When things are going just fine.
Then boom!
And in...

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(for Jim Ducker)


The growth plundered your voice,
robbing it of tone; you spoke
in well-articulated whispers, inhaling
through that tube thing in your throat.

You shone, in spite of...

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Death
Who is no respecter of persons
Beloved, haters
Gather around
Secluded murmurs and vents
Bloodshot corneas
Shudders, silence
Some to merry only
Black, oblivion
Disbelief, later epiphany
Resounding salutations
Indeed! Some only to make merry...

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In the old woods did yang jump and laugh
For the weather was good for the fish he sought
In the ornate mansion did ying fret and...

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I waste a lot of my time on earthly things,
Ooh LORD my God I ask you to fix my corrupted brains,
If I knew where I...

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OGUNLABI OLAJIDE YUSUF-NativePen
DEATH
TIME OF THOUGHT:LOST
DATE OF THOUGHT:LOST
Umm………………………..
The end of mens sojourn
An August visitor
A must that all living dislike
Is there any armour against it?
A thief that...

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God came down and became a man
He wanted to fully understand
Since the consequence for sin has always been death
Jesus had to Indore our punishment up...

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Sitting on the beach, watching the waves gently lap the shore,
Thinking about life and all the good and the bad things I’ve done before.

Wondering why...

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LOVE IS A FACT BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
IT HAS NO RESPECTER; NOT LANGUAGE, 
RELIGION NOR POSITION. IT IS UNDISPUTED, 
WHETHER YOU KNOW SO OR NOT,...

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ENEMIES OF MY WORLD

They are the enemies of my world
I do the wrong, and they the right
They love nothing more than to criticize me
They preach...

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God, why do you like to be in control?
Why do we keep making mistakes and you keep correcting them?
Aren’t you ever tired?
Do we ask you...

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Scaling the walls outside
Like an agile athlete
Prayers is going out
For the sinners, the needy
And just as the demons retreat
A sudden drop of cold sweat
Rush down...

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