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Sackcloth and Ashes
Sackcloth and Ashes
The fabric of the universe.
The fabric of suffering for mankind.
Fibers woven on the looms of heaven.
Each strand gathered and dipped in gold and love.
Interconnected into the most extravagant garment of hope.
Sewn with the intent of healing the hearts of all mankind.

Sackcloth and Ashes.
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Categories: sackcloth, christian, courage, dedication, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Clothes Rent Worn Sackcloth Foggy Divided Shades
clothes rent worn sackcloth foggy divided shades
gallivant the Gwerthrynion dynasty ruling Powys, Vespasian's
Caesarea a Roman colony Severus' matropolis Origen's elegance, incensed
Bassus' treatise an acephalous treatise                    ...

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Categories: sackcloth, allegory, allusion, creation, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Sackcloth and Ashes
Midnight chimed day assassination, 
  sudden as a brain haemorrhage, 
  star-stabbed by psychotic pins; 
  issues aborted of carbonised wombs 
  blacked streets, tar-slithered. 
Recovering drunk, cold sobered, 
  imaged upon liquid plate glass, 
  appliances dormant and...

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Categories: sackcloth, introspection, life, sad, social,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Sackcloth and Ashes
Midnight chimed day assassination, 
  sudden as a brain haemorrhage, 
  star-stabbed by psychotic pins; 
  issues aborted of carbonised wombs 
  blacked streets, tar-slithered. 
Recovering drunk, cold sobered, 
  imaged upon liquid plate glass, 
  appliances dormant and...

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© Tony Bush  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sackcloth, life, lost love, sad,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things