Best Set Free Poems

Lord Jesus Christ, You have set me free
From the clutches of hell for eternity
By shedding Your last drop of blood for me
On the Cross of Calvary;

Jesus, You are my Lord and destiny,
My friend forever in the years to be,
By Your grace, with faith I follow...

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How romantic, the fall, so far above the pleading waves.
The heights, the depth, to look the deep in eye and weep.
Air space between the lovers’ arc and shallow graves.
The tangible singsong of wedding bells and tragic leap.

Imagine it, the harp-like spray, the call of gulls,...

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The child sat on the sofa,
her body laiden with bruises and covered in lice. 
She was only the age of one,
         maybe two.
     How could this be true?
I stared at my friend and she at me.
Tears flooded my eyes, how could this be?
My friend babysat...

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Our caged bird will sing no more
Though her songs will live on forever
Angel wings she now adorns
With our tears upon each feather

The freedom she sought
The love that she taught
The words that she strung together
Are treasures to keep
While in sorrow we weep
For a world that will...

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ashes released~
Red tail Hawk Hovers
as loving Hands drop blooms....

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edward
      estlin
      cummings
      hurled syntax
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Heart Set Free


                                   Betrayal stirs his dormant shiver
 
  ...

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I thought the previous version was a little too long, I feel that this shorter one captures the essence with less story.




A place to belong,
Neither here nor there
Shadows of one's self,
to shy from scrutiny
Aching heart,
Unbearable thoughts
In its murkiest depth,
A little child, crying
"Where is my peace?"

Cries...

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Blood moon follows, blood ties undone
Revealing players under righteous sun
No hostages to fortunes, emotional bonds
The self awakens, new dawn begun...

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A sudden shortness of breath,
The clenching of the chest. 
You hear the news fail like you're deaf,
The first thing you want to do is confess. 

A young man's life cut short,
In a foreign country away from family. 
You scream that he needed more,
But atleast his...

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As I lay my heavy heart and mind down to sleep,
If I fail to wake come morning, please do not weep
I have suffered in this cruel world for way too long,
I have awoken to the Heavenly Choir singing redemption's song

All my suffering, on earth below
The...

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I am a Broke Man, with a father in a home, but
Yet I feel fatherless in my on home. 
I'm A Broke Man, I have no father at all, because we lack a father In our lives we Struggle and Suffer in life.
I'm a Broke...

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my soul is set free . 

you will never understand my dreams. 

i am the moonlight that sets the sky whispering insight. 

that rooster that roo;s to your every morninig light. 

the rain that droughts in the stormy lighning night. 

the invisible air you cant...

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I should not have been surprised
I have seen it before
the isolation,
making yourself a priority
then the withdrawal
the disinterest
I am not holding a grudge
I am just hopeful
that one day, 
you will realize, the self destructing path you’re on..

No talking behind your back
I’m better than that,
I wish you...

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Men with moral fiber filled their cups.
To celebrate that night’s success.	
Through darkness to the palace,
bold stallions had galloped,
to make right a wrong.
Reunited,
Robinhood
was set
free.

ã June 11, 2012
Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

Written for Poetry Soup Member Contest:  Imagination
Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud...

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