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Best Supplication Poems

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Premium Member Quietus
In a mire brewed
betwixt puddles of hell and mute dissent 
a martyr wades - 
weighed down by chains of shame and disdain
alas the thirsting self-absorbed...

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Categories: supplication, angst, conflict, dark, depression,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Warriors' Hymn
Lord, place Thy Hand on the yoke of those who fly,
And guide them through the vast reaches of the sky.
Bring them safely through their perilous...

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Categories: supplication, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Immutable Beliefs Upholding My Being
This Current Life of Mine
          Created by the Supreme Almighty for His pleasure, I bear His...

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Categories: supplication, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member When Nature Calls
I strain against the rising tide
    But I find no solace there.
My only hope for some success
    Is to...

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Categories: supplication, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cover My Nakedness
Through shoveled loam I glimpse pale light
   Hands dare intrude into my burial crypt
Exposing the devastation of my decay
   Dignity of...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: supplication, death,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member What I Kneel For and What I Stand For
It seems that politics today invades nearly every aspect of life,
And creates forlorn misery, pitiful stress and needless strife.
We can't enjoy sporting events 'cause its...

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Categories: supplication, america, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
A Respectable Tree
The tree of my ritual was old and tall,
though not a true giant;
the next one may be, but needn't.
It possessed consequence in its bough
and the...

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Categories: supplication, metaphor, tree,
Form: Free verse
Winding Wind
Why does the wind create that howl
and with it such a sensation?
It's in your heart, your mind, your soul.
It seems to reach for your very...

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Categories: supplication, crazy, depression, i miss
Form: Free verse
Adebimpe, the African Beauty
ADEBIMPE

Going through this life at a frenzied pace
It's clear why we call it human race
I saw a piece of carefully gathered stardust
A desire for every...

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Categories: supplication, africa, character, eulogy,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Gallivanting As the Unicorn's Guest -
Galloping within the nights of her innocence
he raced around the field fire chasing the heat of equine glee,
the horn of his head, a wizard's weapon...

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Categories: supplication, fantasy, birthday,
Form: Epic
Premium Member God's Shadow-For Contest
GOD’S SHADOW/for contest


There were prayers – hollow, empty – prayers.
Oh, the hands were folded, heads bowed,
voices muffled in saint-like submission,
reverberating the words – following
as children...

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Categories: supplication, childhood, prayer, religion,
Form: Free verse
Crossroads
The tapered blade glinted in the fast fading moonlight
It slipped so easy between the ribs on this, another murderous night
Swiftly the body was denuded of...

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Categories: supplication, fear, body,
Form: Quatrain
Imprint of Sorrow
Amidst the solitude of empty pews in hallowed halls
she took a seat and prayed she would not be forsaken.
Candles lit, soft glow throwing shadows on...

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Categories: supplication, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
Show Me the Way Home (He's Coming Back) Pt.1
My Bros.' & Sister's the [Book] tell us that we are made in the image of God, made
in the likeness of him.  So why...

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Categories: supplication, happiness, uplifting, me, me,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Chimera World
Misleading, minacious maze now thwarted,
eschews stealth as sandal-clad steps resound.
Determined and dour, destiny draws near;
completing this quest: forever renowned.

Stygian sky grants a much-welcomed boon:
conformable clouds...

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Categories: supplication, angel, fantasy, hero, moon,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs