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Best Thyself Poems

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Premium Member Immerse Thyself In Wisdom
Wisdom, how can I know thee?
Through the pulse of my sensitivity.
Fully encompass me in thy glory.
Reveal to me your whole story.

Hold nothing back in thy...

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Categories: thyself, beauty, identity, life, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Know Thyself
Know Thyself
(one of the two Delphic commands of Apollo)



For years before the narrow windows of my senses
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Categories: thyself, god, me, world, voice,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member Know Yourself
For years before the narrow windows of my senses
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Categories: thyself, god, introspection, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Child of the King
I wondered how that I could be a child of the King.
A long lost soul, I had no goal, but to maybe act and sing.
I...

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Categories: thyself, blessing, christian, depression, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
Be Still
Be still..
There is only now..

Be still..
In this precise moment ..
Tis in the moment..
Your magnificence is born..

Every single breath you take..
Sustains life now..

Be still..
Is to know...

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Categories: thyself, encouraging, life, spiritual,
Form: Free verse



Ode To Mother Ganga
No mere river, thou art nation’s heartbeat,
That you came from heaven may be a myth,
Not that for common good ye fell beneath,
For centuries ye lift...

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Categories: thyself, mother, river,
Form: Ode
Premium Member The Poets Are Dead
On days I read…
   O dread
      The poets are dead!

A taste of bitter
   A tatterdemalion squalor
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Categories: thyself, writing,
Form: Free verse
Flaws
Noise chattering among us..
Whether outside
Whether inside..
It matters not..

Thoughts provoke frequently..
Undesirable..
Desirable..
Head is filled with noise pollution..
Days and nights..
Moment to moment..

Our flaws a constant reminder..
If only..
Why..
Thoughts haunting...

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Categories: thyself, encouraging, life, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Wings: My Favorite Things
Angel wings are not feathered but they are real,
Made from lighter stuff and stronger. 
They have a metaphysical feel,
And last an eternity longer.

The feel of...

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Categories: thyself, faith, introspection, loveangel, angel,
Form: Rhyme
Art of the Heart
Some write to write, others to please their own romance and love
I write to enchant thy heart, and thy imagination, thy vision
To tell yee the...

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Categories: thyself, adventure, faithlife, heart, write,
Form: Verse
Premium Member He Has Shown Me
(Music shared from Youtube posted 12/11/2010 · by ScriptureSongs)


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Categories: thyself, encouraging, humanity, inspirational, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member If you only knew
If I could live again, what lessons would I take?
Forevers missing something, repeating a mistake 

Yell into the void, hoping sage advice returns
Only an echo...

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Categories: thyself, anxiety,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Rise Up Warrior and Slay the Savage Beasts
Rise Up Warrior And Slay The Savage Beasts


Rise thyself up and fight the angry storm
Tomorrow will certainly be far too late
Stirring winds are flashing their...

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Categories: thyself, art, heart, life, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Lights And Candles How They Spangle

Tinsel charm trees so bright how they shine on Christmas night 
white snow falling gently calling, let us claim His light 
forward into Christmas we...

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Categories: thyself, analogy, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Loud Mouth
Inspired by Machinehead – Darkness Within (Acoustic version) & members of society who refuse to embrace the kiss of silence…

As great intentions
Wither upon invalidated declarations,
Serenity’s...

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Categories: thyself, life, people, slam, society,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things