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Best Trial By Fire Poems

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Trial By Fire
King Nebuchadnezzar ordered people to worship a statue that was ninety feet high.
But when three good men refused to worship it, the king condemned them...

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Categories: trial by fire, angel, bible, fire, god,
Form: Rhyme



Believe
When I was younger i was taught to believe in god
Now i wonder if i misunderstood, Whether it was all a mirage
Baptized in holy water...

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Categories: trial by fire, depression, faith, introspection, spoken
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Death Calls You By Your Name
A thunder-clap, the storms approach
Each eerie revelation
No hope for man
Nor none for 'roach
A prophetic annihilation

The World awaits, a harrowed end
Apocalyptic measures
Mans soul, it hangs
Tentative, it...

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Categories: trial by fire, corruption, evil, holocaust, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Manic Meditation On the Bipolar Blues
Wild with unbounded energy tonight,
     I eschew my med's; but I soon then hear 
     the frightful...

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Categories: trial by fire, psychological, self, sick,
Form: Sonnet
Overheard ( But Not Confirmed Yet.) By the Throne of God...
Of all your constant transgressions, I tire.
Yes, you're pushing it down to the wire.
I even sent you My Son
yet His work stays undone.
Must I resort...

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Categories: trial by fire, faith, imagination, religion, sad
Form: Limerick



Hero
I have no role model,
No hero to worship.
But if I did, I'd never leave their side.
I would want to grow up to be just like...

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Categories: trial by fire, adventure, character, courage, hero,
Form: Free verse
Death Calls You By Your Name
A thunder-clap, the storms approach, an eerie revelation
No hope for man, nor none for 'roach
A prophetic annihilation

The World awaits a gruesome end, apocalyptic measures
Mans soul...

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Categories: trial by fire, dedication, earth, world,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Novus Ordu Seclorun
The new education system
In truth it’s meant to twist ‘em
Into something that
A child ain’t meant to be
It steals their precious playtime
Corrupts their daily timeline
It heralds...

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Categories: trial by fire, america, bible, corruption, education,
Form: Rhyme
Berserker
Trial by fire
Heart is game, showing us red
Tunnel visioned aim
Slipping bullets, jumping trains
Can't be stopped unless we're dead...

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Categories: trial by fire, dedication, desire, devotion, heart,
Form: Tanka
Happy Resolve
As I set upon my stoop today,
a nervous smug permeated.
Child like joy coming my way,
excited what fate has slated.

I believe in a future that's bright,
whether...

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© Ryan Tyler  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: trial by fire, character, encouraging, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member False Gild
False Gild


False gild now flakes on warping frame
gold faded by erosion’s truth
cold haven of a dusty god
unable to protect its youth.

Twisted smiles of fallen idols
grin...

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Categories: trial by fire, abuse, corruption, religion,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Longest Journey
Heart, tempestuous and wild
Delights in the dance of contrast
Although knowing it will not last
Frolics about like a playful child

Mother and Father join the play
Name of...

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Categories: trial by fire, spiritual,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Brother Best
O thou hast been my brother best 
Through this sad time of bitter fears. 
Thy brother hath but one request; 
Above thy heart to rest...

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Categories: trial by fire, brother, brother, brother, day,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Loosening Tongue
I had no voice, I could not speak.
God knew what havoc this could wreak.

He found a way to loose my tongue
For those songs waiting to...

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Categories: trial by fire, faith, life,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Faith Greater Than Gold
A faith that overcomes all things
what price is that faith’s value?
indeed a faith that moves mountains
such a prize thus a golden brew

If you had a...

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Categories: trial by fire, bible, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme

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