Godlike
With all the Gods who've been and gone
religiously believed in and prayed upon
for sure Thor was but one
but who'll be the next to come along
will we sing praises to him it or her
faithfully erect an edifice to edify
incense burn sacrifice virgins
bow down on our knees to deify
will fire and brimstone or flagellation
appear in the equation
with
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Categories:
brimstone, fun, god, humor, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Fire And Brimstone Preacher
a cool spring Midwestern morning
the preacher started his sermon
a guest preacher known for fire and brimstone
the little country church was filled
censuring the flock about their sins
claiming to be sin free himself
he said he was perfect like Jesus Christ
and that's when it happened
two large front doors blew open
gust of wind raced down the aisle
happened so fast
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Categories:
brimstone, christian, judgement, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Fire and Brimstone
FIRE AND BRIMSTONE
Whitened collar, fixedly starched
To the ultimate limits of self-perfection,
Points righteous, crooked finger
At an open-mouthed assembly,
Crouching beneath thick-
Eyebrowed gaze of a dark
Frock-coated scarecrow.
His cackling voice emits
Hollowed-out squawks,
Casting lines of invective
Like steel confetti
Into the ironic celebration
Of a judgemental wedding
For outsiders, condemned
Beyond the pale.
Heaven is expunged by
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Categories:
brimstone, abuse, addiction, corruption, hate,
Form: Free verse
Hell's Fury
Opening my eyes …To the fire
In pain I can’t describe - Hell’s flames …Are beyond my thinking - Beyond comprehension
Nothing can quench …The fire I am alive - I cannot die - I’m on fire … In the depths of a place
I never imagined … Or dreaded - A place I didn’t believe existed
There
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Categories:
brimstone, dark, death, fire,
Form: Free verse
Brimstone Street
This street is frequented by people in distress,
because, any difficulty, annoyance, concern, difficulty, contract, time, inconvenience, or obstacle,
were resolved simply in a single walk
The access road is narrow and little traveled.
Except for the people crowding the entrance.
As for me, please
Take me there
where they don't ask questions.
Because I don't even have time to go further
nor
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Categories:
brimstone, depression, future, heaven,
Form: Prose Poetry
Brimstone One
See the frightening of the beast,
I think he's angry at the coming east.
He finds it hard to see the house, over the dead…
Overshadowed by thunder heads.
What is that soaring near the tower?
I think it’s the rise of the owl.
If it is but an evil deed, things are,
Admired as the corpse sits upon leaves.
In a scary
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Categories:
brimstone, allusion, dream, murder, parody,
Form: Rhyme
Brimstone Reign
Goodbye, *****Erectus!
Talking monkey with the rainforest tan
Bent knuckles scarred ...
low brow crouching,
and arched eyes wondering —
Looking at the bright yellow rock
dusk paper moon burning
Green banana hope
is swelter swagger of nuclear dawn man
Bad buy, *****Sapien!
Curious chimpanzee, ever tool tinkering
Tick-tock pages
of the Jungle Book clock
is mandrill turning
Loves the evol jokes
that a-peel knock
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Categories:
brimstone, allegory, dark, memorial, visionary,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Brimstone
Pain and fire; you understand?
No! I do not understand myself!
And what have I done?
O God - what have I -
I don't want the answer but I cannot run
What's broken then? Can circumstance really be faulted?
Or has the apple rotted right down to the core?
Nothing left but to perish in its own toxic flesh.
Yet ... if
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Categories:
brimstone, angst, recovery from, sin,
Form: Free verse
Brimstone
A balmy day in February,
A flash of yellow's all I saw,
A welcome harbinger of Spring –
A paper bird upon the wing.
By name, a brimstone butterfly,
So apposite, its sulphur hue
Glows brightly, fresh, upon the eye,
Light as a feather it flits on by.
I watch it settle on a briar,
Presumably in search of food,
In vain – the rose-hips
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Categories:
brimstone, butterfly, imagery, spring, yellow,
Form: Verse
Brimstone Bbq
Take a number and pick a seat
How are you enjoying the heat
Welcome to the kitchen of hell
You will be here for a spell
Rotten meat and burning flesh
Hope you don't mind the smell
Smell of sulphur masks the fumes
Morbid screaming from the rooms
If you are abrade to die
Look around and you nay realize
We are all already
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Categories:
brimstone, dark, death, life, metaphor,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Fire and Brimstone
I was giving a lesson on the Liberty Bell, as the daily Church bells went off.
Yes, you guessed it, Dragon wanted to ring them, suddenly he was aloft.
Before we could follow, he was out of sight, but that didn’t matter, anyhow.
The only steepled church, with bells, is on the other side of town, I vow.
Time
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Categories:
brimstone, adventure, confusion, fantasy, funny,
Form: Light Verse
What Ever Happened To Fire and Brimstone Preaching
As I sit here on a Saturday night and prepare my heart for the Lord’s Day tomorrow I can’t help but reminisce about the days I spent in church as a child. The one thing that stands out about the difference between those days and now is the style and topic of preaching in churches.
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Categories:
brimstone, christian,
Form: Free verse
Fire N Brimstone
Fire N Brimstone
I feel my blood run cold, like
ice water is being pumped
through my veins.
Ice chip tears start to form and
console my now frozen heart
Blood turns black from fire n
brimstone
A raven shrieks announcing his
arrival, he comes on swift
wings
And takes everything from me
Tears of ash shine like
diamonds
Under the blanket of
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Categories:
brimstone, deathlost, fire, fire, lost,
Form: Free verse
The "joy" of Fire and Brimstone
Satan brings you "joy"
Until you die in his arms
Of fire and brimstone
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Categories:
brimstone, adventure, death, happiness, introspection,
Form: Haiku
' Brimstone ! ... ' (Or a Cryptic-Cremation)
‘ Brimstone ! … ’ (or A Cryptic –Cremation)
Ashes to Ashes
Dust to Dust
Flesh and Blood
Wood and Mud
Sun and Moon
Craters and Crust
Flames to Ashes
Smoke to Dust
Ape and Man
Heart and Brain
Glass and Sand
Abel and Cain
Spend this Space
On this Earth
Cutting Down
Another’s Worth
So Much Hate
On World and Planet
Trying to Paint
And Stain Pearls and Granite
‘Til,
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Categories:
brimstone, allegory, faith, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Light Verse
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