I C E : ODE TO SELF
...[Sponsor : Crystol Woods
Placed 5th in Contest]
I C E : Ode to Self
few Hearts can fancy dress their
nakedness in icicle Presence
fewer minds will slip into cemetery’s dusk
soul...
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Categories:
chastising, allusion, character, color, courage,
Form: Ode
PAINTBRUSH
...PAINTBRUSH
Fingertips the bristles of a
pagan paintbrush
painting a Tree of Life
on pacified cheekbones
instead of in liver
from whence it sprung
now it burns to feed
HeartSpace with wi...
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Categories:
chastising, allegory, art, body, color,
Form: Alliteration
The Clock on the Wall
...“The Clock on the Wall”
That clock! The clock with cruelty, unmovable.
Telling time to be forever in motion.
The ticking, a deafening sound.
Marked by grime.
Yellowed by generations, grown d...
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Categories:
chastising, analogy, angst, change, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR CLEANSING AND HEALING US
...October 4 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Matthew 8-10
Key Verse – Matthew 8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his lepro...
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Categories:
chastising, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
An Autumn Angel
...I took a stroll through the woods like I do every Fall;
it's a sensual treat at this time of the year.
And I came across a grove of ancient oak trees,
shedding amber, yellow, and golden leaves;
g...
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Categories:
chastising, autumn, beautiful, beauty, change,
Form: Imagism
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO STAINS OUR VAIN PRIDE
...August 1 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Isaiah 23-27
Key Verse – Isaiah 23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the ...
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Categories:
chastising, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
POEM 1
...Seek and ye shall find a song for you.and I. Love of a familiar kind. Eternally yous and forever mine. He is my provider my soul insighter. My world much brighter for before him I shine.Time is my fr...
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Categories:
chastising, dedication, desire, faith, fear,
Form: Rhyme
POEM 1
...Seek and ye shall find a song for you.and I. Love of a familiar kind. Eternally yous and forever mine. He is my provider my soul insighter. My world much brighter for before him I shine.Time is my fr...
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Categories:
chastising, dedication, desire, faith, fear,
Form: Rhyme
POEM 1
...Seek and ye shall find a song for you.and I. Love of a familiar kind. Eternally yous and forever mine. He is my provider my soul insighter. My world much brighter for before him I shine.Time is my fr...
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Categories:
chastising, dedication, desire, faith, fear,
Form: Rhyme
POEM 1
...Seek and ye shall find a song for you.and I. Love of a familiar kind. Eternally yous and forever mine. He is my provider my soul insighter. My world much brighter for before him I shine.Time is my fr...
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Categories:
chastising, dedication, desire, faith, fear,
Form: Rhyme
POEM 1
...Seek and ye shall find a song for you.and I. Love of a familiar kind. Eternally yous and forever mine. He is my provider my soul insighter. My world much brighter for before him I shine.Time is my fr...
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Categories:
chastising, dedication, desire, faith, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Easter 2024
...A sinless one pays the wages of sin
One in whom death hath no hold
An anomaly goes unseen
For thirty silver coins He is sold
Offending many with all he aimed to mean
That was mocked and frowned ...
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Categories:
chastising, christian, easter,
Form: Rhyme
Overwhelmed
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On days like today, I need you the most
When it seems that nothing goes right
You're the only one who can cheer me up
Sweet love, my whole day you light
With a fire, a passion, a bu...
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Categories:
chastising, love,
Form: Rhyme
Son Say Goodnight To Grandpa
...“Son”...”say goodnight to grandpa”
Spurred by mother dearest
as well as other politesse
drummed into her second born
fobbing blandishments as incentive
tumbled off fingers of prodigal son
tr...
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Categories:
chastising, 12th grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Bird On the Hill
...The bird on the hill wakes up early in the morning pulling and shaking the awning giving rise to a tempestuous heat that resides in the deep.
It is not one of those cool mornings when everything...
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Categories:
chastising, absence, beautiful, community, devotion,
Form: Narrative
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