Cleansing Poems

I had blood on my face

I had blood on my face. Dirty. Gracious. And… disgusting. Blood dripping on my face. Didn’t know it. It just smelled bad.

When I looked at my face in the mirror, I thought… that the mirror had the blood.

I kept cleaning it. Cleaning it. Rubbing it. With my arms. With my palms. With my fingertips.

At the
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Categories: cleansing, abuse, allusion, analogy, anger,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Water of Life

O to bathe in some clear, crystal water
That would wash me as white as the snow!
Every blemish, disease, and disorder,
In its pureness would all have to go.

I would learn to relax in its stillness;
To its movements I'd learn to give in.
In its flow would be perfect contentment,
Far removed from commotion and din.

I would dive in
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Categories: cleansing, bible, christian, faith, god,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberCleansing The Heart Couplet

A heart has nothing hidden, that a tongue will not reveal.
In flashes of stress or anger, a tongue amplifies how we feel.

                                 
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Categories: cleansing, anger, god, heart, stress,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberTHE KILLING FIELDS

This horrendous Cambodian war-time story,
Ends with Cambodian glory,
Journalists forged a strong friendship within hard cruel times,
It is one of the best movies ever and all so true,
These two men Sydney Schanberg and Dith Pran
In the face of horrific adversity
Face death, threats, imprisonment, catastrophe,
Yet together, help and document about a hovering 
Communist strategy.


The Vietnam war at
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Categories: cleansing, political,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberCleansing



I will overcome the bad things that disrupted my life
Cherishing these lessons learned that I can now act upon
Cleansing, healing, being all that I can be, a triumph!

Heidi Sands

4/13/25

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Categories: cleansing, change, courage, life, success,
Form: Sijo


Premium MemberA date with sunrise

i invite the freshness
of the mountain air
to fill my lungs
inhale replenish
and clear my thoughts
as i quietly await 
the ceremonial rising 
of the majestic sun



AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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Categories: cleansing, morning, mountains, sun,
Form: Free verse

Afloat

I am simply trying to stay afloat 
In an otherwise sinking land
An escape between past and future 
An island of pain 
Treaded up 
Barefoot in the sand 
Grains of memories stuck in the creases 
Standing is sore 
Walking is sore
On my hands and knees I beg
Relief is all I pray for 
The physical and mental
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Categories: cleansing, cry, depression, grief, pain,
Form: Free verse

The Bloom Dance

New rains kiss the earth,
Seeds sprout from the darkened depths,
Life dances anew.
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Categories: cleansing, endurance, growth, hope, metaphor,
Form: Haiku

Cleansing Smoke

This empty pack of cigarettes
Reminds me of the time we met
We were vibrant and young
We watched the world as we spun
Around
Dancing among all these questions 
The heavy glow was making fun
Mocking the future of what was to come
The sun is setting on a love once lost
Anew day is approaching
But at what cost? 
Five foot even
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Categories: cleansing, angst, anxiety, break up,
Form: Imagism

Premium MemberCleansing Hatred

Cleansing Hatred
Written: by Miracle Man
11/19/2024

Drinking from a pool polluted by hate,
leaves a craving that’s never satisfied.
Hate is a condition that won’t abate,
nor is it something that can be denied.

Who knows how hatred enters someone's heart,
is it some occurrence that gives it birth. 
Often thoughts arrive about a fresh start,
but cleansing hearts of hate takes God's
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Categories: cleansing, faith, forgiveness, god, hate,
Form: Quatrain

Premium MemberPRAISE 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 leprosy was cleansed.

PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR CLEANSING AND HEALING US

Praise be to God for cleansing and healing us from our:
Frustration-futility toward
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Categories: cleansing, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration

Cleansing Ministry

There's cleansing in the
Appointed Son's ministry
He looks each man's heart.
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Categories: cleansing, engagement, faith, gospel, perspective,
Form: Senryu

Premium MemberDeath to all the Angels

Death to all the angels,
	Death in the crying sky.
The eyes of hungry babies probe us.
	They plead with us in abject terror.
In ghettoized Gaza,
	No mother and child will sleep,
Bombed as they weep,
	They are the fish in a barrel.
This is collective punishment
	Of all the guilty infants.
All the guilty Palestinians will be cleansed,
	They will be purged in reprisal.
The
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Categories: cleansing, angel, children, death, fear,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberVoodoo Wedding

A trip to New Orleans to be married by Bloody Mary
The iconic voodoo priestess of the irresistible charm of which she carries
A beautiful courtyard is the setting for the big event
Seats filled with family friends and from up above spirits sent
You could fill the presence of the spirit world in the air
A ceremony to be
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Categories: cleansing, wedding,
Form: Rhyme

Cleansing Tears

Author Dana Redricks
July 9, 2023

Our tears are meant to cleanse the soul, to wash away the burdens that take their toll. In their gentle stream, we find release, a solace for the heart, a moment of peace.

Never be ashamed to let them flow, for tears have a purpose, as we come to know. They carry
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Categories: cleansing, christian, confidence, encouraging, hope,
Form: Free verse

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