Angels
...Hymn (there wasnt a hymn option in the form list)
CM (common meter, 8,6)
dedicated to my grandfather who used to teach Sunday School.
Your Awesome Splendor, Mighty Lord,
sustains all time and ...
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Categories:
common meter, angel, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Prayer For Healing
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O, God of mercy and The Word,
Be merciful to me.
Who keeps Your eye on each small bird,
I pray watch over me.
O, God of healing and of pow'r,
Send balm to soothe my pain.
Who puts p...
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Categories:
common meter, health, religious,
Form: Lyric
Freedom's Crow
...Board fence entraps three Angus cows
who would much rather go
out and about to their content
than hear from freedom's crow.
Corralled within their space so small
constrained by pride-filled sq...
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Categories:
common meter, 11th grade, animal, bird,
Form: Personification
Shoreline
...The ocean waves come rolling in
There’s not a soul in sight
With heaving breath they break on shore
And burst in brilliant white.
The sound of wind is in the air
The jutting rocks stretch high...
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Categories:
common meter, sea, wind,
Form: Rhyme
Opaline Glass
...Made of fine glass of opaline,
a mantle clock in France,
placed low on a silvery shelf
of place where we did dance
Of pink, and a polished pontil,
I stared at it a while...
It stays inside fo...
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Categories:
common meter, imagery,
Form: Rhyme