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Forsook Poems - Poems about Forsook

A Father’s Lament to Obama
...My son, When the ancestors lit the candle of your destiny, We sang for you in the wind, We carved your name into the stars And called you Moses for your people. But you— You danced in marble ......

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Categories: forsook, betrayal, family, father son,
Form: Free verse
Babbling Brook or Dirty Harry
... Michelin star cricketing cook…by hook or crook.. so canny..will find every nook and cranny…if you took a look at the record..score or text book ..won’t have forsook ..our dutiful..beautiful babblin......

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Categories: forsook, sports,
Form: Free verse



Blessed Be the Restorer of His Saints
...Blessed be the Lord God Almighty, Who delivereth His generals from the snares of the enemy. In their great fall, He forsook them not, But upheld them with His hand and called them once more. He......

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Categories: forsook, 12th grade, cheer up,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Even If Man’s Blind
...Descending s p l a s h infuses brook. Falling from on high, cockcrow skies. E a r l y risers, on boat, take l o o k. O bittersweet g r a c e …angels’ sighs. P a i n t e d hues, ......

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Categories: forsook, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Apples of His Eyes
...The Apple of His Eyes reflected in the pond, the fruit held precious in the lady’s hand. polished by mistake; the loot gathered with a serpentine backhand. the limbs of oz too......

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Categories: forsook, sin,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Echoes Fade in Cemetery
...Names carved deep, in marble stones, keep memories fast asleep, until loved ones weep. Mementos kept in drawls, photos displayed in halls, precious things hung on walls, oft echo memory rec......

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Categories: forsook, memorial, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Still See Her There
... “Memories come forth to say... we are with you to stay.” __by Poet This was the passageway she took beneath the limbs of ma......

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Categories: forsook, memory, tribute,
Form: Quatern
Written in Santa Maria della Vittoria
...The feast, it happened, of Saints Peter and Paul. I’d called in early, for a final look at Saint Teresa in her cosy nook, before the tourists made a shopping mall of this delightful church. My pl......

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Categories: forsook, self,
Form: Sonnet
Neglected Ties
... You shirk the weight of parenthood's call, leaving your children to wither, unfed. Are you a father, or mere specter of one? A mother, or just a shadow that's gone? While others nurture, educ......

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Categories: forsook, absence, child abuse, mothers
Form: Sonnet
I paid no heed to the call of the sirenS
...I paid no heed to the call of the siren(s) where amble lances hurled with the might of off fish hull seductress dances setting figurative stage to take a bite from canoodling beastie boy bes......

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Categories: forsook, abuse, adventure, allegory, allusion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member iPhones, iPads and iPods
... Once upon a time, in the early years before I walked and talked, a cell phone at my ears… before Instagram or Pinterest or Facebook strived to overtake my very mind, sometimes, I felt lik......

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Categories: forsook, christian, forgiveness, friendship, god,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hell's Screams
... Although I love, I don’t agree Sometimes the heart – it just can’t see Beyond the sin, the iniquity Fleshly desires, taunting me. Although I love, I don’t agree with her She’s ......

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Categories: forsook, bible, christian, forgiveness, gospel,
Form: Rhyme
Eclipsed Hearts
...By Imran Ahmed They Were Promised Since Childhood Days Two Silent Souls In Tender Gaze Eyes Would Meet A Shy Delight Smiles Exchanged In Golden Light He So Quiet Lost In Bo......

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Categories: forsook, 1st grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Abandoned
...I sat on the floor of the pavement, Sun shining on my face. It had been ages since I saw the sun. It always evoked a feeling of pure pleasure, Though the one I always remember It was the rising ......

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Categories: forsook, grief, heartbreak, sad,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Sun You Forsook
... Peer at your reflection, see with their eyes, the bloom of roses in soft, downy cheek. Rigid, cold looking glass, no warmth to seek. All life must wither and the moon must rise. E......

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Categories: forsook, age, true love,
Form: Rhyme

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