Planche de Chair Cuite
...She was not invited
She was arranged
They never wanted Jasmine
not the woman who brought basil-clean hands
and pomegranate soap
who harmonized soliloquies into pastries
while th...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, betrayal, death, gothic, grief,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
That Day Will Come
...
There comes that day, inevitable day
when God will have had enough.
When His promises, humans overstay
hence, He will have his rebuff.
God's covenants come with a consequence
as we humans pl...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, 11th grade, christian, perspective,
Form: Quatrain
MEMORABLE BALLET
...submitted into Brian Strands 1397 Poetry Contest, July 2025
MEMORABLE BALLET
her thoughts pirouette, twirl, and spin,
a choreographed ballet across the blank ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, 12th grade, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The weather found
...
Born yonder east flickering behind the rolling sky.
Majestic birth of light governs wonders for new and old eyes.
Though northern winds crash and whistle around walking legs under hooded collar...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, appreciation, imagery, journey, light,
Form: Free verse
FAITH IN GOD WHO PUTS GOOD DESIRES INTO OUR HEARTS
...May 26 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Nehemiah 7-8
Key Verse – Nehemiah 7:5 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they mig...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Quatrain
unintended innuendo
...{For Contest : unintended innuendo
Sponsor: Unseeking Seeker
Date submitted: 11/5/25}
Line of inquiry:
[“as we passed her she did wilt
which caused in us sense of guilt
since our stanc...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, character, emotions, feelings, heart,
Form: Couplet
Division
...God Proper
is pure Light and
Love –
as long as
man declares division,
governs by lesser-ego,
setting God apart
from himself – then,
God divided
manifests presence
as opposing elements
o...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, education, growth, leadership, mystery,
Form: Prose
FAITH IN GOD WHO GIVES US A LAMP
...April 18 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on 1Kings 15-17
Key Verse – 1Kings 15:4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Quatrain
Spring Rain
...The dark sky stretches across the heights.
Overcast clouds roam, late at night.
The round moon does not reveal its rays.
The snow on the peaks may melt away.
In the morning, the sparrows fl...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, rain, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Greed governs some love
...Humans, long a self-seeking breed,
Oft concoct love foreseeing need.
With tender grass lush green
Does a butcher fatten
His sheep in his own selfish greed.
___________________
Translation |37....
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, love, men, self,
Form: Quintain (English)
Gerrymandering
...Gather the maps, divide the lines with care,
Every decade brings new charts to trace,
Remember how the shifting votes displace,
Right to select who governs, free and fa...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, political,
Form: Acrostic
FAITH IN GOD WHO UPHOLDS US OF OUR OATH
...January 25 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Exodus 22-24
Key Verse – Exodus 22:11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Quatrain
FAITH IN GOD WHO HAS WROUGHT GREAT THINGS
...January 21 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Exodus 10-12
Key Verse – Exodus 10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in E...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Quatrain
The Lord Lights my Lamp
...
When the dismal darkness of the deceivers' camp
overwhelms and I have deserted the way,
a harsh winter of doubt governs cold and damp.
When conniving, selfish men parade and prey,
despair gri...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, 11th grade, anxiety, light,
Form: Ottava rima
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR GIVING US WISDOM
...December 20 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on James 1-5
Key Verse – James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and i...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
governs, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Related Poems