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Habakkuk Poems - Poems about Habakkuk

Habakkuk 1:2
...He doesn't answer when I scream Into the dark, into my pillow, Into the hollow between breaths Where prayers rot. Everyone says He listens. But maybe He doesn't listen to girls like me. Mayb......

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Categories: habakkuk, abuse, bible, christian, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member No Flower
...No flower on the fig tree No grape on the vine No fruit on the olive Nor flock in the fold No food in the fields Neither herd in the stall. Yet I will rejoice Yes I will rejoice Rejoice in ......

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Categories: habakkuk, bible, hope,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member Holus Bolus
...HOLUS BOLUS (PLANE TO SEE) As I sit above the circle of the Earth I look down at all within From My bird’s-eye perch In anthropomorphism I created all holus bolus I inspired the psalmist, and......

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Categories: habakkuk, creation, earth, god,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Untitled
...As the sun was wandering the skies It came upon the Crucifixion, and had to close its eyes The day that God in Jesus Christ reconciled us to His side The sun had to withhold its rays and hide At ......

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Categories: habakkuk, bible, god, jesus,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member PS Atheists Get Your Own Dirt
... Part I Rock n Roll came through the slave trade The Hippies and Moonies said “We’ve got it made” “Rock n Roll sounds came from the jungle” [Lennon said] The blues helped through the strug......

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Categories: habakkuk, conflict, culture, history, philosophy,
Form: Epic



Premium Member PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR BEING OUR HOLY ONE
...September 27 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Habakkuk 1-3, and Zephaniah 1-3 Key Verse – Habakkuk 1:12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. ......

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Categories: habakkuk, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Cry O Ghana
...O child of Mother Africa The tortoise is still on the road Realities cannot hold, dreams dying Hopes turn to ashes every day Cry O Ghana, O Ghana Rich and green Nation Shame and poverty clot......

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Categories: habakkuk, corruption, dark, poverty,
Form: Free verse
Pan-Africanism
...Like twins, we share markers of a common history, Civilization, and knowledge; a call for unity. The carcasses of slavery and the slave trade Are lost in the dust. O black water days. Colonizatio......

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Categories: habakkuk, africa, confidence, courage, family,
Form: Free verse
Africanism:Rise
... The ancestral savannahs of my people Are still alive in the unseen horizons Our grandparents have told us many Wonderful things about our tribe Before they arrived, we were here On the banks......

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Categories: habakkuk, africa, confidence, courage, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Broken Promises
...Where did it go wrong? We made a lot of sweet promises Weak foundation, broken soul Endless days of torture and snoring Now, my life is falling The day you left I died Vultures are still feas......

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Categories: habakkuk, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Sonnet to the Empty Grave - a Spenserian sonnet
... The love of God is a priceless blessing An affection mightier than fire Empty grave; the saints, forever singing To die for me was his greatest desire Shall I liken Christ to any desire? The......

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Categories: habakkuk, mystery, religious, thanksgiving,
Form: Sonnet
A Dirge
... (In memory of Uncle Thomas) Bumpy breeze, like a blasting roar That day when you did soar without an oar Twenty-two years of sorrow, too long For many years, I sang a solemn song Days of dar......

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Categories: habakkuk, dark, death, depression, sick,
Form: Elegy
Better Pakistan
...Tears in my eyes, pain in my heart The country my forefathers fought for Lost in the pathetic battle of politics Bloodshed keeps ascending, dirty politicians Forgotten land, hopes, and dreams gr......

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Categories: habakkuk, corruption, education, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lord God, You Are My Everlasting Holy One
...August 29 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Habakkuk 1-3 Key Verse – Habakkuk 1:12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast......

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Categories: habakkuk, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Newfound Feet
...The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments. Habakkuk 3:19 NIV The Lo......

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Categories: habakkuk, fate,
Form: Free verse

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