Homily Poems - Poems about Homily

Twas daybreak as this bright morn I rose Greeted at breakfast by my darling Rose A brief time together as by seven I've left Out to the garden, the street and then left Along cobbled paths where the dogs bark To work as the foreman, my order to bark The abattoir workers tirelessly cut up the meat Despite the condition, smiling at...

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The homily At the church entrance Beggars line up when the sermon is over The parishioners in the warm feeling of faith Give beggars coins. God’s work be done. The cripple gets up and leave...

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An unsupplied Nigerian family, Often cited in advisory homily And likened to the ones in Galilee, Though unable to mark its Golden Jubilee, To God began a supplication, Veritably a formal letter application For an easier catching of Daily Bread That often made it see red: The 2024 African Cup For Nigerian Hands to lift up… Now and again, Ear-Splitting Amen But mostly by its men: One...

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I am vulture My soul case may be repugnant, However, I have every sawbones decimal On my speed dial Before any croacker decrees justice On a soul case, They confer with me My logbook contains a docket Of every Golgotha and slaughterhouse on the planet I am on first name basis With every casket maker, mortuary Steward and proprietor I am the fiend no...

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What brings you here? LOVE. HATE. FEAR of life - death or the interim? Do you wish to pray? Together Six feet apart What sign of peace will we offer? A condescendingly humble glare? A wink...

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preacher sing me your song deceive me not behold,behold me once more ...

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A Sweet Homily The lavender scent on the fallen dew Treasure the moments that brought things a new Inside we pause to reflect over the kindness inside Soft pillows to claim the ardent fields a new A sweet homily in search of a passing few Perhaps we have bitten off more then we could chew ...

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Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder, But Whiskey makes you frisky. Clerihews and epigrams are fine but Do not tell these to one lost in love Except when you mean to cheer up one Fevered with temporary amourous setbacks. Gift them the gift prized by one and all Humour - evoking laughter or perhaps a smile Inviting a participation in the balm...

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Time echoes and resonates without language, successfully invests in green ecstatic backdrop, below misty blue sky Spotted and splashed Earth space, blossomed in round yellows and spindling purples soft blues and flaming orange Fragile naked moments of fully fertile tone bilateral shapes and colors Flagrant erections of next generation's timely hope for full-hued health regeneration Perennially emerging through primal fields, green-network enraptured Earth-toning soil and rocks and weathered...

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In those days, when we feared the truth not for ignorance of it within ourselves but for the dangers posed by speaking aloud against the prejudices of masses too well-tutored in lies and hatred, we kept our secrets and hid among the crowds, assuming their rabid colorations, spewing the same evil venom, spreading all the same lies, pretending that the past was...

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C oronation of lights H eralding holiday rites R inging bells guests invite I llumined halls festivities incite S ongs of carolers enliven dark night T ales of Christmas ghosts by candlelight M aterial aspirations pocketbooks slight A ltruistic gestures to those with poorer plight S piced nog, decorative cookies palates delight...

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Lights Crackling embers serenade the hearth Twinkling lights symphony to the heart    Tree Shapely Tree signifies an organic symmetry Burnished decorations denote a cultivated empathy    Wreaths Embezzled twines commemorate primitive instincts Embossed twigs celebrate a nurtured path     Spirits    Crystal glasses shelter our warmth Spiced brandy shivers our senses    Carols Yule tide carols enshrine distant refrains Merry melodies embrace colloquial strains    Presents Carefully wrapped gifts conceal...

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A shapely Spruce or Cypress to dress  A coiffed girdle the base to caress String of lights bristling foliage to redress A twinkling symphony to luminesce Pristine pine cones providing a rustic essence Gilded ornaments to infuse decadence Frothy snow exhibiting a natural opalescence Silver icicles streaming a fabricated opulence Baked Gingerbread men enshrining traditional precedence Designer candy canes paying homage to  formulated transcendence A...

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The saints are wailing again Rhapsodies too for sinful man Since every heart is drunken with guilt These holy fears washing the land Swamp the drains, flood the pond Pastor shamed indoors since yesterlight Makes several tries at love everlasting Which sweet friction the springs protest In loud parody discordant The eaves,the tiles have ears for such Gossip sticky wet,dripping with harm Gladly passed on down...

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