World Religions
...Judaism
The Mitzvah—God blesses every good deed
Thousands of years old
God Yahweh made a covenant with Abraham
that if Abraham and his people the Hebrews
Obey Him,
He'd consider '...
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Categories:
inextinguishable, god, religion, world, ,
Form: Free verse
Inordinate Love translation of Medieval English poem
...MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF MEDIEVAL ENGLISH POEMS
Inordinate Love
anonymous Middle English poem, circa 15th century
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I shall say what i...
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Categories:
inextinguishable, desire, heart, love, love
Form: Rhyme
Eclipse 2024
...There is to be
an eclipse today --
a contrary moon
having its dark side
illuminated –
nothing with free will strong enough
to turn its back entirely on light –
America in shadows now
...
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Categories:
inextinguishable, inspirational, introspection, love, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
Long After and Long Before
...Long before we met
I loved you
though countenance as yet unclear;
long before I ever heard
your voice, sensed I a perfect fit
out-there, somewhere
for my very eclectic ear --
Destiny ...
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Categories:
inextinguishable, christian, devotion, heart, inspirational
Form: Free verse
Seeker
...Thirst for quest unquenchable he thinks and ponders,
An inextinguishable fire blazing so bright;
Searching for truth, like a nomad, long he wanders,
Through lands and seas and hills, and mountains...
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Categories:
inextinguishable, life, people,
Form: Sonnet
Diamonds and Pearls
...Diamonds & Pearls
my sisters are fifty shades of Black
dark & lovely
the epitome of black beauty
chocolate goddess
that's envied by many.
Daughter of nature,
but mother to the world,
Mother e...
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Categories:
inextinguishable, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
The World Religions
...Realization & The World Religions
Christianity
Petro—Peter means stone
Jesus made a pun:
Upon this stone I build my church
Unto you I give the keys to the Kingdom
Hence Pete...
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Categories:
inextinguishable, religion, spiritual, world,
Form: Free verse
The Debut of Storm
...Storm made no sound when the doctor pulled her from her mother's womb and handed her to the nurse.
And the angel's sighs uprooted mighty trees and their tears covered the land and swell the rivers...
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Categories:
inextinguishable, birth,
Form: Free verse
Fueled By Desire
...Your beauty drew me to you like a magnet:
indulging in the pleasures of naked flesh,
our spirits reached unimaginable heights:
and then we plummeted.
Your whispered sweet nothings once ...
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Categories:
inextinguishable, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Sapphic stanza
Too Comatose To See
...inextinguishable
is your appetency
for what you suspire
you feed on this drug
to make life passable
but by the same line
that educes endurance
it will transport
inevitable death
Dec 10...
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Categories:
inextinguishable, addiction,
Form: Free verse
Impregnable Fortified Donjon
...Alias indomitable invincible
Donald John Trump oozes wrath
inexorably plunging every species
of life toward apocalyptic warpath
mercilessly threatentens world
wide web promising bloodbath
val...
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Categories:
inextinguishable, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Political Verse
Going To the Future
...Long before I had reached the top
it was written that I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice;
as for my own guilty terrors,
all of them accompanied me on the road home.
I saw my future...
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Categories:
inextinguishable, conflict, culture, death, dream,
Form: Dramatic Verse
A Forgotten Relic
...Her favorite dress is gathering dust,
and yet, in my mind, she's still wearing it.
My tinder-heart is set afire by love's
inextinguishable, eternal flame.
She lingers in the shadows of ...
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Categories:
inextinguishable, age, angst, death, emotions,
Form: Blank verse
Inimitable Intelligible Invaluable Benjamin Franklin
...notification of fire evacuation
slated to occur
April 12th, 2018 (between the hours
of 9:00 am and 12 pm) did spur
me to validate Google asper,
that direct object heave ving,
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Categories:
inextinguishable, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Light Verse
Inextinguishable Beacon
...S-ee the inextinguishable beacon,
A-s he shines with eternal fire;
B-eaming with full brightness,
R-adiance and maximum desire.
I-nextinguishable beacon
N-ever ever ceases to rise;
A-scendi...
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Categories:
inextinguishable, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
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