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Leper Poems - Poems about Leper

Leper Poems - Examples of all types of poems about leper to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for leper.
The Healed Leper
...A contagious illness regarded as being caused by sin Like a rag soiled by sewage filth, meant only to be thrown The sick suffered each moment like a fish without a fin. He did not have, even in hi......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, jesus,
Form: Sonnet



Cleaving
...You stripped the jungles of the world You blew the hunting horn You chased the beasts out of the field You pricked the bloody thorn You drove the leper from the streets You martyred men of war......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, cancer, metaphor, truth, war,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Washed Rubbed Srubbed Hung Up And Left To Dry
...Scrubbed rubbed the wrong way And left hung up to dry Blown away in the wind Treated like a leper I wasn't perfect but I tried Treated like a sinner Condemned sentenced Feeling small with ......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, abuse, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Leper Messiah
... Walking toward His grave, the cool air nipping at my nape on this chilly Nisan morning, feeling disconsolate. The sun has just risen over the Mount of Olives, while the magnificent temple basks in ......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, jesus, remember,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO CLEANSES US
... February 5 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Leviticus 14-15 Key Verse – Leviticus 14:1-2 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his ......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member She is my sunshine, my blanket of stars
...The solace of home has dissipated like the charmed fog of Brigadoon Tensing up to swim with sharks, from my deep sadness… Please may I curl up and hibernate until I see my family again? My heart i......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Gaslight Me
...Gaslight me, baby. I don't want to hear the truth. Tell me you love me. Say you need me. Promise you'll never leave me. Convince me you think I hung, not just the moon, but the sun and stars as we......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, lost love,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member A Tale a Giraffe Took a Long Time To Swallow
...The young giraffe ate a hot red pepper The poor animal felt like a leper. The spicy fruit was too hot and it took Her long to digest for some greens to hook. The zoo keeper called it a Giraffe ......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, animal,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Freudian Slip
...the chalice of need contains no poison ~ but might cause a herpes lip scoffed the leper to the serpent ~ who was trying to sponge out a sip the snake dissed the quip quietly ~ his tongue had al......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, allusion, humor, life, perspective,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Wrap
...I couldn’t … shatter the pane or fly, either couldn’t press weary wings to wind … and glide for they were bound - wrapped like a leper in a crowd and just as unclean - just as … withered … ......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, addiction, analogy, dark, suicide,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lord God, You Are My Mighty Valiant Deliverer
...April 5 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 2Kings 5-8 Key Verse –2Kings 5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, b......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lord God, You Are My Sin Cleanser
...February 4 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Leviticus 13-15 Key Verse– Leviticus 14: 1-2 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, This shall be the law of the leper in the day of h......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cleansed
...Scripture reference: Matthew 8:1-4 CLEANSED See Jesus descending from the mountain. They were waiting - the large crowd. Eyes on him, they followed him. Right away - a leper......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, christian,
Form: Didactic
The Leper King
...Born in 1161, Jerusalem had a son An heir to the throne, an ill one Moving and acting a normal son A bloody prey, eaten inside of the Chosen One. For people's wealth, his left arm prospers For......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, leadership, pain, son,
Form: Narrative
Dialogue
..."Great Sculptor! In your presence I am, With my forehead Touching the ground. I am here With entreaties You alone can bear." "Pour them at my feet. But do not forget It's ripe corns only Th......Read the rest...
Categories: leper, deep, hilarious, humorous, symbolism,
Form: Free verse

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