It's Thursday
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For the prior 3 years, on any given day of the week, they saw Jesus:
Turn water to wine
Cleanse the lepers
Cast out demons
Give ight to the blind
Cause the lame to walk
Open the ears of the d...
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Categories:
lepers, easter,
Form: Free verse
Love where have you gone
...One day you will see the victims of this judgement
there is a language barrier between life and death
we mean no one any harm
Yet branded as lepers deeply hurting
Justice knowing what our ang...
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Categories:
lepers, abortion, allusion, betrayal, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Disciples Set Out
...Friends follow the fraternal advice of a bosom friend.
The disciples followed each word of Jesus till the end.
As birds and beasts, on divine providence, they did depend
Kingdom's sake, like adven...
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Categories:
lepers, jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Jesus, The Christ
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He weeps and
prays like humans.
He SAVES like God.
He HEALS like God.
He sleeps and hungers
like humans.
He teaches
and preaches like humans.
He FORGIVES like God.
He pays taxes ...
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Categories:
lepers, jesus,
Form: Terzanelle
As an ordinary man
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“I believe God gave His only Son, so that I might live by his word without fear.”
The poet.
No heralding angl...
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Categories:
lepers, miracle,
Form: Rhyme
The Archaeologist
...the archaeologist stood
on the original floor
above her was laughter
loving and war
the archaeologist stood
at the foot of a pit
beside broken lepers
and gentlemen sit
the archaeologist ...
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Categories:
lepers, history, humanity, life, people,
Form: Rhyme
Those Days of Covid and Roses
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Those Days of Covid and Roses
4/8/2020
Those days~no, no, not terribly so long ago.
When a theatre was still open with an excellent show!...
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Categories:
lepers, america, angst, imagery, rights,
Form: Rhyme
Almost Xanadu
...I used to understand Xanadu as or of someplace,
Wherein the nature maiden fashion parades at her best;
I asked, later: can't this be a guild of people of grace,
Who, like angels, serves each creat...
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Categories:
lepers, heaven, life,
Form: Sonnet
His Name Is Jesus
...Who was this man who spoke so bold?
Was He a prophet, like one of old?
He touched the lepers, made them clean,
Gave sight to those who had never seen.
His name was Jesus.
Who was this man who ...
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Categories:
lepers, bible, christian, faith, jesus,
Form: Rhyme
The King of Mercy
...Ten Lepers sought the Lord
carrying their badges with a Plea
unclean unclean was the cry
Mercy alone was their Plea
The King of mercy heard their cries
by his word He healed them all
One a...
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Categories:
lepers, bible, blessing, devotion, faith,
Form: Free verse
Rapture
...Rapture
Alleluia approaches
Emerging from Eternity’s gauzy scrim
Rehearsing its lines
Through trampled palm branches
Iron nails
Thorns
And cross beams
Raised between pure Heaven
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Categories:
lepers, jesus, joy,
Form: Free verse
Hellfire
...I got myself into
My own hellstorm!
There's no turnin' back,
And I ...
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Categories:
lepers, 12th grade, dark, horror,
Form: Rhyme
To Beef Or Not To Beef
...I’m a free spirit rising
a freethinker dreaming
Stoically climbing
the surreal limbo bar,
But I don’t know why
i’m no bright spark
for split seconds on fire
lighting up the dark
Yet w...
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Categories:
lepers, allusion, lonely, poets,
Form: Blank verse
Hebrews Three Seven Eight
...A whisper of wonder entered my heart
I tried to not show repulsion, it was a start
We are all God’s children, the homeless and lepers too
I am not better than him, her, your mom or those two.
T...
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Categories:
lepers, bible,
Form: Rhyme
Leper In Need
...The sun is hot and hard to bear
All out of options – nobody cares
You're looking for an accomplice in your greed
So who's gonna come to the aid
Of a leper in need?
You tasted too much and lef...
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Categories:
lepers, bible, emotions, extended metaphor,
Form: Verse
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