Long Impudence Poems

“Please allow me to answer that question,” he offered.
 When Rian saw him his face went white.  Is this a ghost? He questioned himself.  Could it be?  It looked like Erlenkönig but...

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From all worlds and time’s eternal outer reaches,
Where the Creator is perceived to dwell.
You try to learn what your told He teaches,
Regarding Life, the Universe, Heaven and Hell.

The soul is a precious, beautiful place,
Where you...

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The following limericks are a continuation of: https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/wicked_marys_been_a_bad_girl_1381428


Mary was simply horrid, as a wee girl
She was naughty and selfish, a school yard churl
She picked on one lil kid
Oh, yes indeed she did
Took out her scissors...

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To a Louse
by Robert Burns
translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Hey! Where're you going, you crawling hair-fly?
Your impudence protects you, barely;
I can only say that you swagger rarely
Over gauze and lace.
Though faith! I fear you dine but...

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August 4 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Ezekiel 1-4

Key Verse – Ezekiel 1:28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance...

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This song is about nothing
You might as well stop reading
Coz you won’t miss a thing
This song can never be serious
But you are all curious
Coz you want to hear what I’m gonna say next
But if you...

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July 27 Scripture Meditations Based on Jeremiah 1-6

Key Verse – Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and...

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November 17 Relationship to God Bible Meditations 
Based on 2Corinthians 12-13

Key Verse – 2Corinthians 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most...

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It’s over! Is your last sentence and final sentence.
You accused me of pushing you through the edges
Every time you’re giving up, I make a new entrance
Every steps closer is ruined by a thousand wedges
To remove...

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June 23, 2023 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Proverbs 5-8

Key Verse – Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

LORD GOD,...

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A fly and ant, upon a sunny bank,
Discuss'd the question of their rank.
'O Jupiter!' the former said,
'Can love of self so turn the head,
That one so mean and crawling,
And of so low a calling,
To boast...

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October 25 Scripture Meditations Based on Acts 21-24

Key Verse – Acts 23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer…

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR STANDING BY ME

Thank You...

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PRAISE ELISHA'S GOD IN HEAVEN!


"Go dip in the Jordon", he said;
The prophet who must surely be mislead,
But after travelling to Israel,
I will test this cure though it fail.


ONE


I dipped myself in that dirty trickle
Laughing to...

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two thousand and ten years
after Christ birth
one would think there'd be
peace on earth

all the laws and commands
having been in place
showing our impudence
and our disgrace

love one another?
in this place?
evil and destruction 
ever before our face

and having...

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Ennui hath taken my very soul,
 listlessness abounds me, 
dissatisfaction ravished my heart, 
no one around me. 
The sun lurking behind the cloud,
 breaks away, blazing down, 
trying to melt away my tears,
 but is...

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    Tae A Mouse   
      (Whit wid Robert Burns say!)

Ha’ where ye gon ye cowrin feartie
Your impudence protects you sairly
I canna say but ye strut...

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May 12 Scripture Meditations Based on Psalms 60-62

Key Verse – Psalm 62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR RENDERING TO...

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Loners choose their own destiny,
although it foretells exactly
the reason for each cause;
some loners reject awareness
if they become helpless:
will it ease their impudence?

Isn't solitude too hard to tolerate?
Isn't it going to cost them pain?
Doesn't isolation with...

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the story does have a peculiar ending,
silence, silence and perhaps darkness,
nothing beyond the realm of imagination,
our hopes conjure up a place called heaven,
our fears torment with those of hell,
no one knows, not the best of...

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November 22 Scripture Meditations Based on 1Thessalonians 1-3

Key Verse – 1Thessalonians 1:9 … Ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR TURNING ME TO YOU

Thank You...

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Wondrously divine in its transcendence
God’s love* affirms kindness of providence
Radiating tender mercy’s resplendence
Defying any counter evidence….
My heart does claim with grateful confidence. 

Marked by compassionate condescendence
Christ’s love is offered with heaven’s credence
Midst His sacrifice against...

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I write of paradox,
the catalyst of mystery
to flood the desiccated corpus of romance.
I write of stark obsidian
to dress the silver of the night.
I write of wild things
racing on the edge of everyday,
creators of imagining,
progenitors of...

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An Ode, Verses Born From A Friendly Dare

To write an ode, to a spirited gal
One that no dream even dares to surpass
To a ravishing beauty my good pal
As a gift to celebrate her sharp sass....

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Public Back Stabber

You gave me life and breath, Yes thank you,
You feed me and house me, Yes thank you,
You educated me and tutored me, Ye thank you,
You loved me as some hated me,Yes thank you,
You...

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