Long Rebuking Poems

Zen Death Haiku

Brittle cicada shell,
little did I know
you were my life!
—Shuho, translation by Michael R. Burch

Returning
as it came,
this naked worm.
—Shidoken, translation by Michael R. Burch

As dew glistens
on a lotus leaf,
so too I soon must vanish.
—Shinsui,...

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My prayers are not asking you to
 
save me from my enemy.
 
My children have turned their backs.
 
They praise dance with many
 
Adversaries-
 
When they need be refuking,
 
protesting and rebuking.
 
Among-st those who...

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Those rarer men I once fondly 
knew...                            ...

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The silent night walks like a freighted man in boots, and penetrates the head of the living dead while they lay down in silence to sleep. Not a sound could be heard except for the...

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Come come come and dance with me 
Come come come and sing with me
A sweet aroma is churning in the air
enchanting everyone far and near
Nature is emitting  goose bumps upon my flesh
And I can...

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All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, shared blessing (2 Tim 3:16)  
Being kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful (2 Tim 2:24) 
Create in...

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Going to me my soul against the wind
 velocity zephyr on this day I open my mouth and I pray
 allow let this day let me perish Oh I wish that I was not born
...

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We are each and all Black Lives as small Deaths
inside our historical-cultural DNA emergence
into full-octave multicultural ecopolitics.

In Earth's ecosystem,
there can be no ecological entity perceivable as White,
or even Light,
unless historically emerged as reversing full-radial
progenitive Black,
dualdark...

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To whom it may concern
Don’t be shocked what you are about to learn
In any case, this is a suicide note
The last thing on this earth I wrote
Just listen, I don’t need you to reply
As I...

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Out in the middle of the boundless sea,
As far away from land as ever it could be.
An island stands alone with water all around,
And the very whitest beaches that ever could be found.
At the center...

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October 2 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Luke 23-24

Key Verse – Luke 23:8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season,...

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Civility and Man: A Historical View

Since man began to populate the earth,
And feel the pull of Satan’s evil ways.
The angels came to teach the fallen souls: 
Proposing righteous ways to live earth days.
Decorum had been...

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September 16 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Mark 7-9

Key Verse – Mark 8:1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and...

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Stretching at the very heavens are the braches of autumn,
It is becoming the season of death, and mother natures promise
Of rebirth is with drawing, leaving nothing behind but stilled
 Whispering echoes.
The very ground itself grows...

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October 31 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Romans 9-10

Key Verse – Romans 9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost.

LORD GOD,...

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March 18 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Samuel 17-20

Key Verse– 1Samuel 13:37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of...

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February 5 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Leviticus 16-18

Key Verse– Leviticus 17:5 To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that...

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“All Scripture is God-breathed

 And is useful for teaching,

Rebuking, correcting

And training in righteousness,

 So that the man of God

 May be thoroughly equipped

 For every good work.”

To receive anything that

Will last you have to run

Righteously...

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God gives us joy* in our salvation’s excellence
Designed well along His wisdom’s prevalence
Rebuking the critics, putting them into shame’s silence…
Making us secured from sin’s penalty midst hell’s awful violence.
As His children, we experience His compassion...

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"When God given gift is mistaken as self earned power, people become arrogant and arrogance leads to fall"    By Poet.

The crow we see, was once a beautiful bird
Sweet as a lark and...

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June 2 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 63-67

Key Verse – Psalm 63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for...

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September 24 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Luke 8-9

Key Verse – Luke 8:1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings...

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September 8 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Matthew 11-13

Key Verse – Matthew 11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to...

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I dedicate this poem to Thomas Cunningham,
who I admire for the tales he tells in poetry form. 

MUTINY

I stands at the bow
Proud to lead
I get the first catch
and splash
Pretense while I breathe
as if our lips...

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September 19 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Mark 15-16

Key Verse – Mark 15:1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council,...

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