Long Tithes Poems

Epigrams

Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch

It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.

Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch

If we strip away all the accouterments of war,
perhaps we'll discover...

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"Salvage"


Salvage the fixating salvation 
unfurling from the wreckage
of a numb world twisted inside
treasure climbs swimming 
the ladder from the deep of all things 
reaching upwards travelling in a new time
of melting morpheme moments overlapping 
dissolved...

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I’ve Been So Lucky in Life! (1&2)
(Only Raped 5 Times Metaphorically)

Poem’s Introduction
My poetry has always been about transparency. It’s about letting go of an effort to be liked by others, and allowing others to gravitate...

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Do you want the best God has?
Do you want His blessing always?
Do you want God's best gifts?
Do you want His kindness, His grace?
Do you want God to give a second chance?

Pour out your heart, your...

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ANOTHER YEAR WITH YOU

Unto the night sky, I see a lace of stars twinkling bright
and far beyond the moon with a grin of mystique light
I welcome the thought that two nights from now,
year 2015 will...

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The Radical Religious

Like chickens they sit on a roost in the dark
With their toes holding tight to the perch
They feel safe in the night ‘gainst their neighbor beside
If the neighbor not jiggle nor lurch

They rise...

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Pastor Warren’s church in Orange County, Unity of Tustin too
There’s hardly anyone not affected; it’s sad but it’s true
Bottom lines are red, tithes & love offerings are lower
More people out of work, homes in foreclosure
Spending...

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Q:  Does the single act of being baptized save people without first being saved?

A:  Being baptized is a work of faith and public testimony of our Christian faith, but
    ...

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"The Odyssey of We are Centre"



Where does he come through 
with his fishing lines?
Casting off metaphors
worms of vitriol
hooked and dipped,
he’s so green backed  
rolling in grandiose 
self published flack
unhip and seasoned 
with his tart...

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You that I am not like other men--extortioners, or even like this tax collector.
'I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all I possess.'  And the tax collector standing
afar off, would not so...

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Malachi was the last prophet in the Old Testament
he'd asked the people were they aware of the message that God sent
that the blessing of the Lord brings wealth but no trouble is added to it
to...

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That look of fierce disdain, nobility! 
That regal plume of chestnut ruddy-brown 
with speckled breast! No hint of weak servility 
besmirched the falcon's fine, imperious frown. 
He loved the way it sat in proud tranquility...

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the children of Israel had sinned in their hearts
by hoarding possessions and not surrendering to God
so Joshua told them the way for them to repent
was to go treasure hunting right under their tents
to search for...

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Note: "How can there have been such strife in a Morlde` filled with beautiful Music; &
how could there have been beautiful Music such in a Morlde` filled with strife?"  -Soupy 
Sales, 2012.

The 12 Panes...

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Hello. My name is Nicholas, and you can call me Nick. I also must tell you about Matthew, and you can call him Mat. I once despised Mat and others like him, but now he...

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you know that you need forgiveness for…

A.	Distrusting (even just a  little)     any person who looks or seems different 
from you in any way.
B.	Wishing someone crazy would use one of those...

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I have a dream
That I'll get another,and better job
I have a dream
That I'll have a 5 bedroom house with fireplace
I have a dream 
This house will have 4 1/2 bathrooms
I have a dream
I'll have a...

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THE PASSION OF CHRIST
A Confrontational Poem by Atsu Adaletey

The Passion 
Of Christ 
Is a Mission
With Thirst

The Passion
Of Christ
Is a Vision
With a firm Decision

The passion of Christ
Is faith in Action
Not a Risk 
For Experimentation

Is not to...

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"You shall receive a Miracle phone call"
"I see a boy in that womb smiling to me"
"Tomorrow shall be great in Your life"
"Give and it shall be giving unto You"
"And God said to me: you all...

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Compassion smiles down 
Like stars winking through the cosmos 
Lifting spirits and warming hearts 
Coloring the soul in a tune of light indigo
Hope whispering across my thoughts 
Laughing love through my soul 

Compassion lights my...

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What is sin?
Sin is doing your own will
It is called the serpent seed
Which is within you from the very beginning.
The serpent seed is the seed of Lucifer
Which was planted through Adam and Eve in the...

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Trans PORT Station
a hard look in side at how power is misused no one can glide upon rusty shells they tiptoe on the path well meaning people do wrong to innocents in the name of...

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Mabel Jones and her four kids, Tyrese, Sheldon, Christopher, and Myriah (each with different fathers) went to church every Sunday, and the kids attended bible school five days a week in the summertime.
As a family,...

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God is the ultimate source of all that you will need
He can give you your heart's desire, just abide by Him in deed
but the real heart of the matter is where your treasures lie
should also...

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                      Bustling Tavern, din of thieves, 
       ...

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