Long To err is human to forgive divine Poems

African-American and abusive, my late step-dad 
     was a reverse racist:
an army sergeant; a Vietnam vet; and, a backhand,
     face-hitting sadist.

I once bemoaned that I was a...

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Humanity :(Poem).

“To err is human, to forgive, divine.”

“The Seven Social Sins are:

Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.

Smoldering wreckage,
Tear-stained haze.
Those were the dawns
Of the early days.
They shouldn’t...

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ON THE LEVEES OF TIME…
   (APROPOS WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE)

When the levees broke…when the levees broke…
     When the levees broke…
When the levees broke the world awoke
   ...

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Believing that marriage was ordained of God; 
that, like a seed, it needed constant nurturing, 
she sowed her deep devotion with a hope 
that stretched beyond an ordinary scope. 
That hope scanned schisms that had...

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Midst covenant sealed by fidelity
assured along HIS immutable Word,
I, being carnal, succumbed to luring temptation
as a faith-traitor, flirting with the world
oblivious of my vow to love GOD with all of my heart... 

...Guilty was I...

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Lest my human part be of mind deceived
   To err is human, to forgive divine
Of many stresses of mind, soul relieved
   Of my heart my soul and mind be refined!

I be...

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Great is one who ACCEPT ONEs errors
          Human has weakness of  pointing fingers
          And hunting scapegoat...

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Can you forgive someone who has stolen your life?
A person with full faculties of the knowledge that
they have invaded your every ounce of pureness.
With only the craving of self gratification, with no
concerns of the damage...

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Stream of errant emotion spurts out of your mind, 
scathing currents erode the brittle banks. 
The mistaken course pervades unrelentably,
and drowns deep the pieces of my broken heart.

If compassion could change the aberrant channel,
within contours...

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no apology
my pain: inconsequential
your conscious is seared

Eileen Manassian

While Jesus was on the cross, he prayed, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." He forgave even when no apology was offered. He forgave...

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Of free will, graced one creature,
All for us learn from our teacher.
Jesus; walked, that was the sign
To err is human, to forgive divine.

Born as a babe, protected was he.
As he protects all, thine and thee,
He...

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THE   LESSON   

We were caught by the neighbourhood  tough guys:
Him and me  against  six  of the wrong kids to meet.
In just the wrongest  darkest  part...

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"To err is human to forgive divine"

This lesson is priceless
for that, I thee love
a gift forgiveness 
from our Father above
without a trial or without bail
this small piece of salvation
he waits patently for us to reveal
a...

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To err is human; to forgive, divine

1. Shared virtues be are friends eternal

2. A futile step is a worthless journey

3. In a public forum, liberty is oft impugned

4. Evil is often found at the end...

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I am tied to the whipping post
and whipped because I am standing still
because of a conglomeration of thoughts
that require a hint of understanding and will
You close your mind and make your demands
I feel a stripe
I...

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Woven in Silk Threads of Love
(Apropos Us and the Children)

Time tested love, bruised
and battered,
lay like littered crystals
on the steel plate stage of life;
dismembered and crumbled
like a stale cookie
whose particles 
have lost
their electromagnetic-like
attractiveness.

Ingredients of envious spice
inhibits...

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I am tied to the whipping post
and whipped because I am standing still
because of a conglomeration of thoughts
that require a hint of understanding and will
You close your mind and make your demands
I feel a stripe
I...

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11 December 2010

Sinner or Saint
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We all sin and we are sinners
We are saints upon God’s Grace, the Giver
The way of the cross, God and man entwine
To err is human, to forgive divine

Blind we are, and...

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I was told that a friend cherished, talked about me,
said-  I was not hearing her when she spoke;
        I was so angry,
     ...

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TO ERR    
     
       To err is human; to forgive, divine.
        No doubt, no argument,...

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I'm so tired of hearing that old cliche' ~
"It's water under the bridge," let it go.
Those words are never the right thing to say
when I'm already feeling kinda low

What if water under the bridge dries...

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I'm so tired of hearing that old cliche' ~
"It's water under the bridge," let it go.
Those words are never the right thing to say
when I'm already feeling kinda low

What if water under the bridge dries...

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"To err is human; to forgive, divine"
a proverb penned by Alexander Pope.
Without its trappings, this one single line
gives the Christian, his singular hope.

A stretch of Pope's thought from my own wit.
Would knowing full pardon from...

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Jesus turned the other cheek
Now we extend the olive branch
During this special holiday season
Let us make peace
Open our hearts to those who have hurt us in the past
Can we live in Christ’s image?
Or will we...

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When we err, it is of human design.
Words spoken unhindered, without forethought,
deeds are done, not meaning to undermine.
Are we that perfect that we err not?

Yet still, our honor, is then redefined.
To offer forgiveness, true from...

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