Long Winepress Poems

??1 Kings 5:3-5 NIV??
[3] “You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the...

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How deserted lies the city, once so full of people!
How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces, has now become a slave.
Bitterly she weeps...

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I recall the day she journeyed to the delta from her village above the first cataphract with a New Kingdom attitude and an Old Kingdom strut, inspiring rumors to be passed from shadoof to shadoof...

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Revelation 3:12 
I will write on him, the name of my God, the New Jerusalem,
which is coming down out of  heaven; from my God, and I
will write on him my new name. 

The seventh...

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??Isaiah 5:1-8 KJVAAE??
[1]  Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: [2] and he fenced it, and...

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I live in a world where there is no flow and ebb 
where flies are snared in the spiders web

Where anger is the clothing that spirits wear 
hand me down garments soiled with fear 

Where...

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There she was moments before
she flew away from the snare
in your arms a songless owl.

Strewn pictures on the floor, half-hearted
sketches of her face, her forgotten
velvet shawl with a cheap cologne that is priceless to your...

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Why the curved sword, Joshua?
"The signal for the ambush,
And a wily subterfuge!

Ai will be reaped by Yahweh.
The whole field, corners, too.
No one will be left to gather.

He exposes Ai's warriors-
The burning city behind, 
The ravine...

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Jerusalem, in the white of night,  
  with all the ages steeped upon your shoulders, 
  and the tombs of fading kings; 
  history has been unkind to thee, 
 ...

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Heaven sends forth it's angel
coming with a sharp sickle
another angel came from the temple
for the earth were in a right pickle!

This angel had authority over the fire
he spoke then with a voice so loud
to the...

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A man grew a vineyard.
He dug a wall around it.
A built a pit for a winepress.
A built upon a dwelling tower to look over all that there is.
He placed it in the care of farmers...

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The rugged race is not to 
the swift
nor the bitter battle to 
the strong,
within us lies a leverage, 
a lift--
towering above the 
thraldom of throngs.

Godliness plus 
contentment breeds gain;
Laziness plus gluttony 
concieves penury.
We are who...

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The rugged race is not to 
the swift
nor the bitter battle to 
the strong,
within us lies a leverage, 
a lift--
towering above the 
thraldom of throngs.

Godliness plus 
contentment breeds gain;
Laziness plus gluttony 
concieves penury.
We are who...

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I do digress
Am I a mess
I must confess
So much duress
Sometimes suppress
I must profess
Take no bs
And will outguess
How hard to press
It will transgress
When I regress
I do depress
My minds undress
That my willingness
Is the forgiveness
Of my hopelessness
If I...

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THE AVANTE-GARDE OF VELLUM AND INK 

The avante-garde of vellum and ink, like Cupid’s bow and arrow,
Carte blanche to choose the muse we love - imagination’s marrow.

Bullseye of introspection, a deep inkwell — my bona...

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His eyes as a flame of fire
On his head were many crowns
And he had a name written
that no man knew but himself
And he was clothed with a vesture
dipped in blood
And his name is called the...

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Sadly she'll never return, dream no more
Woe unto a star fallen without wings
Ever will it sink from the sky to the earth's darkful core
Every pleasant wine is a droplet in wineskins.

Told and retold are the...

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We two amidst the wastelands walked
Where heroes fell and mad ghosts leapt.
There slaughtered angels we beheld
With trembling eyelids moist yet brave,
Alone, so drear the gathering Dark!
And you, small vessel, cracked with grief-
By storm,no less assailed...

From...

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Suddenly the royal mantle of life slips away
It is evening, I
gathering close the cosy cloak of daily ennui
step out into the drizzle
One grey raindrop for one stilled life
The billions who came and went
Since Adam and...

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The braying of the horses
 of the Knights
Of the Saints of the thieves
 and thugs

The winepress of propaganda
 is waning
And there is no more to draw
 from

The silhouettes' of darkness is
 fast fading
The dawning of...

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 Ever-Upwards, I AM The Sun
 I Am the Sum of One,
 I Am the Total of the Light Force, Ever-So Bright
 Ever So High, I Blaze in Kundalini Fire
 Illuminating Ethers of Life Within
...

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WINEPRESS OF LOVE

Winepress of love,
The grapes are glowingly grown
Stressed-out by winemakers
Deprived of springs and raindrops
But under abundance of sunshine
Paraded like in beauty pageant
And as a greased glittering nettles,
Glitters of one weeds-out weak ones,
Only the strongest...

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Fiery Jeremiad                                 ...

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I cannot help but jeer and laugh.
Dull knives, and spears, and staves
they raise to praise their golden calf,
while standing in their graves.

So soon have they forgot the staff
of Him Who kills and saves.
They break the...

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What at the least do I own
That I can proudly call mine:
My bountiful harvest of seeds sown,
Or the winepress of my vine?

A thousand sheep on a hill,
A thousand herds grazing there;
Not a one of them...

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