Lourdes Poems

Premium MemberBunch of limericks and other funny tricks I

..."Okay, tell me, who's gonna be next?"
said the writer of the too-long text.
"No, please, not me," said the lean noun.
"Cut that fat verb there, two lines down."
And they all watche...
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Categories: lourdes, crazy, funny, giggle, howl,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberHoly Sacrifice of the Mass for the departed

...Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed shockingly hacked after I ordered music missal to replace a few of my old ones taken during a car jacking by Peter Gargano while he faked is death investing...
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Categories: lourdes, allah,
Form: Lento


timely vespers

...you were with  her at lourdes
whilst the sun was shining
two worlds became one
light flickers
from the water edge
bread and wine are your sole ambition
trust in vespers
a catalogue of goodline...
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Categories: lourdes, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

betty

...betty lourdes said she had the choice
to choose
where the river goes
a divine rod of sorts
a word to say
amongst the falling leaves
water and wardle
going to see the river man 
and how about ...
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Categories: lourdes, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

Women In My Family

...Women in my family
were immigrants, as history records.
Grandmother Rosamond was born in Italy.
Marceline was French and traveled from Lourdes.

My mother, Jaqueline, was wed at seventeen.
A ci...
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Categories: lourdes, family, women,
Form: Rhyme


Poem In Right Idea

...L-ines 
O-f 
U-plifting 
R-egards 
D-eploy 
E-ssential 
S-tatement 

E-mploying 
S-ensible 
P-oem 
I-n 
R-ight 
I-dea 
T-o 
U-nderstand 

Topic: Birthday of Lourdes F. Espiritu (Febr...
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Categories: lourdes, birthday,
Form: Acrostic

Sunny Morn

...L-ight
O-penly
U-ses
R-adiant
D-awn
E-ndorsing
S-unny

M-orn
E-ven
N-ew
D-ay's
E-arliness
Z-one

Topic: Birthday of Lourdes C. Mendez (June 29) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...
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Categories: lourdes, birthday,
Form: Acrostic

Sublime Muse

...L-ine
O-f
U-niversal
R-ighteous
D-enotation
E-xpresses
S-ublime

M-use
E-mploying
N-oble
D-esign's
E-xcellence
Z-one

Topic: Birthday of Lourdes Mendez (June 29) 
Form: Vertical Monoc...
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Categories: lourdes, birthday,
Form: Acrostic

Look Out

...L-ook
O-ut
U-ntil
R-emarkable
D-efense
E-ndures
S-trong

R-ain
U-sing
I-nspiration
Z-one

Topic: Birthday of Lourdes M. Ruiz (February 06) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...
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Categories: lourdes, birthday,
Form: Acrostic

Golden Roses

...Golden Roses 


...to one who has faith, no explanation is necessary...to one without faith, no explanation is possible...Thomas Aquinas. 


Roses side by side where the grotto stoo...
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Categories: lourdes, christian, mother, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet

Premium MemberRandom Excerpts - 2: Ice In My Eyes Smoke In Yours, a Novel

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May 29, 1957: …have to think about getting a thesis director…know no professor yet in the department…someone suggested i get hold of Derek Fogg for an intro to the big guns in the philosophische...
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Categories: lourdes, growing up, international, student,
Form: Free verse

Lourdes

...The smile was what you’d notice first
Before you’d even catch
The necklace and the earrings, which,
Of course, just had to match.

The stylish silver hair cut short
You’d note ‘cause it was thi...
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Categories: lourdes, death of a friend,
Form: Rhyme

When You Need To Be Held

...Surrounded by seven cherubs of cheer,
Just recently passing my 100th year,
I’ve been standing here on this perch,
In Little Falls, MN’s Our Lady of Lourdes church.

Most of the day I’m alone sim...
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Categories: lourdes, angel, art, confidence, encouraging,
Form: Personification

The Blue Hour Takes Root

...The blue hour takes root ...

There is the dark wing of the steamer,
Which takes the open sea, and carries away its regrets,
Tiny passengers, waving handkerchiefs
And the seagulls passing and pa...
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Categories: lourdes, music, nostalgia, wind,
Form: Free verse

My City

...I live in a big city where the mother earth blessed us
with the friendly climate, refreshing greeneries and crops
So you can enjoy the serene beauty and forget stress
Since it's a rainfed area,far...
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Categories: lourdes, beautiful, blessing, culture,
Form: Sonnet

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