Mary Poems - Poems about Mary

Mary ate a great big ham her gills turned white as snow So, to the bathroom Mary went ‘cos up she had to throw Entry in...

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Mary Alin Travers grew up to do what mattered she sang with Peter and Paul and with her voice did us enthrall ...

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I am a free spirit happy and free I travel which way wind blows Often heard singing off key But dancing to the beat on my toes Words are blurred I forget them Often making up my own ditty Yet in the rhythm I can swim And match the groove so pretty Miss Mary Mack wasn’t dressed in black For I gave her...

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Hail (Mother) Mary Full of grace The (Divine) Lord is with you Blessed are you among women And Blessed is the fruit of your womb Father Christ Holy (Mother) Mary Mother of (Divine) Lord (Eternal) God (Please) pray for us sinners Now and at the hour of our death Amen Poetry Form: Free Verse Date Written: May 18, 2025 Time Written: 7:39pm ...

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May is the month of Mary May is the month of love May is the month of all flowers May is the month of all Mothers. Let's celebrate all Mothers Those who are poor and are living in huts Those who are rich with fake eyelids Those who are small with high heels Those who are lofty in a giant pair of trousers Those...

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Everybody called her Mary,her story is legendary in her small home town, after a night of dancing,a drunk driver ran her down. As she lay among the shattered glass, Sweet Mary she breathed her last. What a heavy price to pay, She passed away in her favorite evening gown. People gathered round in tears, Hearts are still haunted after all...

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Mismatched Mary invited us all to lunch We are her fabulous book club bunch Did not know what to expect of her She never matches, groused Mrs. Cur Mrs. Cur is persnickety, really prissy. She has never married, her cat is Kissy. Mismatched Mary met us at the door As usual, nothing matched that she wore Still, she looked put together, and kind...

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Oh Mary, blessed art thou among women. What did your eyes see? And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, And bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: And the...

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I had to discourage the love of Mary Lou My pals advised me what to do Just insult her the Texas way She'll set you free and go away. But Mary Lou heard on the grapevine of my plan, so decided down the road she could kick the can I told her that I'd rather cuddle a hornet than...

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The American South sits in my throat like grief. Faded floral curtains on Either side of a square, stained window Brown flecks, sometimes red, like the one in My brother’s eye— Nobody knows where they come from. Do you think Eve and Lilith used to kiss? In the garden where no one could see? New Mexico coyotes, dug up from pond banks Smile at me...

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Hildegard of Bingen, aka the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German christian mystic who had visions of the Love of God beginning at age three. “Cry out, therefore, and compose!”—Hildegard von Bingen, Scivias, translation by Michael R. Burch HILDEGARD VON BINGEN TRANSLATIONS I behold you, noble, glorious and complete Woman, locus of innocence and purity, the Sacred Matrix in whom...

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Lord I need to reach You Yes I need to know You're there Thank you for Your blessings Thank the angels for their care Oh Holy Spirit bless me Bring me to Your place of grace St. Michael please protect me Mother Mary bless this place Move the wind among the trees Paint the sky a somber blue All the animals gather close In the lands...

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I nearly hanged, it was my fate In seventeen eighty nine I had stolen an old fur tippet And claimed that it was mine They put me into prison Then sent me to be tried The verdict came back guilty and many tears I cried But through the grace of mad King George came a welcome dispensation My sentence was commuted and I was handed...

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HAILING MARY (A Haiku Quintet) Gardening Mary... Her fruit of love blossoming... The Christ child is born... Her Rose of Love, born: Crucified stem…petals of resurrection; Gracefully scenting:- Gardener’s womb flows… Her ripe fruit of love is here… Let’s cistern it’s fruit… It...

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As human, with humans, like milk with water, you mingled. In you, love for anyone and anywhere got kindled. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus were your friends and neighbours. They from you, and you from them, bestowed and received favours. As a sister to a brother, Martha brought you complaints. Mary was busy with immortal matters like the saints. Tell Mary to...

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