JFK, MLK, RFK all shot dead
Rabin and Sadat both shot dead
Nasrallah and the Ayatollah slain
Reagan, Trump, so many others shot at
Who aspires to international leadership
Death the price of membership
Membership is an elite process
Grace saves us, and not
By what we did for the Lord
We have citizenship within the Kingdom of God and
As Citizens of this great kingdom, we declare our characteristics
Citizenship is a legal position
We are regal people, so
We live out our status in this dispensation
We are Citizens and not members of His kingdom.
Mark Frank
Copyright 2025
You were asking
earlier:
Floating In a pool
by misadventure.
Slowly drowning
in vomit, your own.
Chasing horses
in a seedy hotel room.
A busted heart
in a busted bathtub.
Hanging in a garage
beside your automobile
A twenty gauge
wrapped in your arms
One last Vodka shot,
to end the pain.
These are some ways
you can join the club.
There are many more;
you can be inventive.
May I ask your age?
Twenty-eight you say.
My apologies, sir;
you exceed our age limit.
the 27 club Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Anthony Biaanco
Date wrote: 11th September 2022
Enough poison left inside
To keep me close to the healer,
Paddling alone only
Creates whirlpools.
Together side by side
Power of testimony
Spurring us on.
Power of words
Making grown men cry
Power of stories
Made real to all.
Membership is free
But we’ve all paid dearly.
Lifetime Premium Membership. Someone said you could receive one if your dad had
been killed while on active duty serving his country like mine has, you yourself was a
retired veteran and you yourself had written over 600 full length poems on PoetrySoup
of which one was Poem of the Day on August 16th and two of your other poems had
received honorable mentions. I am supposed to be making the other person think this
is their very own idea. Not only that, I am writing this in a free verse format so I will
receive a free membership. This is a great idea you have there.
James Thomas Horn
They said the day I signed up,
Once I paid the fee
My membership was lifetime
But then, I looked to see
I felt l had been cheated
"Lifetime", what a joke
To think how much I paid to them
It causes me to choke
But since I'm here, I guess I'll stay
As long as I'm alive
And just renew my membership
In 2065
I'll be 58 in August
Do the math--- Ha !
T The gift of Premium Membership
H Has brightened my day but need tip
A Anyone who has knowledge on how
N Now to get my pictures to come through wow
K Kool pictures of nature that are just waiting
Y Your eyes to fill with color poet's duty
O Open your heart to the bounty of beauty
U Universally available to all if only open your eyes and see
(Someone gave me a gift of Premium Membership...I want to say thanks for it
made my day...)Sunflower/Sara
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