Mortification Poems

Protesting The Moment

...Protesting The Moment

Illuminating the night by the light of a bonfire 
Captivating the insight before one’s mind begins to tire 
Emigrating out of fright as one’s own government becomes a liar ...
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Categories: mortification, life,
Form: Rhyme

A SINGLE PASSAGE

...Nothing compares to the stillness of the soul.
Remain dignified
even within the spiral of desolation.
Remain upright
before the arrogance of opulence.

Life,
an hourglass filled with illusions...
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Categories: mortification, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberI Dived Into The Cauldron Of Magic Potion And

...Catapulted into seething temperatures beyond the imagination 
risking excitement in escapades that may seem inane,
potential hazard weighted against predicament predestined,
at some future stage I...
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Categories: mortification, adventure, character, courage, endurance,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberDifference Between Mom and Dad

...Many would have been filled with humiliation
At ruining their brother Bill’s graduation
Their mother’s face showed total mortification
Dad was used to bad behavior, from his relation....
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Categories: mortification, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Safe Shores

...A languorous morning 

Nestled in between warm duvets, a goose feathered pillow or two…a luxury 
A striped kitten, a beautiful shade of grey, on a windowsill grey too; purring, gentle breaths, aut...
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Categories: mortification, allusion, betrayal,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberClamping Down

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         Humiliation

  ‘tween the jaws of a sandwich

             Mortification


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Categories: mortification, analogy, imagery, pain, surreal,
Form: Senryu

Premium MemberPRAISE BE TO GOD FOR LOVING US

...November 4 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on John 3-4

Key Verse – John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not p...
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Categories: mortification, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration

FORGIVE ME

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Darling, please forgive me,
To my mortification
For taunting you each and every time.
Forgive me for the anguish,
For my sarcastic words that hurt.
Forgive me for my lies,
Forgive me for my a...
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Categories: mortification, forgiveness, lost love, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThere are no Tomorrows

...A simple musing about a broken heart


There are no tomorrows when the day is long
and filled with sadness
there is only the slow counting of tears that fall never ending
onto the wet palms of ...
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Categories: mortification, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA Sinner's Heart

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There is a sin inside my mind,
Where only I can see and hear,
Where my heart reflects my need,
Where my soul reminds it is stumbling,
Where my spirit delights and is always learning.

The...
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Categories: mortification, appreciation, faith, forgiveness, hope,
Form: Free verse

Premium Memberdiscombobulation

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standing up in a class of fifty,
offering her answers, quite gently,
will the professor think she’s nifty,
or will he think of her differently,
she blushes, though she isn’t shift...
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Categories: mortification, fun, funny, giggle, hilarious,
Form: Ottava rima

Goodbye and good riddance 2023

...Goodbye and good riddance 2023

Commencement writing this poem
began December 31st: 2:24 PM
ended December 31st: 03:53 PM.

The best geriatric effort I apply
twittering, ushering, and 
albeit...
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Categories: mortification, anniversary, anxiety, celebration, conflict,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberMortified

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Love lets you makes mistakes
Without leaving you
Immersed in the pool of regrets,
Swallowing back tears and remembering
The sins that colored your heart
Hard and darkened your drea...
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Categories: mortification, blessing, fear, heaven, inspirational,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberJustification

...JUSTIFICATION

Oh, what a distressing frustrating situation,
I’ve suddenly lost all my poetic imagination,
Nothing tickles me pink, no stimulation,
I want to create a poem of deep inspiration,
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Categories: mortification, muse,
Form: Rhyme

Coffin

...Built with the measurement of The Alive
For those once here but no longer thrive;
One J saw for a dog that didn’t ask for interment
And it was some lavish entertainment!

In the past, bamboos st...
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Categories: mortification, absence, bereavement, death, grief,
Form: Rhyme

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