Mortify Poems

Paenitentia

...We can mortify our flesh,
wear our sign of confession,
perform our penance,
bear portions of scratchy sackcloth
so rough, so abrasive, against our bare backs.

Our sideboard now bears such a tr...

Mirror the Steadfast Biro

...Except in the darkest room
In it a figure would loom:
No time to cameras zoom,
Present as clean: filthy room…

Does capture like a good pen
Pimples up to painful ten,
All the smoke-stained tee...

It Is Shared Out

...A dog's job is to foes terrify,
Actors of scary films horrify,
The police a rogue identify,
Insurance firms one indemnify...

Science would laymen's claims verify,
Panels rigged elections nulli...

Mother Nature

..."Join hands to sweep clean of all dirt and preserve the pristine beauty of Nature to enhance the quality of living. If not, fear her lashing us black and blue"
-by poet

Nature, you are Go...

I Wanna End Me

...I Wanna End Me

It’s chill dawg. I’m just a savage. Gotta take that redpill homie. Two squared. Remember the illusion and have a giggle. No need to pout. It’s just a lil fun and games. Haha. Paint ...

Everyone Has a Sense of Nature

...Forests, meadows, and brooks evoke feeling.
They dwell in isolation and therefore live eternally.
It conveys delight to those whose words cannot be reaching.
They aren't dead, but t...

Ode To Nature

...Quote: Nature is flawed yet flawless, the ground likes your toes, and that your ponytail endears the breeze. (By Poet) 
                       
                        Sunset...

From the Heart

...We are experiencing timidity. 
Respect blended in with disparity. 
What's more, contest once in a while magnify. 
We can't once again just lay. 
Or give up to the sky. 
How about we s...

These Passing Moments

...Into the oceans eye of weather storm, my thoughts drown,
stumbling each, upon each other’s trailing synapse falling;
and I admit occasional trip to somehow set them down;
a forceful fitful leisure...

Aye Passively Plead Death To Please Release Me From Agonizing Clutches

...(alternately titled: Typical daily mindset today – 
July 17th, 2020)

The following words
mostly unredacted, nevertheless finessed
for curbed poetic/prosaic appeal
lock, stock and barrel
codif...

Sword's Power

...Granted with life everlasting through the Spirit’s sword*
I’m indeed born again by God’s Word.

As quickened by the spiritual sword miraculously
My soul yearns to be revived for meaningfu...

The Bane of Restless Leg Syndrome Kicks Back

...Minus adverse side effects
courtesy Ropinirole HCL
couple nights I did try,
albeit yours truly wanted to die,
plus also yearned tubby
among grrrrrreat full dead, no lie,

yes absent asthenia, ...

Leah Sharibu the Unsung Heroine

...Intrepid damsel,
a heroine unsung.
A willing martyr
with courage
unrivalled.
Unransomed captive
with a ransom
infinite.
She gladly faces
death with eternity
in view.
Like her lover before ...

Ten Flies For Fun

...solidify
dragonfly
mortify
horrify

glorify
amplify
beautify
simplify

demystify
intensify

butterfly
floating by...

N I H

...(Please! Donald! You Need Help!)

Yes, "Not invented here" it seems Trump's motto for today!
So, institutions long revered are taken out of play.
"What is not mine cannot be saved," the lesson th...

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