Circling the Drain
...I don't agree with it at all.
A grand heart and good deeds
hold no weight -are not part the equation.
This scale is unbalanced and highly flawed.
So, you're telling me that you can be
a filthy ...
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Categories:
mother theresa, religion,
Form: Free verse
Piloting My Own Corpse
...The world is quiet here
Yet growing louder by the day
Renting paradise from vultures
Split amongst two flavors of instability
I clamored and dreamed for that golden armor
That title that would...
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Categories:
mother theresa, allegory, change, death, religion,
Form: Free verse
In The Matter of Nothing
...Heaven could be like an infinite holiday
without grief and burden of war
without physical or emotional pain
A family reunion everyday
bathed in the purist of light
manna nibbled from crystal pl...
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Categories:
mother theresa, heaven,
Form: Free verse
Money Tree
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In a perfect world
Money would grow on trees
And I’d just reach up,
Pluck off a leaf
And buy anything that I please.
I’d buy toys for me and my friends.
If only grownups could see (li...
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Categories:
mother theresa, 6th grade, hip hop,
Form: Rhyme
The Holy Flower Bud
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A Mother Theresa Quote:
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
She, a Loreto sister of great value a Saint in old Calcutta
took a train ride in 1946, and fo...
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Categories:
mother theresa, appreciation, care, thanksgiving,
Form: Haibun
THANKFUL I STILL HAVE HOPE FOR PEACE
...Today I’m thankful I still have hope for peace…
That I still pray peace will one day find all my worlds sisters and brothers
Remembering the words of Mother Theresa:
If we have no peace…
It’s bec...
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Categories:
mother theresa, hope, thanks,
Form: Rhyme
A Nobel Prize For Bragging
...This is insane. This is unheard of a president
Behaving like that. Yes, he deserves a prize
It's a great honor to lead a country this size
Be happy, pragmatic and wait if by accident
You will be ...
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Categories:
mother theresa, adventure, bullying, community, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Good God and Bad
...Would a good God permit an Auschwitz
Would a bad god grant Mother Theresa long life
Would a good God turn Osama bin Laden loose
Would a bad god have given Adam a wife
When folks say...
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Categories:
mother theresa, god, introspection, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
I Know This Preacher
...I know this preacher
Big and famous
Books and hooks
Got good looks
The gals all love
Dudes are glued
To his words
Though some think
He’s a turd
He’s got so much money
He stopped counting
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Categories:
mother theresa, religion,
Form: Free verse
Queen Summer the First
...On graduation day you put your saddle shoes away.
You took a naked walk through the garden till you got to the pool.
You had Vivaldi on steroids, Monet on cocaine.
You’re not Mother Theresa. No ne...
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Categories:
mother theresa, allegory, birthday, summer,
Form: Burlesque
Be Kind Anyway-Tribute To Mother Theresa
...People are often unreasonable
And self-centered
Forgive them any way
If you are kind people may
Accuse you of ulterior motives
Be kind any way
If you are honest people
May cheat you
Be ho...
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Categories:
mother theresa, blessing, caregiving, christian, dedication,
Form: Free verse
Leper In Need
...The sun is hot and hard to bear
All out of options – nobody cares
You're looking for an accomplice in your greed
So who's gonna come to the aid
Of a leper in need?
You tasted too much and lef...
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Categories:
mother theresa, bible, emotions, extended metaphor,
Form: Verse
A Natural Woman
...She writes like Maya
She sings like Aretha
She dreams like Coretta
She reads like Oprah
She speaks like Barbara
She plays like Serena
She rocks like Tina
She rolls like Donna
She entertains l...
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Categories:
mother theresa, celebration, flower, inspirational, love,
Form: Rhyme
Mouldy Bread
...Once I threw a mouldy bread
into the dumpster
and when I went for groceries
I saw a Gypsy boy taking the bread
and being content about it.
A tear dropped down my cheek.
I was always surrou...
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Categories:
mother theresa, absence, abuse, addiction, angst,
Form: Free verse
Heavens's Poker Game
...In the beginning after God had finished creating this land.
Satan boldly challenged the heavens for the absolute control of man.
Gods’ architectural blueprint stretched for ages across the sky ...
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Categories:
mother theresa, bible, christian, conflict, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
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