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Parable Poems - Poems about Parable

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the ocean and the cellphone the child hears only the ocean the elder fool is without the hearing of the elder moon ones tide returns when one ends the foolishness undoing the letters takes you forward the writing is decisive victory over saddness...

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Categories: parable, beach, creation, dream,
Form: Free verse
Connecting the dots, the parable of the ten virgins part eleven Q and A
Q Why did the five wise virgins tell the five foolish virgins to go the sellers of the oil? A They would have not have enough oil to be able to trim their own oil lamps. Matt.25:9 Q Were all of the virgins surprised when they heard the cry about the bride...

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Categories: parable, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose



Connecting the dots, the parable of the ten virgins, part ten Q and A
Q "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Matt.25:1 as, Jesus Christ, our bridegroom already married to His bride, as mentioned in Rev. 19:7? A Yes,"Let us be...

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Categories: parable, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
Premium Member CHIME poetic parable
I am the grace : in repentance face...

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Categories: parable, christian, word play,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Pondering Parables
Among tales told long ago were those of finding hidden buried treasures, of growing seeds in diverse soils, of building homes on sand or rock, of sorting worthy sheep from wicked goats, of inviting multitudes to a banquet, of celebrating a prodigal returning home, of saving a life by a scorned Samaritan. Jesus loved earthly stories with heavenly implications. His parables were spiritual seeds sown in...

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Categories: parable, faith, fantasy, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Revisiting a Zen parable
Zen master Kept ...

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Categories: parable, analogy, uplifting,
Form: Concrete
Parable paired in a pairing unit, you knead--- A Translation of Nirmalendu Goon
You and your pliant touch lit me up, there my diva, morn. After the shower, your wet hair and your braid, in trying untangling Humble effort, down to earth I rush to thee, my open palm , water soaked paperspace, and Eyes soothing a time, comforting chime, a return to home, shalom , or even nonetheless, Perhaps Surrounding you, an...

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Categories: parable, absence, january,
Form: Free verse
Parable Of The Seed
Into the hard ground A seed has fallen in despair Unto grace His care....

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Categories: parable, faith, gospel, humanity, life,
Form: Haiku
A Sunflower Parable
When the sunflowers awake they will follow a blind sun. For now, they are cold hard seeds in a softening earth. The dark is their light, just as the light can be dark, in the sleeping mind. When tall, some taller than I, some will see from their roots, others will see only the way, a blind sun sees. Parables like this should not be read, with the eyes...

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Categories: parable, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Parable Terrible and Unbearable
heard a parable which had been unbearable sounding terrible they would enable you to hide under a table which was in a stable when you will appall where you have started to stall like humpty may fall ...

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Categories: parable, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Prepared Parable Horn Haiku
prepared parabola when high on chair and noble will be great and global Karen Krutsinger Murder should be spelled MURDER. Comments Turned Off Horn Haiku sorry that comments by you will have been turned off why I do not know Now 8,960 poems and shooting for 9,000. Had to do this as an edit correction. advertising has been big pain in you know where turning on and off cursor triggers...

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Categories: parable, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Two Mountains Crumbling In Daylight
Eons ago, near two flowing rivers in old China Lived an old, white clothed man ninety-nine years of age Who glared at two mountains he knew from his long-dead childhood Who glared at the giants he always had dreams of The first was a mist covered mountain, where all beasts were blind With whispers of...

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Categories: parable, dedication, endurance, heaven, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
The Parable of the Pipe-Down Piper
Behold the Pied Piper has tossed his pipe belatedly in the trash Having led folks down some garden paths he trousered wads of cash Dollars, pounds, euros, rolls of wallpaper - the currency didn’t matter He gathered countless cretins, enchanted by piffle and patter From sound suburban Ruislip to Henley-on-the-Thames This...

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Categories: parable, confidence, dance, devotion, hyperbole,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Reposted Black Friday, Parable To Broad Way, a Narrow Way
This is a parable how so many on the highway to death Following and fighting over material things Caught up in this world following the crowd We have Jesus on the other end with the self check out Have you found your bargain So many will camp out To get a present on a deal The lines will wrap around The outside doors...

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Categories: parable, fate,
Form: Free verse
Uncle Patience and His Wife
PATIENCE AND IMPATIENCE. Patience is morality they say, That: does not function with a noblewoman whose man is far away. Won't she alleviate her fever with another man? Perhaps the one who is not apt of being with her. Impatience they say wrecks commodity Not when they slap your father in your presence And you say, patience is life. You shall be...

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Categories: parable, 12th grade, allusion, art,
Form: Didactic

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