Religion Paradise Poems

Existential Exams

By Mark D. Stucky
Math problems, essay questions,
multiple choice, fill in the blanks…
Many are the tests we take
from grade school through grad school.

We also encounter...

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Hope in the depths of the human soul,

Hope that guides us towards our goal.

Hope, a beacon in times of despair,

Hope, a light that we all...

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If only the archangel Gabriel
would visit and with holy host proclaim
“Children of Creation, let there be
no anchor for rancor in the Dead Sea,
nor fuel for...

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(See the haiku text embedded in the image above. For a high resolution image, see cinemaspirit.info/heaven/.)*

Haiga for the Heavenbound

By Mark D. Stucky
We search for the...

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Resurrection iBodies

By Mark D. Stucky
I laundered my iPhone the other day,
left in a pants pocket bound for washer glory.
After all the agitation and spin ceased,
below...

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(Author’s note: This poem was written during the 2020 lockdown in the early part of the pandemic when many people were isolated and afraid. It...

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I
In scripture, Creator-Redeemers contradict
One law and rule with another
Even "be good, do good," may be wrong
For as KANT said, if motives are selfish
The actions we...

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All 

As I look back these days, 
over the years that have gone by... 
faster than I thought they were moving
at the time I was...

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When a nation cries, death rides the reaper is a stride, the loss of reasons in a Ludacris season, where men of nations think they...

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"This is the place." - Joseph Smith
(I'm not endorsing Mormonism, but I was blown away with our Utah visit last year and we'd randomly throw...

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What right is it 
of Man to challenge 
creations unknowable plans… 

Is it not the will of vanity 
to keep all in the dark 
or...

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Am I the only one, 
the only one left to carry this cross 
through these wasted lands, 
these blasted glass riddled sands.
This cross of madness....

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Trails of time 
I note the trails sublime
I see them dance around 
my fingers like starlight
arcing in the night 
I intertwine the firelights
dancing around my...

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The Earth needs total deliverance!
The Earth needs true fast and prayer;
Where are the righteous and prayer warriors?
We need to hold hands and ask God for...

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I’ll gladly lose my sight,
In order to see Your brilliance.

I’ll gladly lose my hearing,
In order to hear Your voice.

I’ll gladly lose my smelling,
In order to...

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