beyond limit
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these days I question more and more
my faiths and what their purposed for
while evil grows to breadths unseen
beyond, it seems, where it has been
oh grant me sense and...
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Categories:
pardoned, analogy, forgiveness, introspection,
Form: Quatrain
G'day Lord
...For Gina's Contest..........
"This poem was inspired by a beautiful Prayer by Francis of Assisi. For 53 years it has hung on a plaque on our kitchen wall and I read it every day. " The Poet
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Categories:
pardoned, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Underneath that Grand old Flag
...Natives interrupted
Guns pointed to their chests
Blown away like beautiful dandelions
Into that sweltering sun
Americans lollygag
In their newly claimed land
Under that grand old flag
Slav...
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Categories:
pardoned, america, discrimination, prejudice, slavery,
Form: Free verse
FAITH IN GOD WHO RULES OVER US
...May 3 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on 1Chronicles 7-9
Key Verse – 1Chronicles 9:20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him....
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Categories:
pardoned, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Quatrain
The Great Grace-Giver
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Jesus said, “My grace is sufficient for you,
for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”
2 Corinthians 12:9
Divine Giver of the law
You are all-omniscient!
Your mercy leav...
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Categories:
pardoned, 11th grade, appreciation, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Looking Back At Trump's Capital Assault Twice
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Looking Back At Trump's Capital Assault Twice
From that storm-driven dark day.~
I saw rioters chanting U-S-A, U-S-A.~
And raging, raging, having their stay.~
Like wound-up robots with ...
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Categories:
pardoned, america, introspection, leadership, presidents
Form: Monorhyme
Grace in the Storm
...Oh beautiful days I’ve had,
Filled with sunshine and blooming flowers.
Some, with rain and a cool breeze,
That smelled like paradise.
And bad days I’ve had,
Filled with nostalgia and lament,
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Categories:
pardoned, hope,
Form: Free verse
Face me NOW
...[I entered this in "Choose a 2025 posted poem" by Brian Strand which was judged on 1/11/2025 at 10:45am. Thank you!]
[ “Everybody deserves a second chance!” ]
Within my existe...
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Categories:
pardoned, angst, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Farewell to 2024
...An American perspective on domestic and world events, in no particular order
SCOTUS rules that Trump’s immune
China flies the spy balloon
Starship booster landing glee
J. Assange is walking fre...
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Categories:
pardoned, humanity, new year, planet,
Form: Rhyme
Pardoning unpardonable
..._________________
By this trick have I won, year after year,
A hundred marks since I was pardoner.
Chaucer, Canterbury Tales
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Climbing down from h...
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Categories:
pardoned, satire,
Form: Limerick
The Turkey A L'Orange Is Ready
...I'm neither talking about the turkey
Who’s running for President
Nor the one which is a country
Now embroiled
And roiled in turmoil
I am talking about the huge pheasant
That we all like to fest...
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Categories:
pardoned, america, beautiful, dance, family,
Form: Rhyme
Prayers of the First Man
...“Lord of Light, with no hostility
Forge me as a sword of your tranquillity
To the kingdom of war, let me give a dove
Where there is hatred, let me give love
Where there is pain, let me offer...
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Categories:
pardoned, christian, conflict, hope, light,
Form: Rhyme
The world we live in today
...Tennis star Sinner’s no sinner,
But Phogat is, and no winner,
Sinner’s sans intention,
She should learn a lesson,
Are rules for the First World’s honour?
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Happening...
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Categories:
pardoned, today, world,
Form: Limerick
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO PRESERVES US
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June 15 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 16-20
Key Verse – Psalms 16:1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO PRESERVES US...
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Categories:
pardoned, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Pondering in Pastures
...Pretty pink and purple poppies
perfume peaceful pastures and
prance into picturesque poses.
Proud patterns in pale light
paint playful pictures
in dust particles like
pinpricks of precise...
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Categories:
pardoned, flower, garden, imagination,
Form: Alliteration
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