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Parishioner Poems - Poems about Parishioner

Eve of Deconstruction
...The Buffalo church, it is implodin' Rhetoric flarin', parishes unloadin' We're good enough to give, but have no say in votin' You don't believe in division, but what's that decree your totin' You......

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Categories: parishioner, corruption, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member When the bathroom calls your name
...I had cycled to Upper Montclair It was humid, hot, smoke in the air. I was sweaty, and smelled of Deet circles under my eyes, and I was beat. It was Sunday, I'm agnostic, or I'd be in church A......

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Categories: parishioner, blessing, christian, faith, hilarious,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member At The Cemetery
...Writing is a gamble we put in our words, pull the slot and read back our cherries and lemons -- the object is to publish our addiction to connect with a reader our casinos, the clan-......

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Categories: parishioner, career, desire, meaningful, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Horn Had Taken a Hike to Find Father Farrell
...Find Father Farrell and Terrell when over barrel while incredible church is imperil find (call) Father Farrell (Terrell) Parish which we cherish would scream when scalded with steam so it di......

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Categories: parishioner, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Aborted Trauma Tales
...When you and your wife visited, you shared a question asked by a pastor of a raped and thereby pregnant vulnerably young and questioning parishioner. "If your unborn child survived his first ......

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Categories: parishioner, abortion, death, health, humor,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum



Premium Member Old Bat Eulogy
...The minister paused, wondering what he could say. She had been a mean old woman, an angry parishioner. She was opinionated, he said. Bossy! Someone yelled. And she had determination, he said. S......

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Categories: parishioner, funeral,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Season of Shifting
...At my church last Sunday, I heard the word 'Shift' by two different people. The first 'Shift' that I heard was from the pastor, and the next by......

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Categories: parishioner, change, god,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Landlord-Tenant Relationship Protection Available Help Hot-Lines
...Landlord-Tenant Relationship Protection: Available Help Hot-Lines! Greetings everyone and I pray that each of you will overcome this coronavirus pandemic, which has impacted many communities in va......

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Categories: parishioner, angst, conflict, feelings, heartbreak,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Before Church
...She says: "I don't see you as disabled." Tommy Adaptive — a parishioner sexualizes my Sunday best......

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Categories: parishioner, clothes, discrimination,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Powers Over Me
...I once read, If I am a parishioner, (or a student or a child or some other non-elite ecofeminist identity) Then someone has power over me. It would have been more helpful if this "someone" ......

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Categories: parishioner, caregiving, happiness, health, integrity,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member The Little Parishioner
...the parishioner sits on my lap. his little legs dangle, his beat up sandals slip. i raise his hand with mine. he pulls it back. i clap. his hands, like bookends put a stop to that. silent......

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Categories: parishioner, child, grandson,
Form: Free verse
A Long Limerick Planned For Poems
...A Long Limerick Planned for Poems This is my 6,466th poem. Shooting for 6.666 for some strange reason and time and season and only teasing. It sure seems much easier to put all of my poems i......

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Categories: parishioner, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Father and Mother
...Long, long ago, there lived a priest, Peter Gilligan by name, in an Irish village One day, the weary priest had summons From a destitute parishioner, Whose husband, very old, was on his death be......

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Categories: parishioner, allegory, god, philosophy, religion,
Form: Narrative
Cement Nixer
...Cement- mixer They are re-building the house across the road, the cement-mixer churns from early morn, a black, big dog sat barking at it until it lost its voice and sounded like a helpless k......

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Categories: parishioner, april, career,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Mis-Message Mcgee
...Now, Father McGee and Parishioner Finn Stood out in front, by the road Each of them holding a sign on a stick with a message with spoke of forebode McGee's sign said " THE END IS NEAR" Finn's--......

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Categories: parishioner, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

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