In Praise of Comedy
The art of comedy's a sacred thing,
as fresh and precious in its gift of bliss
as when a worshipped one's initial kiss
transports us first. Like Fragonard, we swing
to Lena Horne's delightful rites of spring
on wings of wonder. No analysis
can pull apart a pleasure pure as this.
We humans laugh as nightingales might sing.
We're taught to
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Categories:
praise, humor,
Form: Sonnet
A Poem of Praise
Praise Jesus Christ!
Who died on the Cross;
Without Thy great Sacrifice
We would all be lost.
From birth until death
You lived on this earth;
Enduring our suffering
To prove Love's worth
Though the sinners were many,
And the darkness was great;
You died to forgive us,
To open Heaven's Gates.
Not three days passed
And You continued Your Plan.
Freed the souls of
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Categories:
praise, forgiveness, god, happiness, heaven,
Form: Quatrain
Our Better Angels
It’s love that wipes away my tears
Shadow of the rain shower clears
And I’m warmed by the gentle night
He bids my soul peace to delight
It’s faith that reminds of His grace
With Him, there’s nothing I can’t face
Surprised by One who can unite
He bids my soul peace to delight
It’s hope that sings a song of life
And I
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Categories:
praise, angel, appreciation, faith, hope,
Form: Kyrielle
Joy of a Friend
Joy of the Lord is my strength
Humble in His sight I am weak
Following the Christ in me
Worshipping on my knees
Falling down on my face
Walking in truth and grace
Not a religious trick but
It’s about the relationship
In the valley He walks beside me
He sits at the table with me
In the presence of my enemies
For thou art with
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Categories:
praise, friend, jesus, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Praise
Praise God the father and our creator.
Praise God the son and our savior.
Praise God the holy spirit, our guide.
Praise the holy Trinity, our path to true unity.
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Categories:
praise, devotion, god, i am,
Form: Free verse
Pens of Praise
The factories no longer exhale fumes but fillers
Clanging steel is traded for selfie stick.
Whip is gone but the gaze remains.
Wage is still dingy and stale.
Accepted without questions.
When the labour was visible, we called it brutal.
Children with soot in lungs, blistered hands,
bodies bent before they grew.
Now the soot is scrubbed, hands are clean
but the bending of
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Categories:
praise, allegory, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Praise
I’ve had to learn to give thanks
For all the blessings in life.
For the good health of my kids
And for the love of my wife.
I’ve had to learn to give thanks
For His mysterious ways.
And every morning I wake
And in my heart I give praise.
It’s quite a lesson to learn
And it goes on every day.
So often I
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Categories:
praise, christian,
Form: Rhyme
This Little Light of Mine
Luke 11:36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part in dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
Write my heart in light, softly glowing
So the winds of summer keep flowing
Rising with the dawn, blessings growing
So the song of
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Categories:
praise, appreciation, inspirational, jesus, light,
Form: Rhyme
Bright, Morning Star
Dear God,
You know, when I fear – when I hurt, when I’m in tears
You know the me I used to be, the me that you’ve changed entirely
You know the things I want to say, when the grief clears
You know, when I pray – all the words I just can’t say.
And, still – despite all the
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Categories:
praise, appreciation, hope, inspirational, jesus,
Form: Rhyme
Not Mine
The olive garden to prepare.
With Zebedee’s sons and Peter
He prayed for the cup to pass,
Your will be done
Not mine.
Take this cup from me?
Yet not my will, but yours be done.
Point of death, the hour is here.
Fast asleep under the trees.
Vision of Isaac being prepared,
On his knees to be spared.
Sorrow in
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Categories:
praise, bible, jesus, prayer,
Form: Free verse
What Breaks My Heart
I love you – even when the smile is shy
I love you, even when I can’t say why
I love you, when my tears just won’t dry
I love you, with a love I can’t deny
What breaks my heart completely, dear
Are the tears that sting with dark fear
The mourning that I so dread to hear
The feelings
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Categories:
praise, appreciation, god, heart, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Come What May
Come What May...
When tears don’t say – because you pray
It will be okay, when you see the light of day
Time will reveal, the story of His will
Whatever comes, whatever sorrow – so still
I know the music of His grace in each glimpse of His face
Glimpses of hope, portrayed on the sunrise, in the stars
Glimpses of
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Categories:
praise, christian, encouraging, heartbroken, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Stand Firm
I sing to the children of God.
Stand firm, Stand firm.
I pray for the children of God.
Stand firm, Stand firm.
When the enemy comes to you.
When you face the accuser.
You'll know what to do.
Stand on the truth in love.
We have the choice every day.
Which character to put on?
If you listen to what some may say,
You might be
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Categories:
praise, bible, god,
Form: Lyric
O Lord God, We lift Your Holy Name on High, Praise and Worship Psalms
O Lord God we lift Your Holy Name on High
In all of our Praise and Worships Psalms
That we sing unto You for great is Your
Faithfulness and love You have shown
All of Your beloved children dearest Lord!
We shall sing unto You Lord a fresh new psalm
And shall worship You out of our grateful hearts
Over flowing with
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Categories:
praise, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Lyric
Throughout All Time
dew colors the dawn in halos,
revealing the angel’s song
who plays on and on and on –
reverberating across the horizon,
stilling the murmurs of morn’
singing to the light, a soft chorus
aching to be stolen by the heart
who knows, on angel’s wings
come gentling laughter so sweet
ever after will not be complete,
without this song who breathes…
glory into the skies,
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Categories:
praise, angel, faith, god, heaven,
Form: Free verse
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