Preach Poems

Papa Don't Preach

My Pa used to always say:

"Son, life is like a game of cards,"

"Don't cheat, until no one's lookin',"

"Don't spit, in front of company,"

"Don't ever Pee, in a wind storm,"

And absolutely, positively, no matter WHAT,"

"Hey Boy, hand me another Blatz!"

"Don't ever, EVER, defecate where you eat!"

"Or is it where you work? Or was it sleep?"

"Hell, I

Brilliant White

The crowd drew close on the mountain top
Jesus is coming to preach once more
He entered upon the water He walked
They were anxious at what was in store
Angels surrounded the massive crowd
The people roared with joy and delight
Jesus has come again that's true
He entered clothed in brilliant white

Soul healing

You give many reasons, 
Our smiling seasons, 
Fishing souls in human race,
Preach all find such grace,
Comforting soul foods,
Love your tender attitudes.

Practice What You Preach

There are many genuine , good and kind people in our world

Who’s  kindness, empathy and good deeds are apparent

Who give and help those in need without expectation

Their authentic , selfless, humble souls transparent


There are also those who voice all the right words

Yet their words and actions do not coincide

Outwardly spouting graciousness and compassion

Yet their

Preach

You may be looking
but are you seeing

You may be listening
but are you hearing

You may be touching
but are you feeling

You may be eating
but are you tasting

You may be sniffing
but can you smell 
what The Rock is cooking

If You Preach it, Live it

Have you ever been told what you should believe?
Or, if the words of such a person are meant to deceive.
Do you know someone who uses his mouth to preach
but doesn't live by his words. They're a figment of speech.

I have been told that peace is that person's ultimate goal
But I'm not sold on his act

Without You

Without you
My Lord,
There is nothing I can do.
Without you,
My Lord,
Nothing good or really true.
Shrivelled grape without the vine-stem,
Withered branch detached from tree,
Severed leaf dried up and fading,
No life-flow
From you to me.

Could I walk this whole world over,
Could I write a thousand books,
Could I preach a thousand sermons,
Or convert a thousand crooks
Could I live a life

I preach to others to write and sing

I preach to others to write and sing,
to soothe the pain that rises like fog over a mountain,
I lend them my ears,
baptizing my tattered sheet of paper in their crystal tears,
their poetry and music whisper through me like wind through a field of silver wheat,
I am immensely proud of them,
their courage is like a constellation

Preaching

Guess we're born to teach,
To the choirs we preach,
God's love we all reach.

Preacher

he sought them and taught them,
leaving hearts excited
by the need for love that believes
in the life beyond the night,
the life that is grace’s gift,
the life – eternal life

he was wise, shrewder than sin,
stirring up their prayers,
causing them to answer to Him,
the One who needs only this…

the heart who trusts in His Son,
the soul who listens

Practice What You Preach

We teach our children the rights and wrongs
The correct way to behave and be
Manners, morals, fairness
Kindness and honesty

Be respectful to all of life’s creatures
Do not hurt or mistreat
No verbal, emotional, physical abuse
From violence you retreat

Lately, l feel disillusioned
With the behaviour l have seen
Of “supposed” adults
Words and actions obscene

Hurtful words, inappropriate conduct
Disrespect, disregard, ugly displays
I wonder

Morning

Melting with the sun
            between the sea
              and the sand
        smelling the jasmine
           

Oh, To Preach

Oh, to preach, to pontificate
Seize the “bully” pulpit
Bask in the reverberations
Of your own voice
Mock the sanctity of silence

To expound on the simplicity
Of the impossibly attainable
Berate the questioners
Expound on humility
In stained glass superiority

To infiltrate the openness
Of childlike minds
Inculcate the innocence
With tainted seed

Oh, rave on
You echo-chambered ego
Your bellicose denials
Deny their truth

John G. Lawless
©6/27/2023

Zealots Preach

Zealots preach and I grow ever leerier
They deem bigots good and good folks inferior
I best join their endeaver
Or I'll sizzle forever
There's nothing as disturbing or drearier

2/5/23

Preach From Experience

You could tell me your differences,
beat me down with distortions,
in-between fundamentally certain
of Either/Or
Yes or No
Stop or Go;
and never "and"

You also faithfully know sacred reasons
for secularized natural seasons.

You could whisper your silent discernments
in-between Both/And nuanced 
curiously growing seasons
of sacred climate doubt

I could be heard and appreciated
beyond self-graced listening
for win/win mind is also spirit

Health is also wealth
is

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