PREACHER MAN
Easter was yesterday, just a few hours ago girls in pink and yellow dresses.
Boys with bow ties that eventually got stuffed into their pockets.
Women with big Easter bonnets and new whimsical dresses hoping that when they sashayed into church not only the glorified picture of Jesus
on the wall illuminating the church, but they
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Categories:
preacher man, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
I Shot the Preacher Man
I SHOT THE PREACHER MAN™
The David in me shot the Goliath in the PreacherMan.
Arrant debacle of the anointed one
And dark child claiming identity of God's son.
Am just a little boy and not being punitive
But defiantly cantankerous and emotive,
No regret for my actions but now a fugitive,
Fugitive of my own premeditated atrocity
instead of the uproar of
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Categories:
preacher man, 1st grade, bullying, child
Form: Rhyme
Preacher Man
In the past, where I seldom visit
There is a soul I’d like to remember
He was a preacher who traveled the mountains
The ridges of North Carolina and Tennessee
Going back and forth to alters across the hills
Reaching hearts and souls who needed to hear
The gospel of salvation by the blood of Jesus
In the past, where my heart
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Categories:
preacher man, appreciation, blessing, faith, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Preacher Man
The Holy man has come to preach,
It is me he is trying to reach,
He is shouting and we lock eyes,
Right then I realize,
That he can see,
The devil in me.
Sweat is popping out on my forehead,
And I am beginning to dread,
That I ever came here,
What is it that I fear?
He asks what I am going to
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Categories:
preacher man, god, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Preacher Man
the crazy preacher man
he speaks
to me
I and the crowd
hypnotised
confused
and squinting
his shadow stands
before the sun
his silver words
are slivering
forth from ancient nets
fisher of men
gathering
it may be so
maybe it was
ever so
and so
some say
it may well
ever be
yet know ye this
that nothing new
shall ever stand
against the sun
and speak as He
by Gail
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Categories:
preacher man, bible, confusion, inspiration, language,
Form: Free verse
Last Song of the Preacher Man
Cold gentle nights,
as owls wings flutter of these same ole lights,
I'm a sayin ,"you my good friend",
for the same ole empty faces, doin the same ole sin.
Cursed you, do these things to me,
for my body is a dangling from beyond the tree,
is it only in you i see,
just the same ole friendly me.
Why it is
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Categories:
preacher man, brother,
Form: ABC
Preacher Man
Oh, preacher man,
You whisk away my breath
With your words.
You whisk away my heart
With your lips.
You whisk away my soul
With your touch.
Living each night
Within secret passion,
We hide ourselves away,
Discreetness a must,
For we are sinners
In their tainted eyes.
Yet our love is Godly true.
But from sometime unknown
In our guilty pleasures,
A new life is created,
A new
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Categories:
preacher man, angst, passionlife,
Form: Free verse
Preacher Man
Preacher man
A month has passed and I still
Have the gift for the needy to fulfill
I prayed every moment of the day
For His voice to convey
Early for work I stopped for tea
There sat a man across from me
His skin was blue breathing was shallow
A dad whose life hangs in the gallows
A frantic son, a dying father,
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Categories:
preacher man, peopleme,
Form: Rhyme
Preacher Man Blues (Inspired By Langston Hughes)
Preacher man said..."Put another dolla' in the plate!"
Preacher man said..."Put another dolla' in the plate!"
I got my blessin' on lay-away;
Don't know how long I gotta wait!
Preacher man asked..."How long did you suffer?"
Preacher man asked..."How long did you suffer?"
I said, "It ain't over yet,
'Cuz these problems are gettin' tougher!"
Preacher man asked..."Where did your faith go?"
Preacher man
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Categories:
preacher man, religionfaith,
Form: Rhyme
..Jail House Preacher Man
jail house preacher man
ring the bell of freedom down
King's hallelujah
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Categories:
preacher man, dedication, devotion, education
Form: Senryu
The Preacher Man
His narrow eyes, misguided lies
Misguide his narrow plan,
To cleanse the world from demons, he
Was called The Preacher Man.
“I see no proof, I hear no truth!
Your science is a sin!
You’ll burn in hell if you rebel
And let the Devil win!”
The Preacher Man then took a stand
To convert the sinners by the hand
“You’ll see the Lord you’ll
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Categories:
preacher man, peoplechildren,
Form: Rhyme
Preacher Man
He greets them at the big oak doors
To bring them in can be a chore
His words are smooth, he’s full of charm
They have no clue he means them harm
They wear their best amongst the pews
Big hats, fine silks, and fancy shoes
It’s your soul he says he’ll reach
But he don’t practice what he preach
As he stands
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Categories:
preacher man, life
Form: Couplet