Prose Poems | Prose Examples

Your Divine Spirit is an open book of spontaneous reference. I have met people who seldom read the bible...yet, most every word they speak and action they take, is Biblically correct. Am I saying, no need to read the bible? Absolutely not -- if a sense of emptiness, loneliness, dissatisfied existence, read, devour, savor! With...

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I love the silence between words, because when I’m talking to her, every time she stutters, my heartbeat waits for her words to make me alive again. Every time she looks at me, I think that maybe she’s the one. Every time I confess my love for her, her silence between the words makes me feel important. Was she...

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Some days, I’m still fighting the urge to light a cigarette—missing those rippling ribbons of smoke and the way they would uncoil in the dark, humid air. I’ve been coughing so much lately, and my lungs will hardly expand for any air that isn’t polluted at the source. I’ve been hacking up my lungs, and...

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I was looking at a dying man who was asking me for a stone I had in my pocket. He wanted it to survive, but he was a sinner—because a book said he made fun of people and abused them. I watched him grow pale and wondered: should I help him because of his situation,...

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GOOD MORNING SOUL next Good morning soul, Today, I’m going to write You a poem my mind Suggested to me last night. Relax, my soul, This poem will be One of joyous tears Of the two sons, I miss; Sons that gave me such bliss:- This poem flows itself with keloid Memories of those loving times, Canvassing how God could Could have so pleasingly Wanted them...

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It's when I feel you I let you be. Swift, twirling sound in air, You come like a thief in the night. Your days of coming are unknown. When will you whisper Whisper the words of victory To punch hills, notch, and porch, Go north, east, south, and west, And make Everest my home? Oh, whisper the swift, twirling sound 'Cause it's when I feel you, I...

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I have never heard my mother express her love for my father. Perhaps after having seven children, she lacked the energy to articulate those sentiments. Many women convey their emotions through their unique forms of expression. I find myself questioning whether it was unwise to have loved someone deeply. I composed a piece reflecting on...

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Cultural and Social Terms Idol: In Persian poetry, often refers to the beloved, particularly one who is non-Muslim. The term carries complex connotations of forbidden desire and spiritual challenge. Veil: Refers both to the physical head covering and the metaphysical veil between the material and spiritual worlds in Sufi thought. Fate's Wheel: The wheel of fortune or destiny...

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Literary and Cultural Terms Masnavi (also Mathnawi): A classical Persian poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets with a continuous narrative. The most famous example is Rumi's Masnavi-ye Ma'navi (Spiritual Couplets), a foundational work of Sufi literature. Saqi (also Saqi): The cupbearer or wine-server in Persian poetry, often a beautiful youth who serves wine at gatherings. In Sufi...

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IN THE WAKE OF POLITICAL RENDERINGS In today’s diabolical Political renderings, Let’s not be like Naked sage trees: Leaves and fruits rotting In unjust, bigoted political dirt:- Rather, today let’s spring into life And be like un-cocooned butterflies, Soaring free and prepared as ought to be: Pollinating flowering life with justice and equality:- And like hived bees, let’s be about the honey flowing Of...

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OF GLORY, GRACE , AND COURAGE Indeed, divine wisdom, and its guidance Dwells in prayerful contemplating asking, And is always there waiting to be asked To navigate you towards that ever present help When souls become deflated with great grief:- Remember and be of good courage; He who has given you a sound mind, Will ...strengthen your heart…for… In His...

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Each day, I bury the version of me who loved less. Enthralled by my own becoming, I have fallen out of love countless times into new love. I savour each moment spent amidst my anointment towards higher values, and I ask, is love worthy of me? The idol of love is tantalizing, patient and kind,...

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When you feel your heart pulsating, just imagine it with your hand opening and closing. The pumps are alive and make you feel human. Drop one finger and the beats are still there and just need a break from the outside influence. Drop another finger and see how it feels like palpitation. Drop the thumb...

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Q Was yesterday, August 3, 2025 considered 'the 9th of Av?' on the Jewish calendar? A Yes, it was. Q Why is it considered to be 'a national day of mourning for the Jewish people?' A It's the exact date: both the first temple--Solomon's temple, and the...

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AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE: 2025 As Garvey echoed, Only we can truly Interpret our own True reality:- Thus, let us get to Today’s above-ground Railroading of ourstory Engine-recking the lies Of Klan-hooded history:- Jim Crow based history, Clearly blood-inking The political reality, That America was, And never will be, A haven for the ebony-hued Multi-generations of Juneteenth Heirs like those of you and me: We being infected with mental slavery:- And the maintenance...

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