I kept quiet far too long.
I couldn't open my mouth,
it seemed, not even for a peep.
The perfect doormat.
Welcome to one and all.
Come wipe your feet.
Tolerance is that ugly sin
a coward learns to live with
while incessant cycles repeat.
Nothing changes when nothing's said,
silence being the prime enabler.
And like a weed, shame grows
in the shadow of acceptance.
AP: 1st place 2025
Categories:
prospering, angst, silence,
Form: Free verse
With the thousands troop, I the general stride.
Below the land of ancestors pride.
Where dragon soars and tiger leaps with might.
For this, my sword tainted with river of blood.
Bears felony's weight , a mountain heavy tide.
My heart a rock, no regret, no shame reside.
~Byeol
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Land of ancestors: homeland
Dragon soars and tiger leaps: showing powerful prospering nation
Categories:
prospering, 10th grade, courage, dark,
Form: Heroic Couplet
Living long and prospering
Is what most people hope to do.
Fate, however, sometimes brings
Early exits; thus with fondest dreams, some folks can’t follow through.
Categories:
prospering, life,
Form: Acrostic
Our best resource taken-in
and stored, is Love Imperishable:
that which we dearly do,
say, suck-in and breathe out --
prospering the heart, mind
and soul – substance of love;
charges of love, jumping
worldly synapses, making connections
immortal – for nothing of love
is ever entirely forsaken – perhaps by man,
but never by God~ Our Eternal!
Categories:
prospering, christian, faith, inspirational, inspirational
Form: Free verse
February 5 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Leviticus 14-15
Key Verse – Leviticus 14:1-2 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO CLEANSES US
Praise be to God for cleansing us
from our confessed sins by His:
Pardon toward transformation
Purity for our triumphant reformation
Power so we can prevail over temptations
Peace against transgression-turbulence
Prosperity so we can progress against trials
Leviticus 14:11 Praise be to the Lord Who
encourages us to present ourselves before Him:
Carried by His salvation-security
Cleansed from sinfulness
Clothed in His sanctification
Commanded by His Scriptures
Called into His sanctuary
Leviticus 15:14 Praise be to the Saviour
for inviting us to come before Him:
Bathed into His purifying water
Bending to His proven Word
Burning through His powering worship
Blooming around His performing work
Bowing along His pursuing watchfulness
Believing in His protecting perfect ways
Blessed with His prospering wealth. Amen!
February 5, 2024
Categories:
prospering, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Alive, quickened by the Spirit divine
My redeemed soul is breathing with God’s grace
Growing so well, prospering in His love
Thankful to thrive along salvation joy.
Breathing-out praise to reflect the Lord’s light
My blessed heart radiates heaven glow
Receiving serenely forgiveness grant
As sin confession yields righteous pursuits.
Triumphant over trials, woes and pain
My steadfast faith keeps on breathing midst peace
Sustained by the Saviour Who authors life
While propped to share His mercy, full of hope.
Breathing-in the Almighty*’s compassion
My flourishing prayer blossoms with love
Nurturing others upon kindness-care
Fulfilling best, devoid of selfish pride.
Assured by Christ with immortal future
My earnest service to Him I devote
Along everlasting horizon’s view
Worshipfully breathing, always blissful.
*Job 33:4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
March 17, 2023
3rd place, "A BRIAN STRAND PREMIERE no 1206" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 4/8/2023.
Categories:
prospering, blessing, christian, encouraging, faith,
Form: Blank verse
We keep hanging gods on trees
And we keep saints in cemeteries
Prostitutes in the street
Escorts on the streams
And the king on the bills
Do you understand what all this means
You chose to keep me in the ditch
To keep me buried in deep
Always digging for a way out
Looking for better stories for me
Than Jesus Christ and Odin
Better glories
That does not involve cheap drinks
Whores
and getting stabbed on the ribs
A tale with heart and soul
Rhymes and pianos
Dancing on the floor
Holding you on my mind
Smiles with old men
Children laughing
And beautiful people prospering
A story without suffering
But still with Gods hang on trees
Categories:
prospering, analogy, angel, art, assonance,
Form: Free verse
The most noble act in all the world, I think
To back away from war on the brink
Seeking peaceful concession
With reparation
Restoring
Peace
Endorsing
Calm separation
Mutual declaration
Leaves both nations prospering insync
The most noble act in all the world, I think
Written March 28, 2022
[an Andaree, developed by Poet
Andrea Dietrich, with one small
variation. Syllables checked by PS]
#72 on BEST NEW POEMS LIST
April 22, 2022
Categories:
prospering, how i feel, peace,
Form: Rhyme
I cried tears of anguish for the burgeoning.
Tears and sobbing aren't prospering.
I regret all the rambunctious ineptness.
Silver hair and a large head are worthless.
My youth was pillaged, yet my heart tried to beat.
Pulling leaves from a branch is a fun treat.
Is it possible to reclaim my youth?
To tell him the breed of gray-haired man couth.
Categories:
prospering, analogy, childhood, conflict, destiny,
Form: Couplet
Don't be fooled by material possessions
that are owned only by selfish hearts
and the more they hold onto them tightly,
the quicker they'll disappear;
surely, they can make life much easier,
but not a peaceful one full of serenity.
Is it everybody's dream to own everything enough
to fulfill their materialistic needs through times of uncertainty...
if inside there's an emptiness deeper than any ocean's depth?
Spirituality is not dimensional as materialism which is clumsy.
Are they willing to make sacrifices
and only keep the essential things?
Their treasure has overflown and gold
is scattered around it to attract more greed;
will they give some away to the needy?
It'll do no good laying there worthlessly!
Material possessions are owned only by selfish hearts,
and prospering they are mindless of the beggar;
riches are precious jewels that steadily glitter...
then lose their luster when they're captured by thieves!
Categories:
prospering, appreciation, beauty, conflict, desire,
Form: Rhyme
rites to the matter
covet the soil to germinate
prospering petals
10/13/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020
Categories:
prospering, analogy, appreciation, autumn, flower,
Form: Haiku
We became blind to His love for us
Failing to honor Him in our worship
His choices now offend us
And our offerings now offend Him
Our hearts refuse to take Him in
So, we go through the motions
For the appearance of respectability
We are hypocrites
Asking Him for His blessing
While dishonoring His name
We have turned back from following Him
Our speech becomes ever more sinful
Showing partiality in His instructions
Showing lack of influence by the Spirit
We are disillusioned
Accusing Him of injustice
Because the wicked are prospering
While our own service to Him is unprofitable
So, we withhold from Him
And become more self-assertive
Dealing treacherously with each other
We are lacking spiritual kinship
Yet, it's because of His justice
We still have space to repent
To return to Him and regain His blessing
To avoid the curse and coming judgment
He will send Elijah before that Day
To break the stalemate
Categories:
prospering, bible, heart, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Forged in fire, born and bred
Like a lion in their heads
Open hand made fist by culture
Circles of violence upon well-worn treads
Prospering, only crows and vultures
Pick clean hesitant bones and falter
Glory and wine, tools of peacetime
Golden shovel; dig your graves by the altar
The thirsty rebel looks to the sky,
Shades his eyes from sunlight, dry
Vultures circling the once-green plain
Are waiting for them all to die
What's in a fight for the living to gain?
Glory, honor, protection in vain?
The bladesman's steel cleaves circles in heads
Circles of death, vengeance, and pain
Security by gunpoint paints the world red
Order and pestilence drilled into our heads
A propaganda spread by vultures
Controlling the reaper, profit from the dead
Categories:
prospering, allegory, power, red, violence,
Form: Rubaiyat
The blizzards are over, the seasons winds no longer frigid
My lips are chapped hands ache even with these mittens on
Windy March cold is climbing furnace sounds as of a symphony
Seasonal change the colds, the snows are going their distance
The bitter temperatures of the unknown climates rages cause
The prospering horizon sights such an illumination what an a epiphany
March's winds
Blows in
Now is the windy
O' what a season
Warmer is the earth
Time now to cultivate the dirt
Temperatures rose plantings begun
Solace March 21 and It's now SPRING
3/19/18
For 'PREMIERE CONTEST: 135 ANY FORM OR MAX OF 20 lines' Contest
Sponsored by : Brian Strand
Categories:
prospering, change, creation, environment, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Old tree
Weathered well;
Final glory
~~~~~~~~~
Temple bells
Wind moans mantra;
Summery day
~~~~~~~~~
Jerky knees struggle
Old limping lady;
Sheer tenacity
~~~~~~~~~
By old walkway
Lonely man contemplates;
Meaning of life
~~~~~~~~~
New venture
Prospering well;
Hard times echo
~~~~~~~~~
Ancestors await
Temple offerings;
Succinct conversations
~~~~~~~~~
Another milestone
Lots more here;
Savvy timeout
~~~~~~~~~
Fierce competition
Buzz and adjust;
Last mile beckons
~~~~~~~~~
Morning ritual
Birdsong hymn;
Gratitude journal
~~~~~~~~~
Lost now found
Too much cacophony;
Morning Glory florals
~~~~~~~~~
Grassy verge
Beauty awaits;
Do you see?
~~~~~~~~~
Leon Enriquez
17 January 2017
Singapore
Categories:
prospering, change,
Form: Couplet
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