prohibition cancelled
...eighteenth amendment
national prohibition
thirteen awful years
led by protestants
fearing evil of liquor
handcuffed alcohol
policemen were paid off
bootleggers became wealthy
speakeasies ...
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Categories:
protestants, abuse,
Form: Senryu
Etched In Stone
...Humanity born on the bone of an earthen mound
froze graphics on cave walls hail their Ice Age strive,
wall carvings speak three trees, a forest be sound,
harsh times craft crept the charge...
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Categories:
protestants, bible, imagery, spoken word,
Form: Quintain (English)
God Walks Warmly Alongside Death
...Warmly describes a human emotion,
understandably applied for humans to
pleasure, as it's biblically written
where the prophets of old and new
entertained the clueless population
yet ...
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Categories:
protestants, bible, christian, faith, heaven,
Form: Didactic
God's Air
...Imagine that someone wants to argue against the existence of air
All the while breathing in air
The Catholics have the Mitered Buffoon
They say Protestants have the “Paper Pope” too
Immanuel Kant...
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Categories:
protestants, allegory, celebrity, christian, god,
Form: Free verse
Practice Not What We Preach
...The masters of buzz words
used to instill fear
Clutching their pearls saying
“liberals take what’s dear”
Right wingers with their
inescapable nexus
Says its liberals insistent
po...
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Categories:
protestants, political, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Hoc Est Corpus
...Hoc est corpus*, hocus pocus
Legerdemaine, a shift in focus
Hoc est corpus, from the Mass
Hocus pocus, parody crass
Transubstantiation phrase
Ridicule, to baser plays
Papists, Protestants at o...
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Categories:
protestants, christian,
Form: Didactic
Ill Suited For Madcap Twenty First Century World
...Ill suited for madcap twenty first century world
One garden variety generic male - the
very writer of these words feels akin
to an anachronism, whereby his being
alive at this juncture within t...
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Categories:
protestants, absence, adventure, america, analogy,
Form: Free verse
I Remember Laika
...I remember Laika
The warm sun and wind keep winter at bay
but it is time to say goodbye to Laika, the dog
the new face of the moon.
The farewell can’t be delayed a boy has run to
the outer fi...
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Categories:
protestants, blessing, dog, inspiration,
Form: Sonnet
Maundy Money and Foot Washing
...I
The Last Supper and Intimacy with Jesus
His humility in foot-washing, even of Judas
The Pope still does that for ordinary 12
Like communion for other few Protestants
But largely ignored for Fr...
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Categories:
protestants, 12th grade, appreciation, bible,
Form: Didactic
Does Bible Allow Protestants a Divine Feminine Aspect
...John Meyendorff makes a careful case that the Holy Spirit can be interpreted as a Feminine Aspect in the Trinity. He is clear that Only the WORD became flesh as Jesus Christ. But in Meyendorff's chap...
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Categories:
protestants, 12th grade, bible, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Father Thomas Byles, Martyr of the Titanic
...You may have heard the 3rd class would dance
and many among them did not stand a chance
to be rescued out of the tragic Titanic disaster
but have you heard more of their heroi...
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Categories:
protestants, hero, memorial, prayer, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Queen Mary of Scotland
...Argyle socks, kilts,
Scottish tartan scarves
and Knox — aye
Mary, Queen Mary
shall you marry Darnly
for love? Nay...
Torches, kilts and song.
Heather in hands, waving
but Knox knocks their ...
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Categories:
protestants, angst, religion, sad, woman,
Form: Free verse
Return From Egypt
...Return from Egypt
Matthew 2:19-23
After the Christ’s left for Egypt, where they avoided King Herod,
For five whole years, because in the fifth year Herod simply died,
Mary and Joseph arose, too...
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Categories:
protestants, angel, atheist, christmas, community,
Form: Quatrain
The Fruit of the Tree
...The bible says
You'll know my people
by the apples that fall from their tree
But what does that mean
The apples are the fruit of the tree
The product that the tree produces
The fruits of rel...
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Categories:
protestants, inspiration, international,
Form: Narrative
A House Divided
...Abraham Lincoln saw it happening and tried to stop it…a nation getting out of hand
he knew a house divided against itself would not be strong enough to stand…
Today we are a country divided..no ...
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Categories:
protestants, independence day,
Form: Verse
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