April Rapture Poems

Fire bursts in a flurry of fractured flames.
Blue butterflies dance the Phoenix skyline.
Speckles of light sneaking in by the frames

Winter is past; spring is beyond...

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I spent years wondering 
If romance is a liar
A lure into fiction
Of sweet satire.

I thought it was wise
To detest my desire
I pictured frozen blood
In place...

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“Self-limit not God’s bliss, that is ours to claim ~
Becoming living light, we fulfil life’s aim”
~ quote by poet


Given that what comes and goes is...

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The goal of life is rapture. Art is the way we experience it.
Joseph Campbell

A calm, unpretentious, breathtaking connection,
A hypnotic glimpse of Zen-alike delightful flection.
Spirit healing...

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We eat the cake and have it too
Our cup of joy runneth over
Rapture unbound that does renew
Touch divine keeps us in clover

Ours for asking, in...

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I hear folks talking about the rapture,
I’m not always sure what they mean
For Christians it would be a closure,
Something one might in fantasy dream.

I won’t...

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A-uthor's
P-oetic
R-ighteousness
I-n
L-ines

J-ust
O-ffers
Y-ou

E-normous
S-weetness
G-ladly
U-sing
E-very
R-emarkable
R-apture's
A-spect

Topic: Birthday of April Joy Esguerra (December 08) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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M-ind
Y-ields
R-ighteousness
A-bout

M-essage
O-f
R-apture
A-s
L-ife
E-njoys
S-weetness

Topic: Birthday of Myra E. Morales (April 19) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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L-ines
A-bout
Z-est
A-re
R-apture
O-f

P-oem
A-s
Y-ou
A-re
W-riting
A-bout
L-aughter

Topic: Birthday of Lazaro Payawal (April 03)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Thrill in the feel
Watch rapture heal


Here in this place
Live time and space


Feel the cool breeze 
In a calm squeeze


Be without fear
For joy sparks clear


Faith knows...

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Empyrean Rapture

Radiance sublime
God’s true plan

Stars bright
Heavenly light

Angels sing paeans
In God’s name

Souls ascend
Now to arrive

On cosmic dust
Trails to infinity

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
April 14,...

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