The Environmental Reformation
“The Verdant Oath of Gaia”
(An Epic for Environment Day – June 5)
I. Invocation of the Living Earth
O breath of Earth, in twilight’s greenest vow,
Thou pulse beneath the mountains’ argent brow,
Awake thy voice, O Gaia, long betrayed,
To stir the winds and waters once obeyed.
Let forests speak in tones of moss and flame,
And rivers chant the loss
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Categories:
reformation, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Other
Unshackle the Classroom
This is a call to arms, not with guns, but with pens
In the battleground of classrooms, where history pretends
Textbooks are prisons, locking away truths untold
Lessons are handcuffs, keeping minds on hold
We're force-fed a diet of colonial lies
Digesting distortions, our heritage dies
But today we rise, we're breaking these chains
Dismantling doctrines, rewiring our brains
Cultural colonization, a virus
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Categories:
reformation, culture, education, home, people,
Form: Free verse
Clarion Call
Hark! The clarion call of enlightenment rings,
As education's chrysalis unfurls its wings.
Long fettered-by archaic pedagogical chains,
We now shed the husk of antiquated refrains.
In crucibles of curiosity, minds ignite,
Forging knowledge that pierces the night.
We architect academies of boundless scope,
Where queries bloom and nurture hope.
Not mere facts, but wisdom's essence we distil,
Cultivating resilience for life's uphill.
For the
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Categories:
reformation, education, inspiration, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Disgraceful Praise
When you are too cool,
And we are dangerously fool!
When you are too good,
And we are mistakenly rude!
When you are going to forgive,
And we are going to dive in the ocean of deceitful bliss!
When you erroneously allow us to speak,
And we are going to attack you at your peak!
You call us "the collaborators",
You kill us by
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Categories:
reformation, corruption, death, discrimination, extended
Form: Rhyme
The Burnt Molt of a Molten Phoenix' Rising
Its been a show of force since my ancestors first swam over the umbilical.
A strain of Loathing rings in our ears, A dog-whistle held by my personal demon, it's engraved with my name.
I smile when when the frequencies pain grazed my inner ear, and tickles my cerebellum in a way I'd deem inappropriate.
It makes deaths
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Categories:
reformation, addiction, chocolate, friendship, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Reformation
There was a man that took a fall & was broken
in many ways
He had the strength to rise again after being betrayed
& led astray
Sometimes the pain is so great that it can throw you
off paths
When it rains it tends to pour but the onslaught never
lasts
You can drown in your emotions, or you can breathe &
find
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Categories:
reformation, inspiration, introspection, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
A Prayer For Reformation In America
Dear God, on this Reformation Day,
I pray for a reformation in America.
The founders of our nation,
acknowledged you as Creator, God,
and trusted you to preserve and,
prosper the nation they established.
Though imperfect, they did their best,
To establish a nation based on,
Judeo-Christian principles.
They knew that righteousness exalts,
but sin is a reproach to a nation.
Because of your gracious
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Categories:
reformation, america, culture, god, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Seeds of Reformation
"Seeds of Reformation"
It has already begun
the swift elevation
of metaphor, self revelation
echoes the transition
of other heralds
their grand symphony
of change singing
like archangels calling
in the love pains, of all
their others' oceans
beacons pure,
the children
torch bearers
radiant lights
teetering on the edge
of reformation
shifting
fresh hearts
reaching out
to their deepest imprint
a bluer sky watching
holds them firm
sings them in
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Categories:
reformation, children, light, muse,
Form: Narrative
Reformation
When this Corvid crisis is over
There has to be Social Reform:
We just can’t expect things to
Return to their pre crisis norm.
All those essential workers
Daily risking their lives,
The security of their families,
Their children and wives,
To try and keep things going,
Keep society on track
Until the lockdown has ended
And we get normality back.
Many of those are working
On
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Categories:
reformation, anger, political, society,
Form: Rhyme
Reformation
I wrote a poem
A long time ago
It was full of despair
And gray cloudy skies
It made me cry
I then saw a child
Playing in a park
Laughing and full of joy
I wrote no more
Of gray cloudy skies
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Categories:
reformation, celebration, cheer up, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Was I Not Worth It
Was I not worth it!?!
The last angry and disgusted human face that I saw; it was him;
Now, I am much older and memories of him are so very dim.
When I was younger, I tried to recall; but, now, it’s not my aim;
He left mom and rejected me; as though we brought him shame.
I guess it
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Categories:
reformation, abuse, heartbreak, relationship,
Form: Sonnet
Revival
Our lives dwell in fields streaming with timeless torrents of shifting winds
That blow surging change over us, forever moving, lifting our wisdom higher
Grasping unto its timeless seasons, swirling in the ebb of all that transcends
Rendering us whole again with faith and hope as our aspiration and desire
Where reformation masters the unerring and flawless transition
That all
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Categories:
reformation, change, destiny, inspirational, motivation,
Form: Rhyme
Counter Investment Acts Reformation
THIS IS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO AMERICA
SO THAT WE AS AMERICAN CAN CREATE
HAVENS FOR BOTH VICTIMS AND
THOSE CONVICTED OF SEXUAL ABUSE.
ALLOWING THE FORMATION OF A UNION
THAT SEND LITERATURE AND ADVICES
THOSE SEX OFFENDERS LIVING
IN AMERICA OF THEIR RIGHTS TO
RECEIVE WHAT'S REQUIRED OF THEM
FROM THE STATE IN WRITING ONCE A YEAR.
THERE RIGHTS TO HAVE
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Categories:
reformation, america, business, education, film,
Form: Ballad
Reformation Anniversary
"As soon as the coin in the coffer rings; the soul in purgatory will spring"~Friar Tetzel~Salesman for the Pope 1517
He knew indulgences and such were corrupt
the church just out to make an unholy buck
he loved his poor parishioners a bunch
he had to do something this unknown monk,
Not being able to take anymore
he nailed his 95
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Categories:
reformation, anniversary, bible, blessing, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Reformation
Black night,
Await the solar charnel steeds,
Await the noon,
Await the blacker, richer dawn.
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Categories:
reformation, history, philosophy, psychological, religion,
Form: Didactic
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