A watchman noticed a shepherdhurling
morality
his pulpit suit rich red
impressed myopic saints
his breath suffered
from wine...
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Categories:
christian, gospel, perspective, religion,
Form: Other
When I gave beggar a coinA beggar grabbed my hand and cried for some spare change.
At first, I offered him a sweet memory of food or a tasteless sip of divine water, but he asked for money.
I had a heavy coin and gave it to him.
I wondered why he took only the money, and when he saw it, he immediately...
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Categories:
religion, allusion, atheist, caregiving, deep,
Form: Narrative
All Prayers HeardI prayed for riches
I prayed for fame
I prayed for power
I faced the flame
I prayed for goodness
I prayed for sight
I prayed for others
I faced the light...
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Categories:
religion,
Form: Rhyme
Can't WaitCan't wait
for the rapture.
When the evil people
go up to heaven, and we can
progress....
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Categories:
religion, satire,
Form: Cinquain
Godlike
With all the Gods who've been and gone
religiously believed in and prayed upon
for sure Thor was but one
but who'll be the next to come along
will we sing praises to him it or her
faithfully erect an edifice to edify
incense burn sacrifice virgins
bow down on our knees to deify
will fire and brimstone or flagellation
appear in the equation
with...
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Categories:
fun, god, humor, religion,
Form: Rhyme
The Dismal Science and the Meaning of Life(“Meaning of Life Merit Badge”, 2010, original oil)
The Dismal Science and the Meaning of Life
Supply and demand is as basic and Nobel a
Truth
As you can get.
If you doubt, just hold your breath a minute
And notice the urgency that quickly builds.
Somehow in man’s quest for meaning
Aka the creation of religion, or “dharma”,
The sacred and the secular
Became...
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Categories:
appreciation, desire, religion, sorrow,
Form: Narrative
A Poem of PraisePraise Jesus Christ!
Who died on the Cross;
Without Thy great Sacrifice
We would all be lost.
From birth until death
You lived on this earth;
Enduring our suffering
To prove Love's worth
Though the sinners were many,
And the darkness was great;
You died to forgive us,
To open Heaven's Gates.
Not three days passed
And You continued Your Plan.
Freed the souls of...
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Categories:
religion, forgiveness, god, happiness, heaven,
Form: Quatrain
Circling the DrainI don't agree with it at all.
A grand heart and good deeds
hold no weight -are not part the equation.
This scale is unbalanced and highly flawed.
So, you're telling me that you can be
a filthy devil for your entire earthly life...
wreak havoc on community and all mankind.
Then upon the death breath accept Jesus-ask for forgiveness.
Then everything's...
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Categories:
religion,
Form: Free verse
Dogma Enigma
Dogma Enigma
When the pedophile is god
and genocide is good
when caring for the other
is a never not a should
when race is a weapon
and gender is revoked
when science is blasphemy
and climate change a hoax
Resist the urge to reason
you will just be labelled woke
...
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Categories:
political, racism, religion, science,
Form: Rhyme
PeaceFull CommunionTo feel at peace
with other protagonists
in Earth's most generous creation narrative
May require forgiving past injustices
of the anti-religious antagonist within.
My MuseBody
needs to touch
feel
engage my SageMind
so my wealth-crowning SageWisdom
can perceive my health-rooted MusePleasure
Inside resonant
outside resilient
re-ligious revival climates
of peaceful mind/body communing
To feel at peace
with other Othered protagonists
engaging Earth's most generously creative
FlashWise SageMob
dance reweaving egoSage/ecoMusicality
voicing/choicing
bicameral co-intelligence....
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Categories:
religion, analogy, anxiety, health, integrity,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Sanctimonious GrinIn Boca Raton, the Catholics go
to church,
and leave,
before the host has barely
touched their lips.
Why
are the parishioners
in such a rush
to get to the parking lot?
The priest crosses himself;
too many are already
crossing the threshold
of the church grounds,
waving goodbye
to a restful Sunday,
heading for trouble
with a sanctimonious grin.
Hope they stop
to look within.
My observation: stunned!!!!!!!!!
...
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Categories:
religion,
Form: Free verse
COME TO THE WATERSCOME TO THE WATERS
"Come all you who are thirsty, come to the waters..."Isaiah 55:15
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Childhood home woven with integrity,
parents steadfast, their moral compass strong.
But talk of faith was silent,
...
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Categories:
religion, 12th grade, faith, hope,
Form: Free verse
A Disobedient Prophet
Once a prophet who is now anonymous in name,
conveyed the Lord’s word, but later brought himself much shame.
If not disobedient, he might have won some fame.
He fell as prey to another man’s mendacious claim.
Ten of Israel’s twelve tribes would choose Jeroboam
over the son of Solomon, King Rehoboam.
Only tribes of Judah and Benjamin stayed loyal
They did...
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Categories:
bible, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Deliver me - Isaiah 55He wasn’t thirsty nor did he yearn for food
For he had already found nourishment in Your words
He didn’t spend money on things that did not satisfy
But he clothed the naked
Housed the homeless
Sought healing for the sick
As You asked
He gave his ears and listened to Your words
Promises of an everlasting covenant, faithful...
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Categories:
religion, anger, bible, christian, faith,
Form: Free verse
the inquisition question
Categories:
religion,
Form: Monoku
Specific Types of Religion Poems
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