Devotion Religion Poems

In the cycle of lives, in the wheel of fate,
We tread our paths, our deeds dictate,
For in Hindu belief, karma reigns supreme,
Guiding our souls like...

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        Give God Hell, Gran.     17/03/1984

Crisp golden leaves lie scattered
Above the freshness of the...

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This is the empire of man,

Arson ,
Is the tongue of modern day prophets

Salvation,
In the bone and marrow of the "other"

The faith-starved stand tall,

And their monuments...

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Religions,
and other strange passions
exotic 
and erotic 
and hypnotic,
are at their healthiest natural
and safe wealthiest spiritual
best

Reconnecting compassion
between yesterday's remembered 
conservational enlightenment
and tomorrow's anticipated 
liberating empowerment
restoring EarthPeace...

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(Five Buddha Mandala, 2018, original encaustic)

Notes on Religion and Faith

The superstition of religious content applies to all religions and faiths.

They are the context of faith.

But...

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The rows and pews, the uproar of pain
Saint's can't tame
Hold your hands,
pray for the one up above-- confess your sins before the statue
The symbol of...

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Like emerald pastures
for tarried gazelles,
the shaded monastery
nestled between wedges of
tectonic New World protrusions
was a cathedral for
ecclesiastic contemplation,
an oasis for the
pilgrim explorer
to traverse the tattered
pages of...

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Extreme Baptism

By Mark D. Stucky
What water volume optimizes baptism?
Sprinkling, pouring, or total immersion?
Will more water cleanse my crimes better?
Will all my many sins wash away?

I...

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The Invention of Love®

By Mark D. Stucky
When did God invent love?
Does God still hold the patent?
If patent protection expired,
is love now public domain?

How could love...

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Dear God, my love for you flickers in wavering shadows,
Caught between the whispers of evening prayers
And the intoxicating allure of liquor’s path.
I am well aware...

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With the weight of wondrous wealth and worship
neatly nestled in her corporal cavity
unexpectedly, this eager expecting dame
lifting her humble hand in search of clarity
seeps through...

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I have apologized
To God
For having shaped him so
Maybe it was an orchard 
I wished for 
Long ago
If only my soul 
Could be ever 
Un-grown
Oh Love...

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He said to once again enquire
About the things he should acquire,
Which their Law School Programs require
From one seeking to be Esquire 
And he's shown a...

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I have a Christian Friend, Regina
She had never uttered  '':
Not for all the tea in Big China,
As though it could give her Angina;
For life...

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He's a Presbyterian Elder
By occupation Car Welder: 
If you don't mind: Welder Elder,
By choice in the job, not fell there...

Fellow Elders for the good air,
Easy...

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