Success Religion Poems

They want to cast spells through the songs they sing 
Subliminal mind control of those who buy their wicked cd’s
Their music has no meaning It...

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Existential Exams

By Mark D. Stucky
Math problems, essay questions,
multiple choice, fill in the blanks…
Many are the tests we take
from grade school through grad school.

We also encounter...

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God of Abrahan, Isaac, and Jacob,
God of the White Man and Indian,
You are the God of the *****,
who created all people of one blood.
You are...

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You were the first 
To speak to herbs
And make the ailing cured.
The greatest healer known to all
Like ripples, your fame 
Was far spread.

Olubikin! Olubikin!
Heed the...

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Religious woes has it’s foes 
and often faiths are glitter
Promise success and happiness 
depending on who delivers
Some paint prejudice with broad strokes 
exclusion is the...

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Character References

By Mark D. Stucky
If I applied for new employment,
should I write down for my references
my malicious manager who mistreats workers,
my onetime teammate serving prison...

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Whale Wayfarers

By Mark Stucky
Are you obsessed like Captain Ahab,
horizon-bound to harpoon that whale?
Could that addiction shipwreck you
and drown loved ones surrounding you?
Is your Pequod-like quest
worth...

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Reluctant Rogue Redo?

By Mark Stucky
If Jonah, reluctant rogue of a prophet,
had desired to visit Ninevah,
instead of fleeing the other direction,
how different would his story have...

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(Author’s note: This poem is a humorous satire on how a modern media mentality would view the story of Christ’s Ascension.)


The Ascension (with Rewrites)

By Mark...

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The problem with Friday’s
Is as I do my emails
I forget how to spell Wednesday
And all my confidence fails

It’s a perplexing condition
When you can’t figure out...

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I know you are sad that I am no longer there. 
I'm in the presents of God. No need to despair. 
This place beautiful unlike...

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So easily are we lead astray
From truth that's been revealed
The Fall hath made us vulnerable
To follow that which kills

And not just follow but adore
So great...

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Simon Peter was a lonely fisherman 
Craving for success
In the only vocation he knew 
But delay bugged him down
Disappointment dogged his every step
Then stepped in...

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Bias has for animals better named Beasts:
Creatures that could us shake in strong seats
They are the ones Satan ably schemes their use
In battles real rather...

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Withdrawal preferring from God’s Presence,
In this seeing a lot of commonsense;
In the Book of Job to God’s slow question 
A fast answer, departure and action:...

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