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Religious Poems | Examples of Religious Poetry

Saint Herman
In the wild breath of Alaska, where the wind carries the scent of pine and salt, a monk walks alone, cloth worn thin by the weight of prayer and cold. Herman, they call him — a soul shaped by faith, steady as the mountains that rise beyond the shore, quiet as the snow settling on silent forests. He came from far away, leaving behind...

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Categories: religion, religious,
Form: Free verse
Fantasy?!
Looking back through a sea of doubts, Wave after wave of choices, some of which I would have been better off without. Regrets like drops of rain in an ocean of reality. If only one by one, with all the hurt and pain, could disappear into its deepest depths. Oh! Silly me to ever believe in...

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Categories: religious, betrayal, bible, forgiveness, hope,
Form: Rhyme



The Backlight of Equality
On the day of the Lord the human shall fear, A terrifying god whom will Christians duly Peer, The dead shall live again - the Christian tear, A monopolising Christianity that cannot hear. With, or without, all people are flatly, truly loved, Without malice or tub, to jingle coyly ungloved, Whatever the decade, decision, rubbed, tugged, A transcendental god shall ring...

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Categories: religious, appreciation, bible, christian, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Wilted
The end. Like the roses you got me, which wilted away. Even though I tried, and I stored them in a vase for my eyes to later be graced with their pretty petals and warm embrace. Then one night in the dark, in the passenger seat of your car, you said, "this is it", because...

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Categories: religious, allusion, feelings, for him,
Form: Rhyme
I’M RUNNING A GODDAMNED UNIVERSE CUT ME SOME SLACK!!!
I can’t imagine how painful it is to be God. Trying your hardest to make a beautiful painting, only to have the characters you created complain and mock the world around them. Why does God let bad things happen to good people? Pretty sure you’d walk away from the canvas too if it spat back...

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Categories: religious, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A Story Sketched by Stars
The stars of heaven a story tell, as on the canvas of the sky with pictures, bold and intricate, each night they speak without a word. Ancient stargazers sketched the signs that God arranged among the stars. They traced the circuit of the sun as it traverses through the TWELVE. The signs presaged the birth of One Who would succeed where Adam failed, by crushing...

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Categories: religious, blessing, god, jesus, religion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking The human soul is independent God gave free will. Remember? Humans want to live freely and well Nature wants humans to live alone God gave his words, read the Bible Then you never will be you, alone God is your ruler, hand, love, and helper God’s words are the truth, life, and water You aren’t alone, you have a friend, eternal My fate,...

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Categories: religious, corruption, discrimination, fate, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Daily Prayer
Dear Lord, thank you for yesterday thank you for today I commit to you my day with honor and obedience tie me to your yoke so I may walk in your path do the things that you would do use the words that you would say help me to be kind, patient and to love others help me to forgive those who are against...

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Categories: love, prayer, religious,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fireflying
Through dusk’s shadows they soar, flickering evening lights, flies flashing cold fire, bugs unleashing lightning, micro-luminescent, miniscule miracles. Though fainter than candles, clustered firefly flocks flash brighter than stars in summer night skies, sparking joyous wonder, fluttering till sunrise. In our darkened world, can we shine like them, glimmering in the gloom, gifting goodness and hope for all those who grieve until a new dawn? (First published in Feed the Holy, 19 March...

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Categories: religious, dark, hope, life, light,
Form: Free verse
Whispers of God
God works in whispers and slight nudges Some choose to blast the music of the world They drown Him out and claim He isn't there They run away from Him tapping softly for attention He follows But not with screams and shouts and shoves He doesn't work like that If only we can learn to quiet our minds and lives to hear His...

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Categories: religious, 12th grade, christian, religion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Devil's Game
What’s the point to see no point? Maybe it’s a game A devil’s game to which I joined Just to get the blame So I split myself in two But I drink like three One of me then said hey you Will you stop it, please? Then another me replied What’s the deal, my friend You’re no Jekyll, I’m no Hyde Can’t you understand That the Devil’s...

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Categories: humorous, religious,
Form: Rhyme
He Called My Name
Like the petals of a rose receive the dew My ears tingle with the voice That calls my name. As the sun with the dawn I arise beckoned by the voice That calls my name. Here I am. I called you not. I return to my ease. Simply mistaken. Like the willow shimmers with the breeze My ears dance to the voice That calls my name. As the...

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Categories: christian, religious, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Eyes Heavenward
tarnished cup of silver family heirloom wrinkled hands all a-tremble pindrop silence ...

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Categories: celebration, jewish, joy, religious,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dancing Divine Integrity
God choreographs integrity of each healthy dancer's moment dancing wealth potential Gaian synergistically evolving circles and revolving spirals, recycling interwoven co-binaries depolarizing liberating v conserving dancer justice conservation dancing peaceful liberation dialogos Word standing orthodoxy and Way dreaming orthopraxis Performing dancers voicing engaged dance choicing throughout each day's enlightened belonging inside life's health empowering circle Circling each night's lifetime longing for resilience dancing outside longing beyond love's resonantly wealthy spirals Of synergetic...

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Categories: religious, dance, earth, god, music,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Holy Spirit
My soul is lifted out of my mind. In its stead— filled by the Holy Spirit, guided in silence by its breath... like an angry wind held still above a river born of crashing falls, with a tooth that grinds iniquities, and a sacred flame that cooks the soul, the mind, the spirit— to perfection... for the baptism of old me to become a whole...

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Categories: religious, baptism, bible, christian, religion,
Form: Narrative

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