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Religious Poems | Examples of Religious Poetry

Religious Poems - Examples of all types of religious poetry to share and read. This list of religious poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of religious poetry. This list of works about religious is an excellent resource for examples on how to write religious poems.
Epistle XXVI - Towards the gates
(I) Drops of brine-laden fluid spurt forth from my brittle backbone, meandering between the cracks of your coral adorned lips, (II) There, I find myself ensconced in an oyster discombobulated by the slow churn of celestial metamorphosis,...Read More
Categories: religious, christian, god, jesus, love,
Form: Free verse



Violet Flame
I'm surrounded by violet light. I'm veiled in a violet flame....Read More
Categories: religious, angel, blessing, fire, magic,
Form: Crystalline
In His Name
Always protected are those in plight, Who know and speak His Holy Name....Read More
Categories: religious, blessing, christian, god, prayer,
Form: Crystalline
Even the Sparrows
Even the sparrow has a place to lay it's head, So why should I lay worries on my breath? All the world's colors laid with such ingeniousness so why should I live in gray grievousness? Oh God! you...Read More
Categories: religious, 12th grade, animal, career,
Form: Free verse
Anamchairde
I'm blessed to have anamchairde, Guiding me with values so pure, Islam they live and preach with grace, In compassion, fairness, they set the pace. Connected they are to ALLAH through prayer, Inculcating Quran's teachings, they forever care. Repentance...Read More
Categories: faith, religious,
Form: Rhyme



Epistle XXIV - The twilight
(I) I am the rickety salamina, embarking on a voyage towards the distant isles of apotheosis nestled in the Mediterranean’s indigo expanse (II) From a distance, your gaze, like the falcata’s edge, cuts through the fog of war that blankets the coastline, your third eye peels back the sea of vultures and pinpoints...Read More
Categories: religious, christian, god, jesus, religion,
Form: Free verse
Diametric Paradise
One an angel, one a devil, Two so different, two so young, This ain’t love, this is so wretched, Came those hateful words, from the priggish...Read More
Categories: religious, angel, bible, cute love,
Form: Rhyme
We Hear Your Claps of Thunder
when lightning strikes upon the earth you shall hear the clarion call of Gabriel's Horn shower the Chosen People of the earth! lord we hear your claps of thunder upon the Chosen People of the earth...Read More
Categories: religious, image, imagery, imagination, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
No one Stops the Storm
There’s a storm and it is raging. It crackles deadly light. There’s a hurricane-a-waging A war we can not fight There’s a powerful wind-a-roaring Gusting money as quick as can be There’s wondrous drops-a-pouring Tastes of power, sweet and beastly. No soul escapes...Read More
Categories: religious, corruption, dark, extended metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Various Heresies 9
Various Heresies 9 Post-Nashville Covenant by Michael R. Burch We love our God. We love our guns. We despise the weak. Don’t call us Huns! We love our kids. We love our schools. We love our guns. Don’t call us fools! We pledge ourselves to the strong...Read More
Categories: religious, christian, death, god, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Saints and Martyrs
The church is fully empty now No living soul here remains The dust lingers in the air Refracting light through window panes Faded murals still etch the walls The paint is cracked and peeling Missing tiles and broken pews Where the devout...Read More
Categories: religious,
Form: Rhyme
Epistle XXIII - Assyrian choir
(I) In the waning luminescence of Syriac Orthodoxy, the Assyrian choir, enmeshed in the twirling maelstrom of Aramaic incantations, cast seismic waves through the beleaguered decay of Damascan alleys (II) Their creed, an unweathered monolith mimicking the early Church Fathers, is the boulder that continues to blunt the sanguineous scimitar of the Caliphate's domination ...Read More
Categories: religious, christian, god, jesus, religion,
Form: Free verse
The Great Somewhere
The only way I could say that my life is good is because of my love for Eloah. I want to be full of faith as Deacon Stephen and stare up at heaven and gaze at...Read More
Categories: religious,
Form: Prose
Epistle XXII - I toss my life
(I) I quaff your vermillion quintessence, the scarlet blood untangling snarls of my weathered epidermis, (II) I toss my life towards resurrection’s open bosom, cavorting atop the rippling waves of Christ’s shores ...Read More
Categories: religious, christian, god, jesus, ocean,
Form: Free verse
We Maketh A Covenant With Love
We maketh a covenant with love, so pure, In hearts entwined, our bond will endure. With promises spoken, and vows exchanged, A love eternal, forever unchanged. Underneath the endless sky so wide, With love as our compass, our hearts as...Read More
Categories: religious, image, imagery, imagination, inspirational,
Form: Free verse

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