Saint HermanIn 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 EqualityOn 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
WiltedThe 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
A Story Sketched by StarsThe 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
Human TraffickingHuman 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 PrayerDear 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
FireflyingThrough 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 GodGod 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
Devil's GameWhat’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 NameLike 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
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
Dancing Divine IntegrityGod 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 SpiritMy 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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