Beauty Religious Poems

As seasons circle
‘Round the moon
In a solstice born of life
Summer drifts into her June
Like poetic paradise

The memories played by ear
Strummed by fingers
Turning red
It is of...

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Nature opens
The sun shines through
Making a natural church
A place to pray
Thanking God
For the world’s beauty

© Poem – IV/IV/MMXXIV
LRET...

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I was in Eden, when the stars saw and moulded man 
I beheld the achievement of my toils and plan 
I surveyed the ape body...

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Holding my temper, I cry
Holding my eyes, I censor
Holding my tongue, I’m muted
Holding my ears, I deafen
Holding my hunger, I starve
Holding my thirst, I dry...

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When we are a part of God, in essence, intertwined,
In His infinite love, a peace we find.
A bond unbroken, a sacred thread,
In His grace, our...

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Gilded Crosses?

By Mark D. Stucky
Shiny icons gleaming on altars?
        And hanging from necks on gilded chains?
  ...

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I was a youngster when my sight began to realize,
When I viewed a tree of flowers that grew across the road.
Whereas this time of beauty...

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“There shall be weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth”,
I’d read it and read it again.
And I’d heard of it preached from all pulpits the...

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You are one, you're the one.
With an outstanding, mysterious balance, thus exclusive. 
In the midst of reasons, the planet laments you as the real reason.

Love...

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An enchanting damsel 'Maya' *
diamonds shine in her ephemeral eyes
roses adorn dreamlike moments
and peacock feathers float in space.
opulence of this goddess soothes, 
Yet tremors in...

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One an angel, one a devil,    
Two so different, two so young,    
This ain’t love, this is so wretched,...

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Sometimes in the dead of night,
I feel His presence.
My soul feels peace and I see the beauty.
I am safe.
I lay down my sword and shield...

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Spiritual Listings

By Mark D. Stucky
HGTV loves flipping homes
for fun and improved listings.
Houses, although important shelters,
are impermanent human structures.

Human spirits, in contrast,
are eternal…but need restoration.
Inspections show...

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Candlelights

By Mark D. Stucky
A candle drives darkness back
with beauty of glowing light,
giving of itself as flame’s fuel
until completing its calling.
Then another candle takes its place…
and...

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Dumpster-Diving Deity

By Mark D. Stucky
Dirty, broken, and forgotten,
discarded as worthless junk
at garage sales and trash collections,
were treasures I have rescued.
Where others saw rubbish,
the eye of...

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