Love Requires Forgiveness--A Reminder to Myself
At times, you failed your family, yourself,
and God. Your conscience wouldn't quiet down
until you said, "I'm sorry. Could you please
forgive me?" All said "yes," but still you felt
remaining guilt you couldn't rise above.
You couldn't comprehend your frame of mind,
the feeling that--no matter how you tried--
you couldn't do enough to make amends.
You prayed to find the
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Categories:
requires, forgiveness, love, self,
Form: Blank verse
God Always Requires Obedience - 1 Samuel 15: 22-23
God speaks in His word of many things
but there's one word that always repeats
showing the importance God has for it
obedience is that word He loves to greet
God is delighted when we obey Him
for obedience glorifies His mighty name
no amount of sacrifices will suffice
a humble obedient saint is His aim
God hates sin like nothing else
for disobedience
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Categories:
requires, christian, god, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
requires, pain, truth,
Form: Tanka
Another Title That Requires a Semicolon
"some words; guitar tunes, and a Korg keyboard"
presently
i'm busy
juggling
one or two
things
while
trying to
keep a
balanced
checkbook
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Categories:
requires, color,
Form: Free verse
What a Gift: Grace Now - Heaven After
We are all invited to a banquet,
a celebration unequaled
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Categories:
requires, allegory, analogy, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Love Requires No Thought
A heart filled with love forgives
what an empty one would not,
for love's a knee-jerk reaction
that requires no thought.
(Liberum Divisa)
10-25-2020
original poem- "a knee-jerk reaction"
Liberum Divisa 2 Poetry Contest
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Categories:
requires, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Freedom Requires Peace
Ecological relationship
forms theological minds
and ego-rational hearts,
both omnipresently transcendent
and intimately political;
Both inhale enlightening
and exhale empowering
Earth justice
from interdependent EarthTribe peace
toward cooperatively invested freedoms
for compassion
both right hemisphere inclusive feelings
and left hemisphere deductive thoughts,
reductive-inductive dialogue;
Both ecosystemic Beauty
and ego-recentering Truths;
Multiculturally co-passionate,
non-violently communal,
restoring theological peace
as ecologically balanced justice
Where life becomes peaceful medication
love is freedom's EarthSoul meditation.
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Categories:
requires, earth, freedom, health, nature,
Form: Political Verse
Success Requires Patience
Success Requires Patience
Written: by Miracle Man
12-19-2019
Unless patience is in your recipe,
you’re shy the main ingredient.
The seed of success won’t sprout,
without patience and being obedient.
First a tree, then finally an orchard,
A dream started with a single seed.
But the seed of success didn’t sprout,
without labor to supply it’s need.
“if you want a place in the sun,
you’ve got
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Categories:
requires, faith, success,
Form: Lyric
Faith Requires Action
F-aith
R-equires
A-ction
N-icely
C-hanging
O-bscurity
I-nto
S-hining
Y-ielded
V-ictory
O-nce
N-otorious
N-egativity
E-xits
Topic: Birthday of Francois Yvonne (April 25)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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Categories:
requires, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Life Requires a Moment of Tranquility
AN IRRITATING BUMBLE BEE
INSISTED ON RUNNING INTO ME.
TRYING MY PATIENCE
OR SO IT SEEM.
I TRIED TO IGNORE
FOR I WAS TRYING TO DREAM.
I OPENED MY EYES
TO A CLEAR BLUE SKY.
POLITELY ASKED
THE QUESTION WHY.
AROUND IN CIRCLES
HE CONTINUED TO FLY.
HE FLEXED HIS WINGS
AS IF HE HAD POWER.
I INHALED THE FRAGRANCE
OF WILD FLOWERS.
WENT BACK TO SLEEP
FOR ANOTHER
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Categories:
requires, freedom, humor, imagery, nature,
Form: Free verse
Requires Much More
Requires much more of me
Than is required usually
Not at all used to being
Required to do anything
Outside of my comfort zone
Glad that this will only
Last a short time
I Will be glad to get
Back to normalcy
Once again once the
New school year begins
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Categories:
requires, change,
Form: Lyric
Love Requires Sacrifice
Would you rather me lie? Not tell you the truth?,
Tell me,,,,is that really loving you?,
If I keep these things from you I would be lying to you,
How much could I love you if I just ignored the truth?,
Should I play along, not care enough to say?,
I'm sorry to say love doesn't work that way,,,,,
Would you
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Categories:
requires, love,
Form: Light Verse
Awareness Requires Attention
Awareness requires only that we pay attention and see things as they are
It doesn’t require that we change anything
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Categories:
requires, christian, depression, people,
Form: Couplet
Faith Requires Both the Rod and the Staff
Faith requires both the rod and the staff to get salvation;
whoever fails in this quest will experience much tribulation.
Try to climb the rockiest mountain, you have ever seen
without the rod, you will fall into the pit.
Try to live without God, and never lean
on his staff, your feet will get weak and make you slip.
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Categories:
requires, bible, courage, emotions, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Living Requires Courage
Success
is not easy
you try
Trying
unsuccessful
you fail
Failing
you stop to dream
hope lost
Losing
you give up life
and stop
Stopping
life slips away
slowly
Slowing
time pass you by
it moves
Moving
fast with the flow
of life
Living
requires courage
to bear
Bearing
Life's challenges
that come
Coming
with each new day
you live
For the "Mussetle Train" Contest
Sponsor: Richard Lamoureox
12/09/14
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Categories:
requires, courage, life, success, time,
Form: Verse
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