Truth is Scarce
James was dead Peter was chained
and people prayed
Peter was a prisoner for his faith
Released by an angel a miracle
I believe
Truth is scarce so is peace
A game of hide & seek
Nothing feels right I don't know why
There are times I need to shake my head
Something lost in the translation I think
when
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Categories:
scarce, bible, god, life, truth,
Form: Free verse
My Scarce Poetry Is Needed
My poetry is scarce and short...
Contrary to life, is poetical
and long... and live its contradictions:
When I drink they feel drunken,
If I cry, they laugh,
If I imprecate, they suffer,
if I work, they eat a lot,
finally and contradictory:
If I die, they already told me,
will suffer from deficiencies...
That's why my dear friends i say
my poetry can
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Categories:
scarce, allegory, allusion, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
There's Scarce a Word As Ominous
There's scarce a word as ominous,
As the word 'belief'
The Gospels yield terror
As oft they do relief
A damnation unremitting,
The wage of unbelief
Is to me as comforting,
As capture to the thief
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Categories:
scarce, bible, religious,
Form: Quatrain
The Stars Tonight Are Scarce
The stars tonight are scarce
But hell, every night they are scarce
A city dweller longs crisp air
But is forced to breathe in what is there
It’s a shame really
To be somewhere you don’t want to be…
But hey, no one’s forcing me to stay here
See, other elements are at play
I believe more and more everyday
That we are in
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Categories:
scarce, absence, beautiful, blue, change,
Form: Free verse
Scarce Time
Scarce Time
My time has been a little scarce of late
What to skip over is at serious debate
The things I love have taken a back seat
As time restrictions and reality meet
The time to read and the time to write
Gets away from me with the coming of night
Oh how I miss my dear friends
I hope this drought
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Categories:
scarce, lifetime, me, time,
Form: Rhyme
Scarce Harvest
War World II was raging over this
southern Italian town* spared by a miracle...
a deluge that suddenly occurred:
a night of blasting sounds, of rising flames
as American planes bombarded its buildings;
the Nazis fled to occupied Naples.
In the North, the Fascits were executed,
as the Dictator Mussolini himself was.
The farms could not be furrowed deep and
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Categories:
scarce, faith, father, food, history,
Form: Narrative
Gold Good But Scarce
The Spirit of the LORD is in Me
I Will Sing Unto the Lord
The Power of the LORD is in Me
I Will Sing Unto the
LORD
The Strength of the LORD is in Me
I Will Sing Unto the LORD
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Categories:
scarce, dedication
Form: Free verse