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Scourged Poems - Poems about Scourged

Premium Member An Easter Tale
...Who killed Christ the Lord? It was not me said Herod, I did not spill his blood. I tried to kill him once it’s true but he was a baby then and was not slew Who killed Christ the Lord? Nay,......

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Categories: scourged, bible, easter, good friday,
Form: Rhyme
A Racehorse Named Desire
...Should we have walked six miles instead of two? What else were I to do? Bowed down and raging Fuming in our cages I left it all to you You wield your power and I could only cower to the fear......

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Categories: scourged, character,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A Mystery of Love
...A Mystery of Love Who can understand. Why would a person sacrifice himself in such a way. Spat on, slapped, falsely accused, deprived of sleep, given no food, unquenched thirst. Hauled before ......

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Categories: scourged, jesus,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Deus Absconditus
... God Absconded – Holy Saturday The morning of that blood flow day As Christ was dragged across the way, Beaten, scourged, purple mockery, Crown of thorns, tempting apothecary, Force walk thro......

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Categories: scourged, analogy, bible, christian, easter,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mama Dearest
...The flutes afloat, am I dreaming, it seems not right. Bluebirds - I cannot see their melody in flight. From the grand-girls, I love the sunflowers - a ray. The flowers crisp; I let them......

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Categories: scourged, grief,
Form: Elegiac Lyric



Premium Member The Scourging at the Pillar
...Betrayed and arrested, the verdict is death. Pilate tried to resist but gave in. As surely as life ends without any breath, So, we now see the wages of sin. Beaten and scourged now, He stood befo......

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Categories: scourged, christian,
Form: Rhyme
IRON MAIDEN
...Sponsor : Robert James Ligouri IRON MAIDEN Iron maiden was she fathered from loins of Zeus flow free ~ surrounded by swords steely three, icicle aura bounded hounded innocence thor......

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Categories: scourged, allegory, allusion, character, courage,
Form: Alliteration
Untitled
...Tied up Condemned to death Cursed Spat on Guilty of being alive No escape Fugitive of life Slave to desires I'll never get Beaten Bruised Forgotten Cast in the deepest cage Loud cheers H......

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Categories: scourged, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Founders Ink
...Defense of freedom takes a courage rare and dearly won Through wars endured with tyrants scourged and despots on the run The words in place by Founders Ink on parchment closely held A......

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Categories: scourged, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Eldritch Hysterical Annihilation Syndrome
...I walk o u t... I am lost in unapproachable light—a spectral broth I am tasting the screaming silence—the archetypal observer dissects my essence-fossil Passion a seismic rupture betwee......

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Categories: scourged, halloween, horror, philosophy, psychological,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Gaia's Embrace
...In nature's dust, I bear my curse A son scourged, and without cause I lay to rest, in Gaia's breast A place of shame, my sinner's crest. I toss and turn, my sleep disturbed A dream so real, my m......

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Categories: scourged, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member See To it Yourselves
...Then Pilot said, “I have questioned this man called Jesus, But I could not find him culpable of a Roman crime. So, I sent him north to be judged by Herod Antipas Who is Tetrarch of Galilee at thi......

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Categories: scourged, bible, gospel, jesus, judgement,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Mirage Chaser
... Astride the dark cloud’s fringe of despair Beguiling dreams gleamed like lines of silver, Created dream-drenched wings of birds of desire, Driven by the winsome winds through the rainbow flair,......

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Categories: scourged, desire, hope,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member Broken
...I have found the fullness of brokenness in one person, He is Jesus, the Christ, born to dwell with human beings; For no sin of his, like a lamb, I found his cause worsen, Scourged; thorn-crowned; ......

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Categories: scourged, jesus, love,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Welkin - and - the Influences
...1. The Welkin Wind blows / clouds race / vast blue sky Breeze tugs / trees sway / great green hills Sun scourged / sand glares / small white beach Skip stones / thoughts nag / min......

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Categories: scourged, analogy, nature,
Form: Jueju

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