I Drank from an Hourglass
...It has long ceased to rain here.
The embers of drought are fanned by the merciless
Hands of hell.
The air is stifling,
The heat insufferable.
I cringe from a long wait on a queue in the narrow
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Categories:
scourging, allusion, community, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Intrusive Thoughts
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Intrusive Thoughts
Lost in midst of a dense forest
Winding my way amidst tall trees,
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Categories:
scourging, extended metaphor, life, self,
Form: Rhyme
Another Sonnet - Apr 21
...A(nother) (Sh*tty) Sonnet
Cute girl who works the local liquor store
counter, I wonder sometimes how I strike
you.—am I happy in your eyes?—do you like
to speak, when daily, as a steady chore,
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Categories:
scourging, addiction, cute, desire, fun,
Form: Italian Sonnet
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:
scourging, christian,
Form: Rhyme
What Is Christmas
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What is Christmas?
Written: By Tom Wright
1999
A time of many sights to see,
Of tinsel, garland and wreath's so fair.
Of hundreds of bulbs upon a tree,
With twinkling...
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Categories:
scourging, christmas, god, how i
Form: Lyric
Wisp of Rags to Riches
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Wispy, you stop it, stop being so cute,
adopter-of-warrior-orphanry spokesKitty.
Little miss adapter to Life on the road
with your beautiful hearted...
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Categories:
scourging, love,
Form: Ode
Lord God, You Are My Wonderful Counsellor
...July 7 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Isaiah 9-12
Key Verse – Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and...
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Categories:
scourging, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Lord God, You Are My Rebuker Against My Murmurings
...February 13 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Numbers 17-20
Key Verse– Numbers 17:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a t...
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Categories:
scourging, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Lord God, You Are My Sin Cleanser
...February 4 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Leviticus 13-15
Key Verse– Leviticus 14: 1-2 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, This shall be the law of the leper in the day of h...
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Categories:
scourging, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Living With the Enemy
...Truth’s not just in the beauty of our trees
cherry blossom
it’s pervading bouquet
the falling confetti
Truth’s whatever hangs from the tree
like branches
and fruit
perhaps that lynched r...
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Categories:
scourging, allegory, dark, humanity, tree,
Form: Rhyme
Our Lords Passion, Death, Resurrection N Ascension
...Jesus Christ suffered a bloody sweat
a cruel scourging
was crowned with thorns and was crucified
Christ died on Good Friday
Christ suffered and died for our sins
Christ rose from the dead
Glo...
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Categories:
scourging, christian, god, jesus, people,
Form: Free verse
From Seed a Promise, Treasures To Flourish On Earth
...Blog, On Poetic Contrast, Between Dark And Light
(My two poems composed -one of dark, one of Light.)
(from my new blog)
(1.)
The Horrid Night, The Terrible Nightmare
In a dance of se...
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Categories:
scourging, art, creation, dark, deep,
Form: Rhyme
The Good Thief
...The unseen presence, unfelt movement
Like a wind rushing to go west, successfully waiting for a feast
Darkness cradles with your quest
Protected by the silence of the night
The light that radia...
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Categories:
scourging, courage, death, faith, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
The Haunted Broken and Beleaguered Soul
...The Haunting Of A Broken Spirit And Beleaguered Soul.
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Her pricing haunting blood shocked eyes
Reflect her heavy rain cloud acid corroded heart
And spirit broken beleaguered soul
Although i...
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Categories:
scourging, angst, anxiety, hate, lost,
Form: Free verse
Do You Remember Part 2
...It must be sacred; Grace, stay.
In Execution,
a Sacrament blessed nakedface-under
God"s matchmaking; time and place.
Introduction, inducing Actors in the play
of Life-_, induction.
Convergin...
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Categories:
scourging, birth, birthday, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
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