Things My Child Said
It is quite common to kiss 'ouchys' on those wee.
At three, my son asked to have bath autonomy.
I tossed a washcloth, then stood where he could not see.
Soon, he called out with words that completely shook me,
"Mom, it washed red and sore, please come kiss my pee-pee."
Shopping, strolling him down the grocery store aisle
where female
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Categories:
sermon, boy, child, cute, funny,
Form: Rhyme
A Happiness Sermon
Gloomy old Gus sure ain't my claim to fame
Upbeat and happy, they're both my middle names
There sure ain't no future in promoting ill will
Every morning the sun still peeks over the hill
There's enough negativity in the world to go round
So let's not encourage this scourge with a frown
You've only got one life to live then
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Categories:
sermon, passion,
Form: Double Dactyl
Sermon In the Sheets
If he exists or not is not the point
It is faith that keeps us on
Words from pops, words of soul
So every Sunday is church day
But the preacher has me in knots
He assumes he exists and that's the point
My suspension of disbelief is needed most
The narratives are wise, the stories tight
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Categories:
sermon, christian, god, how i
Form: Free verse
A Sermon In The Spirit Of Love And Compassion
Beloved souls, hear me as I speak, thus is my life, a hymn of compassion, an eternal psalm of love.
I walked amongst the lowly not with pity but with understanding, for in their suffering, I saw the seeds of the divine. To the broken, I once was a healer.
To the outcast such am I, I
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Categories:
sermon, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
My sermon at my funeral
My sermon at my funeral
I am lying in the funeral home, oh lovely home!
I am saying the homily in front of my dead body
I am the priest, the mourners are my past lives.
Oh, my sins!
Four men carry my coffin out to the cemetery
Last dark and brilliant sermon, mourning crowd
Crying, just crying, everyone mourns my life
My
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Categories:
sermon, death, funeral, life,
Form: Free verse
Sermon on the Ark
(Dedicated to Sniffers.)
We are All animals, humans too
every One of us, me and you
God breathed life into Adam and Eve,
into each creature. Atoms unperceived
The animal kingdom is the Kingdom of God:
A harmony without heirarchy, below and above
All dogs go to heaven because all of us do,
every Soul returns to the Creator anew
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Categories:
sermon, allah, bird, butterfly, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
sermon, 8th grade, betrayal, death,
Form: Rhyme
An Atheist Shakes the Bishop's Hand
The ring depicts a promise of fidelity.
I smile as you stand in your cloak.
That headgear is the symbol of the tongues of fire.
I smile as you receive that formal mitre,
while that pastoral staff is a shepherd's crook.
I smile as I know that staff will be used
to smite a great oaken door.
I smile as I hear
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Categories:
sermon, christian, god, religion,
Form: Free verse
The Fun Church
Sunday morning sardines
Sing trademarked sermons
No gain, guitars must be clean
To harken out the predetermined
Donation cards in cursive fonts
A prayer for a new patio to
Crosses finished like their countertops
Their fair-weather faith up for review
This is for the poor Diet Coke debutantes
In Burberry scarves with lipstick grins
Money isn’t everything but it's all they got
Life is just so
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Categories:
sermon, christian, faith, nostalgia, rude,
Form: Rhyme
A personal Sermon
Dear heart,
Please take a break
I know this feeling, I have had this feeling before
It soothes at first, beguiling flings
Which shines, too
Sometimes brighter than goddess Theia
I know the comforts, the placidity it yields
And the euphoria!
Dear soul,
Stop the inner monologues
I know them, I have heard them before
With their potent, clean blade of satires
They chop pathos into
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Categories:
sermon, betrayal, change, conflict, depression,
Form: Free verse
Sunday Sermon
kindly air
big mouthing every throat
lungs suck until drunk
maggie has gone shopping with alexa
they back and forth with girlish glee
while songbirds listen
to the electronic voice of god
aunty agatha went for a naked moonlit walk
the racoons began to chatter
like old men
it was a fairytale ending for her
and now it is a sunday morning
a day to talk to
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Categories:
sermon, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Sunset Sermon
In the crepuscular soothing sunset, bells tolled urging
The aimless audience to attend the sermon of the new pastor.
Despite their cynical sentiments, they dared not absent themselves.
The look of habitual satisfaction on the pastor’s face
was unmistakable. Outside light became penumbra,
Still, men and women trudged towards the chapel,
as the dirge-like bells faded into silence.
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Categories:
sermon, mentor,
Form: Free verse
I Hear a Sermon
I Hear the Sermon
I go to church, hear the word
Given by the preacher in his homily:
Retaining a sentence, phrase or word
Only that which finely suits me.
I feel satisfied to have heard
The word, pleasing to my ear,
The rest that marks my faults
Matters not so dear.
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Categories:
sermon, religious,
Form: Rhyme
Sermon From Mt Everest
I used to sleep with depression and kiss shame on the cheek
Trying to run from all the lies, but myself was chasing me
I was drowning from all that I cried but let me tell you what one of HIS tears did for me
But, first I must rewind to my past where my thoughts were slowly
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Categories:
sermon, bible, birth, depression, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
The Greatest Sermon
I wish to be the Greatest sermon to the multitude
the practical Christian living
I wish people to see the fruits of Christ in me
before I even say a word or act a deed
People just believe and convert to Christ
not that my life matters most in heaven
Them doing their best, taking me as an example
not having
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Categories:
sermon, appreciation, celebration,
Form: Free verse
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