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Shekels Poems - Poems about Shekels

With Stiff Dagger In Thy Hands
...et tu Brute with the stiff dagger and warmblood dripping from the betrayed hands witness the evil spirits of Judas lurking behind the scene burrow underneath the quiet earth for thirty shekels......

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Categories: shekels, imagery, imagination, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Free verse
I Kissed A Man
...i kissed him. Jesus, upon his silent cheek— cool as unturned stone— pressed against my lips. thus, I betrayed him, for thirty shekels of gold, their cold weight heavy in my palm, a silve......

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Categories: shekels, imagery, imagination, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Free verse



ONCE UPON A TAMED
... Once upon a time a tamed was born free the tamed roamed in his home so free the tamed enjoyed every moment and soon he was considered too free, too free, to be born, too free to be strong, too......

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Categories: shekels, abuse, africa, anger,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member You Plus Me
... Reuven gave a half-shekel, Shimon did too 600,000 half-shekels, one from every Jew Pure silver for a Tabernacle with a magnificent view My half plus your half made one round shek......

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Categories: shekels, jewish, together,
Form: Rhyme
Iron
...A time to rake; to search embers, to pore over resurrected, fire-damaged relics. On an ancient shore driftwood, fagots, and reeds are heaped up onto a pyre of time. After the fire there is ......

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Categories: shekels, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Brother Joseph
...Now Israel loved Joseph more, a son of his old age. He made for him a splendid coat; his brothers were enraged. They scarce could civil speak to him; there was no peace, it seemed. And bad relatio......

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Categories: shekels, betrayal, brother,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Philistine Troops Gathered Up For War
...The Philistine troops gathered up for war, Between Azekah and Socoh amassed. Israel encamped near in Elah vale And drew a line against the number vast. There Saul, upon one mountain, made a stand......

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Categories: shekels, bible,
Form: Rhyme
The God Reset
...The God Reset All Hail the mega-Temple brokers! The Heavenly stock sellers Chomping at the bit Who parade in their Gucci suits Escorting you comfortably (like Kings) Into “the Kingdom”come. ......

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Categories: shekels, change, class, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Smooth As Key-Lime Pie
...Rainbow Surplus suppressing it’s limelight on the wonders of thy guillotine. Eat a planet with betadine. Horoscopes orders. The empire shines bright on double d’s. Who’s to say Peter hasn’t squandere......

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Categories: shekels, cat, child abuse, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Book of Kings - 1 Kings 16:31-33
...Ahab needed shore leave, And obsessed so on his dream, Harpooning some sweet harlot Had become his major theme. He was just a novice mariner, His first time far from home. He’d made his maid......

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Categories: shekels, allegory, bible, humor, literature,
Form: Light Verse
Making Tim a Killer
...{EXTRA PRODUCTIONS} Dedicated predestination escapades Celestial especially preresequites Difiniti extro-skeletons mini+thins Cherry skoal impeding doom death throes Throwing caution to the w......

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Categories: shekels, 1st grade, adventure, africa,
Form: Burlesque
Black Night
..."You don't belong here!" They said. They doubted the authenticity Of my identity. Black night bade me come in, Provided I sang a song. Paroxysms of regret filled my song; The monotonous ......

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Categories: shekels, allegory, anger, anxiety, care,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Judgment
...Judgment Entrapment by design. Battles by the unseen, against the children of the Light. The witness(s) openly lied. The outcome already set. The frame perfect, made of old wood, with s......

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Categories: shekels, allah, america, angel, bible,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Greed
... Greed a Haiku By: Tom Wright 11-2-2019 Greed takes center stage, and suddenly is all ears, When Shekels rattle. ......

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Categories: shekels, money,
Form: Haiku
A Pound of Friendship
...Pounds, Dollars, Rupees, Yen Time to stop this if we can Impossible, I know but still When money rules, it’s all downhill Euros, Pesos, Shekels, Krone What the evidence has sho......

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Categories: shekels, friendship, money, world,
Form: Rhyme

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