Short Appraises Poems

Choose Wisely

Man
Living
Eternal,
Resurrected
Because Christ arose
And God forgives sinners
When they ask for forgiveness,
Has a consequence in the end.
Judgment, which appraises all choices,
Determines a soul’s success…forever.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
June 8, 2010
Poetic form:  Etheree...

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Our Words Are a Testament
Of Who We Are
Written: by Tom Wright
7/2/2018

The words we voice tell others who we are,
Dishing hurt for hurt just isn’t God’s way.
But man Oft desires the parting au revoir,
Then upon reflection, morals make him pay.

Each uttered word God instantly appraises,
But previously spoken words we can rectify.
We use subtle words camouflaged as praises,
Then, in our garden of pretend, question why?
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Blind from birth
A derelict tainting the earth
Lame, deaf, or broken
A weight upon Caesar's token
...draining provision

Voices, choices
Addiction, conviction
Taxes for the battle axes
Removing the Approving
...for lesser

Those who assign value
Based on accepted image
Will evaluate humanity
Based on lineage

LOVE appraises life
Precious and true
No matter what seems to lack
His presence is affirmed in blue

...sapphire

Written by Trudy Schrader on 09-27-2022...

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