Short Carved In Stone Poems

carved in stone

you can't read it

- you feel it

you just feel it...

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carved in stone

you can't read it

- you feel it

you just feel it...

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Wall
of
reform,
carved in stone-
four statues...just men !


http://www.sacred-destinations.com/switzerland/geneva-reformation-monument.htm...

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Carved this stone a breath in life 
Then opened wide these pure made eyes
Where tempered hues paved roads their gray
...Yesterday, washed away of blue....

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Fold me in half
I’ve lost my backbone
In this old photograph
I’m carved in stone

A drop in the ocean
Black ink broke the surf
To write a poetry potion
A rippled calligraph...

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There's something empty in the face of an angel
As eyes left undetailed discern ashen sky's...
Searching for something else
as they set in place carved by stone
or painted by man....

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cascading water
flows into braided rivers
rush of white water

palaces of sandstone
towering monolith
statuesque splendor

weathered mosaics
ancient cathedrals carved in stone
natures masterpiece...

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The world is not driven by greed
it’s driven by envy …
Commandment 10 is carved in stone
positioned at the end
Where old injunctions miss their mark
a covetous reminder
Desirous of another’s place
—the devil painted green

(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)...

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*Image of Kid Tears by Pixabay.


Teardrop


A vision plummets
atop a face carved of stone.
Living waters confession ...
pools festered regrets.


2022 May 08
*1st Place*
Naani
~~Joseph May: Judged 2022 May 23

*HMS: 5,7,7,5 = 24...

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"When I'm alone
My heart is carved in stone
Sometimes lonely but the Lord has shown me
Ways I can penetrate this weight of anger
But become a stranger to those of changed behavior 
Limited dialogue 
You leave me abroad 
Some conversation promise not too long"...

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Edgerton is where i grew up
   When life seemed a little rough
   My family is down there
   And i have friends here and there
   I moved away
   In kind of a good way
   I still go down there
   To see my mom who i love dear
   Edgerton will always be home
   Until my name is carved in stone...

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The throne I own while I reign alone 
is made of Sin and carved in stone! 
My seat is cold and feels like gold, 
but it's really made of teeth and bone...
Where is my Queen who rules my dreams, 
and makes the World as sad as it seems?
She haunts my sleep so quick and deep- 
Stabs my Mind with piercing screams!...

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Restless is the sleep,
inward we cry,
so many forsaken,
too many will die.
Triumphs give hope,
then reality sets in,
why, O why,
and when, O when.
Givers of freedom, 
takers of time,
whether it be wrong,
whether it be right.
Memories will linger,
long after we are gone,
as another generation,
is carved in stone....

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Etched on my Heart

I carved your name on the track today,
Lilianna is now etched there forever.
Each letter is already on my heart,
Nothing will ease its weight.

On the other side, I stand at your grave,
There your name is carved in stone.
A mother should never bury her child.
But since I’ll never forget, you are still here....

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Here lies Bea At a hundred and three
In the place she vowed She’d never be
She always swore She’d never die
Till all who bugged her
In the grave would lie
She hung on tight To the very end
No foe was left For flowers to send
Let’s raise a glass And shed a tear
She sure raised hell while she was here!

Copyright©2004 Beatrice Boyle 
(All rights reserved...

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What passion that lies before
Has drowned the truth offshore
Written heart, carved in blood
The spoken word is a flood

The written word is an earthquake
What passion is in doth shake
Lies in permanent form, carved in stone
Shakes the core, shakes the bone

Feel the rhythm in the hands
The fierce artificer 
Dead without passionate plans
Now they’ll frolic wiser...

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the tablets of earth
are carved in stone,
one tablet in Americas'
235 miles long
every carving, every word
every letter carved in a
language known only to God,
every word, every carving,
every letter as perfectly carved
as an amazing engraver
chiseling into steel,
Gods words, Gods tablets
of stone are as historic as us,
but as old as
the garden of eden itself.
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A love like this I’ve never known, 
And now I know so well, 
I’m proud in love, and prouder yet
Of all, one day, we’ll tell.

And ours is love that’s carved in stone
With patient, steady hand, 
Where others, who known with regret, 
Could only write in sand.

And ours is love that, called our own, 
Is shadow-bound for now, 
But darkness makes it wise, forget
The where, the why, the how....

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an unknown language from a distant past
carved into stone , are symbols to outlast
an uncommon language that goes thru changes
mistranslations , which re-arranges
an aspect of truth , an aspect love
an aspect of time , an aspect of space
as if fitting a round peg in a square hole
a puzzle piece that just won't go .

symbols and markers ,
are the silent language of the ancients
we just don't hear the wind blowing ....

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Sacred mirror, bring me light
Blue smoke demons and haunted black ravens
Wicked candles burn at night
Faces drift from ancient past
Faces fade, they may not last
Magic mirror, bring me light
The hummingbird's shadow sings in flight
Empty faces shall stand alone
Faces, they are carved in stone
Reflections between earth and moon
The light brigade of stars in tune
Looking glass, what do we know
That, faces shall always come and go...

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They've buried his bones
beneath this stone.
But God knows now
where he chooses to roam.
He said his work would not be done,
even when earth's life was run.

So watch and listen 
and tread with care.
For wherever you are
he may be there

The laugh in the air
or a giggling brook
may be on the pathway Ivor took.

But there’s one thing certain,
 when all is done
.....a simple grave won't stop his fun.

Ivor G Davies...

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what silence so loud and passive,
About whose haunting calm bears me nothing but sorrow. 
so somber this sentient spirit, that so watches me stumble and fall 
yet offers me not its arms but its pity. 
 I swear that face was carved by silent sorrow,
so ageless its likeness,
 preserved with what traits the artful sculpture saw
and unbidden his hands carved to stone a mirror
 so infinitely old this tomb of vacant memories,
 O lo is that my eternal soul..........

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I read their words and stand in awe
Poetic words that have no flaw
For an old sailor who has seen his day
These ladies still take my breath away

They write with passion and hearts of gold
And as they write, new worlds unfold
Their legacy will be carved in stone
Each has a style all their own

I read each word and dwell on each line
On a dreary day, they make the sun shine
I sit at my computer as another day closes
I feel like a thorn in a bouquet of roses....

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They circled her with flowers 
They prodded her with knives
Because of unproved powers
Jealousy of their wives
Judged by every man
For doing nothing wrong
Stories tell the tale
Of every witches song
Children voiced the threat
A verbal open lie
The accused hadn’t a chance
Confess and simply die
Crushed and stoned 
And sometimes burned
No proof for punishment
No lesson learned
A hopeless sad life
Their names carved in Stone
Ashes swept away 
Where once hair and bone...

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