Short Chapter And Verse Poems

When Judy plays Doctor & Nurse
She always quotes chapter and verse
Then whacks off a tad
(The Rabbi's her dad)
And that's how young boys learn to curse...

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Holy week,
another chance to torment
those who seek redemption.

Hang your cross of Jesus on the wall
( a double execution)
as if crucifixion was not enough....

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A man of cloth spent hours reading the Bible
of the book's thoughts he was minus a rival.
He knew chapter and verse,
was never heard to curse.
Alas, boredom defrocked his survival....

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"Love inasmuch as ye have been loved, for want of love will deaden the heart as 
will its overflow."

The Gospel of Eileen: Chapter 1: verse 1

For Judy Konos Contest
Your Quote
August 21, 2014...

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Ephesians ,chapter 2 verse 10 tells me 
we  are God's handiwork*(poiema) ie ' poetry'

so Let the  Holy Spirit channel thoughts
if we listen ..as we ought

each day to employ& endeavour
our Giftngs in Art , poetry or whatever...

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Follow me
And ill pen you a tale
Around my mind
Chapter and verse
And you won't have to think
You can just ponder 
Where my thoughts are at
And the keys I tap
Make any sense 
Or are just innate nonsense 
Wrote by a fool
Who uses poetry as a tool
To fill the void
My restless mind
Can not ignore...

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You are a myth,
and every day
your father and I write
your mythology.

Chapter and verse it
goes on and on.
Why not? You're not real.
But in our hearts,
and hopes, and dreams.

You're a legend - don't laugh.
The lady in the lake.
Aphrodite.
The sweetest sound
who called the young sailors.

the end...

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Donald Trump tweets, "Its all a big hoax!
Dreamed up by Democrat 'Loser' folks!"
The GOP vow,
"We believe you now!"
Morticians enjoy insider jokes!

The doctor said to expect the worse
The vicar quoted chapter and verse
"Oh, no!"  said the wife
"You must save his life
Because he's the man who drives the hearse!"...

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Ephesians ,chapter 2 verse 10 tells me 
we  are God's poiema ie ' poetry'
So PoetrySoup each day
is a natural place for me to be

The Holy Spirit channels my thoughts
if I listen ..as I ought
So PoetrySoup a place to which I fare
if a verse thereof I have to share

My contests are to encourage & more
peer poiema giftings to so explore...

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A hush of silence settles down,
Broken by the soft gurgling waters,
Mellowed by the yogi's muted chants,
Without a soul to hinder his prayer;

Intellect perceptions intact,
Awake to supreme joys of knowledge,
Remains calm in tranquility,
Unhindered by all the worldly lusts;

Attains eternal peace within, 
Karma of knowledge and devotion.
 
Gita: Eternal Peace Chapter 2 verse 70...

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The places I’ve been
all part of me now,
roadmaps of intention
tracking landscapes endowed

The history I’ve written
covers chapter and verse,
of promises made
and commitments diverse

The road ever widens
my scope narrows down,
the past out of focus
leaving town after town

Tomorrow unbeckoned
I search for today,
the future unreckoned
—the moment in play

(The New Room: March, 2021)...

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Many will come in the Lord's name
And say they are the Messiah
They will come and try to deceive you
Don't listen to that liar.

False Christ's will come and prophet's too
With miracles and great signs
All these things must come to pass
For we're living in end times.

So if anyone tells you here is the Christ
Do not go out and see
But remember what our Lord did say
In Matthew chapter 24 verse 23....

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Don't be mistook
Every face is a book
That tells of a story
The closer you look

Around the eyes
You can read every line
The laughter and heartbreak
Wrote out over time

A crease in the edge
At the turn of the lips
Dog-eared smile or frown
To later be read

It's all there of course
In chapter and verse
As the title suggests
From our best to our worst

All in the look
Not always understood
Telling a story
As every face is a book...

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Everyday time awakens unto the same old scenes....
With our honey as locusts meals and camel hair dreams 
Saying yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat at crumbs which fall
Aneath their Master's table: 'O woman, your faith is strong; thus
Be it as you will ? Gathering mustard seeds from atop her mountains
Cast, into this churning sea: chasing his chaff, unto their edge of another
Horizon rising about love's crest piercing sickles to carry away an age gone by....

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Well versed person in never enamored,
As Mithya consorts to transcend to childhood,
Youth or the aged physical consciousness;
Neither affected by good or bad in life.

Joys and sorrow like cold and hot weather,
Touch not creative or destructive senses, 
Residing as unique undefined being,
Within our soul we garner to suffer.

Atma plays with Maya in novel rebirths,
Dons different wombs to one's salvation?   



Ref:-
Gita Chapter 2 verse 13...

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Chasing chaos in ego's flight
 Finding only stress and strife
 With no peace of mind in sight
 Cluttered thoughts, confusion is rife

 Seeking answers that can't be found
 Asking wrong questions all the time
 Truth is blurring all around
 Lost is its meaning sublime

 Grasping at wonders from the sky
 Disconnected from chapter and verse
 Flawed notions have wings to fly
 And things seem to be getting worse
                           ---
 11-7-18...

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I was trying to stay connected
with my wireless mouse which
keept fading in and out of
black and purple link lacunae,
almost but not quite like
that black holes at the edge
of our solar system and yes
I am exaggerating a bit, then
when I clicked on connect in
the “action center,” the only
action was that my Bluetooth
went awol so that now my
headphones too won’t link
and I must suffer in silence.


Chapter 3: verse 6 - Litany of First Word Problems...

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First Corinthians
chapter twelve verse twenty-five:
Care! (undivided!)

in tilling a field,
there's as much dignity as
in writing a poem!

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Adapted from quote by Booker T. Washington:
"No race can prosper till it learns that there is 
as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."
With reference to 1 Cor. 12:12-31
As noted in the Bible commentary entitled,
"AFRICAN AMERICAN: The Body of Christ"
in The Catholic Youth Bible...

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A man in an HOV lane
Was driving in desert terrain.
A trooper passed by
And he asked the man why
When the HOV sign was so plain.

For restrictions require that two
Must be in the car subject to view
But the driver just said
Of his passenger, dead,
“I assumed that he counted. Who knew?”

See, the man drove an occupied hearse
Yet the rules, listing chapter and verse,
Don’t say occupants must
Not have bitten the dust,
Though a corpse at the wheel would be worse!

written 7/3/19...

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