Short Church Bell Poems

the wind 
church bell tolling
at midnight...

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The church bell rang at 3.
For whom it tolled.
For me....

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Sunday morning sleep in
Sex is on my mind
Church bell rings true...

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the old church bell rang
then in the empty chapel
silent voices sang...

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noses twitched
light snow
a distant church bell


John G. Lawless
11/27/2021...

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The church bell is tolled –
A child,  a spouse or no one 
is shedding a tear. 

7/20/14...

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The sound of the church bell
from beyond a distant hill
brings forth a wellspring of joy....

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Dawn-- still the cold stings, 
People had a trembling sleep, 
Hark!  The church-bell rings....

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this is not hell
this is church bell
other can tell
from the rain above
we're
TOO PEOPLE IN LOVE...

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you call tell
by the church bell
and the smoke
that goes higher
and higher
and the dust
that its
CHRISTMAS AND FIRE...

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Ben was a church bell ringer
He was also an opera singer
Some days he would sing
Others bell ring
He was a real humdinger...

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its  small town
no to much around
when the church bell sound
love can be found
in the back it has a
gim mill
LITTLE CHRUCH ON
THE HILL...

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Sorrow is a dark well; 
Each drop dripping,
Echoing throughout, 
With the surety of a church bell,
Through its delicate refrain,
Instant Pain......

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some sing
 the church bell
ring
there the music boxs
block to block
hear many who plays
here or far
mabe  guitar
its
MUSIC AROUND
HOILDAYS...

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Church bell rings sounds sweet
                              Rising Sun shines with bright beams
                                        brings whole day's smile...

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a limp flag
hangs at half-mast
the silence broken
by the church bell
and village gossiper


-------------------------
A Brian Strand Contest
Placed 1st
June 2021...

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time was bending and unbending
against the day.
my music rang out

like a church bell,
steady and true.
my body a metaphor

as it moved to the thump, thump
as if my heart
was a metronome....

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churches make me mad as hell
preaching turns me out of mind
war is around we dont know
know not better end is on
hold me tight dont let me go
hold me close dont let me leave
then the church bell struck thrice...

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Strolling around town 
At prohibited time 
Ignoring the church bell sounds
While I see people hurrying 
Down the sidewalk
On their way to work 

Think maybe I'll find 
Pen and paper
And have a coffee somewhere 

Or maybe not...

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What kingdom come?
What will be done?

In these four walls
His spirit calls

The church bell rings
The choir sings,

But my walls ache 
As body fakes

The acts I do 
Are all but new

Lord beat my heart
At this new start...

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Bullet shots rang
Like a church bell in my ear
And the screams sang
With the undertone of fear

The bell tolled
And the sunshine went away
And the thunder rolled
On that summers day

And the people fell to the ground
With a sudden thud
Such a sound
And out poured the blood...

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spectrum of colors
visual perceptions
she ..is .. sobbing
on my chest
church bell strikes three
at the distance
smooth gradation of 
intense love
flipping thoughts of
insecurity
turbulence sets
naked nails bleeding
fulminant blood flows
with a rush of longing

9.31 am 
july 19 2016...

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Lake Superior, Gitche Gumee
November winds, fear starts boiling.
The ship creaks, groans, twists, water spumy; 
Thoughts of loved ones waiting on shore pushed aside.
Evil eye of the storm is coiling
And springs to release twenty-nine souls into the debris.
The church bell twenty-nine times is tolling....

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The bell in anger thunders at the morn               
The faithful lay in bed asleep in dreams
Believing they’re awake and seeing Christ
Despite the bell in church in anger calls 

The trumpet breaks apart the sky in light
In glory it awakes the sleeper once
Pneumatics are begotten now in light 
Forever now in gnosis over clouds...

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it’s colder now
much colder
ice clings to a welcome
few accept
the old couple
is absent
as are their family
of squirrels
a chilled sun peeks
through spindly branches
mocked by icy chimes
a distant church bell weeps
its tone muffled by the snow
it’s colder now
more from emptiness
than frost


John G. Lawless
©11/16/2018...

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