Short Martyred Poems

Martyred
Saint of England,
dragons put to flight-
His stained cross upon the white
remains....

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Suicide,
the death of the self

Consciousness martyred
—bathwater damned

(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)...

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Bye Cookie Monster!
Pointlessly martyred by the
Political left....

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War is not a career
  —but a calling

Where dreams become martyred
   in cold blood

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)...

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Falling embers

Splintering lives and

Piercing memories

Rage begets rage.

Weeping mothers

Enraged brothers

Martyred fathers

Widowed sisters

Pushing ideologies

My way or no way

Twisted metal

Territorial markings

Of a beast....

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We are not 
Willing to be a hut
With a hailing, haunting history

Our fallen fathers fought for a golden glory
And our martyred mothers sealed the sacred story

With our hands and heart tied together
We’ll never break our border
Asunder....

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THE PATRIOT
With pride
Lonesome
Lady
Reached out
Moist eyes
Spoke out
Her love
Boundless
Selfless
Poured out
Applause
Broke out
Clutching
Award
In hand
For son
Martyred
Battling
For his
Homeland

Date 6Dec2016
Duplex contest...

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Hair the shade of fire
Flaring like a spire
Over the sad space
Of her gypsy face:
Candle colored red
Burning down and dead.

Candle in a breeze
Of eternities,
Edna flickered faint,
Charring like some martyred saint
Scarlet at the stake,
Embered… for art’s sake....

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Nazi crematoria
  Murderous euphoria
Millions murdered and martyred
  Human lives bargained and bartered

A tsunami's devastation
  The tears of a nation
Gentle Nature's hand crueler
  Than the most dastardly ruler

To God do we turn in sorrow
   Ineffable, His answer -- Tomorrow...

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The latter day saints
Their unwanted exodus
Had brought them many trials

Their biggest downfall
When Joseph Smith was martyred
It was a catastrophe

Despite their losses
Their legacy continues
The Church is their example


I am a Latter Day Saint myself.
We are also known as, "Mormons"...

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Theology in cause
turns a radical course,
terrorism chosen path.
Throes of death spread in hate
through jihad martyred soul.
Thinking not life’s value;
time will reveal God’s truth.


© Form – Pleides

Job 34:12 Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice....

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all my cares and carelessness
               penned upon a paper plea
                 folded in floating prayer
               and set adrift with a spark
               sorrowful secrets martyred
               on a pyre of choices made 
           …embers sinking with lost love

               7 lines, 7 syllables per line...

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Evolution changes 
the mind of man

All insight martyred 
for wider scans

The magic filtered
as books proclaim

What facts uncover
and time disdains

Evolution fosters
a weakened soul

Each process stifled
the gist untold

Forever whittled
in narrow canes

Tomorrow empty
—the past defamed

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)...

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A flying milky dove was shot dead; drops of blood fell on soil and poppies bloomed.


Date : 10/12/2016

Note : For the Contest (Sad One Line) by Silent One.
          *Placed First*
Inspired by the recent tragic incidents and current political affairs of the world. It's gruesome to see what is happening all around in the name of power....

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Heretic
your breath reeks
of brimstones ash
quenched with the blood
of martyred dreams.

I heard
hopes dying scream
as it burned alive
consumed by the flames
of your firey speech.

And now
you turn to me
lost Shepard
bemoaning the world's inability
to see your virtues.

I say
return false prophet
unto your true master 
spare me
your tainted sermons....

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Spring has sprung
The lawns gone nuts
Mowing time again 
No ifs or buts 
 
A martyred sigh
Trudge to shed
Drag out mower
Filled with dread

Attempt to start 
Psyche self up 
Try many times 
Any luck? .... Nup

Give up the fight 
Drag back to shed 
Watch the lawn 
Grow long instead 

Ignore complaints 
From near and dear 
Enjoy the daisies
Mow next year 

 
...

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In his youth,
he was as Loyola,
a soldier, then he was converted
and became a priest.

He succored  and strengthen
the Catholic prisoners,
uplifting their faint bodies
with a new spirit of faith.

After 20 years’ labor,
he was arrested and condemned
for his priestly character,
for true faith

and led by his oppressors 
to martyrdom.
He was martyred
at York In 1597....

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the devils circle hinges on the souls ability to overcome
as the watchers shout through demons using serpent tongues 

they encourage the mind to sketch out a play in hell using angels as actors 
and a ticking heart owns the fuse to the bodies core reactor 

as the fallen ignites the fuse many become martyred 
but those that turn to the way of cain becomes his own fire starter...

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Sound the alarm War Is Upon Us, war is upon us!!!!
Chaos, panic, and fear rushed in like a herd of gnu trampling the Serengeti
Blinded by the smoke screens intended to mask the enemies movements
Weapons drawn aimlessly pointing with no understanding
Destruction plagued the land spilling corpse, laid bare for show
Visuals for the fallen decorate the ruins
How short live is the plea for the martyred...

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What are we but relics
of time gone by

Where painful encounters
stay undenied

The wounds may scar over
but never heal

As memory is martyred
its blood congealed

New skin tries to cover
what sutures can’t hide

Each moment recovered
a falsehood decried

With strength built on pillars
of fortunes disdain

From deep in the shadows
—our essence remains

(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)...

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When faith is abandoned
we live on old dreams
In time captured wastelands
barren demeaned
Believing the tattler
and spinner of lies
Desperation is sainted
epistles decry

“Music plays in keys of pain
shouting from below
Missals singed in pagan fire
ashes still aglow
Caught out on a bridge alone
burning from both ends
Martyred in our heresy
— darkness to befriend”

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
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The black widow weaves an intricate web

And from her silken thread she promises death,

Not to just other insects passing by

But to the male who cries ‘she betrays me, martyred by love’, then dies.

She eviscerated her love of all his blood,

Left his empty shell to decay and rot,

Surely this black widow on her heart has a black spot,

If she beckons you into her parlour

Then you are surely lost....

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The conquering child,
martyred by religion’s audacity;
St. Joan rides a white horse,
eternally.

Now bedecked in silken gown;
of silvery diamonds,
bestowed by Angels,
she suffers no more.

There’s a place for heroes
and children;
there’s also one for those
who persecute them.

Karma’s wheel never stops;
for every drop of darkness that it rolls over,
a spark of light is born.
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Blood,
fires from my pen
like a well shot round

14 karat penetration, 
mighty wound of 
self aggression

Letters,
reducing armies 
into a special force

Time dying,
as mortared ink strikes 
the page

The raw edge of battle, 
...new combatants die, 
leaving their mark

Cursive warriors of the
spoken word,
martyred sentinels of a bigger truth,
—walking the line 

(Richmond Virginia: December, 2002)...

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How fast life goes! How slow we feel! 
When someone dear leaves us for real.
How hard it gets! How tough the deal! 
If they're sublime and have ideals. 
They pay so much and beat ordeals.
Their names spread and shake regimes.
They shine so bright and join sunbeams.
They soar so high no one can reach.
They speak a tongue no one can teach.
Such is Sarout, a martyred icon; 
A free Syria on the horizon. 

11/06/2019...

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