Short Scourged Poems

Scourged is the flesh of a man whose soul chisels at his heart....

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Wrathful tears ripen shame
and sows conscience-stricken seeds of self-loathing.
Scourged by the storm’s desolate dirge
this flimsy canopy offers no protection
as the wind-driven rain rides roughshod over me.


Susan Ashley 
April 9, 2019...

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The Cross is our crutch: we are lamed and maimed,
Crippling sin in our soul,
Defiled and scourged, our faith defamed,
Golgotha our gloried goal.

The Cross is a bludgeon for smiting down
Death in his sable gown.
It’s Roman-hewn and Jesus-borne,
Encircled with blood-flecked thorn....

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The Cross is our crutch: we are lamed and maimed,
Crippling sin in our soul,
Defiled and scourged, our faith defamed,
Golgotha our gloried goal.

The Cross is a bludgeon for smiting down
Death in his sable gown.
It’s Roman-hewn and Jesus-borne,
Encircled with blood-flecked thorn....

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Defense of freedom
takes a courage
rare and dearly won

Through wars endured
with tyrants scourged
and despots on the run

The words in place
by Founders Ink
on parchment
closely held

As children roam
the halls of light
with precepts
— deeply felt

(The New Room: February, 2025) 
...

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That forgotten little bit 
Scourged in a darkened corner
A small beam hitting its pupil
It refuses to blink

It just stares
Because words no longer matter to it
No longer define it

That’s how long…
That’s how long it’s been missing
And that beam is a lie
That beam longs to tear it apart
So it’s missing forevermore...

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Tied up
Condemned to death
Cursed
Spat on
Guilty of being alive
No escape
Fugitive of life
Slave to desires I'll never get
Beaten
Bruised
Forgotten
Cast in the deepest cage
Loud cheers
Happy faces
Denigrating stares
Scourged
Ridiculed
Scorned
Like a lamb to the slaughter
Chided
Derided
Covered in sores
Noose around my neck
One
Two
Third
Cut....

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In nature's dust, I bear my curse
A son scourged, and without cause
I lay to rest, in Gaia's breast
A place of shame, my sinner's crest.
I toss and turn, my sleep disturbed
A dream so real, my mind perturbed
In it I see, Nature came to me
She came to me, to set me free
Aloud I said, I aim to please
She blew a kiss, a gentle breeze
And I wake anew, A righteous man
My sins are gone, aclean I am....

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saucy sun scourged
grazing gaunt gores
dark drooling dug
fiery felony gulped
eerie entourage etched'n
cruising callous crest

punctured past wept
taunting tuning test
la-de-da lust lent

receding dawn rusted
reeling rays busted
cruise bruised rugged

felon funeral fetched
masticated mosaic melted.
     '20:04:15:18:35

Note: Of punctured picture. Inspired by a shot I took 5:44pm today....

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All wars scourged bodies and souls--
Torn spirits and dredged feet of the fowls

Ravished by rabid gargoyles of prey
Scuppered dreams of the reapers of hay

Wars circled the world of May
'tis emblem are ruins and remnants of flay

Wars for peace can be penned on paper
Words and spikes of chivalry of the bleeder

Ink flowing out are veins of the fighter
Scrawled blood purged from the might of the writer...

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I'm a briny whore
wit' reekin' drawers
me honor ter make yer acquenchance
th' skipper's maid
me port's decayed
one doubloon, yer seafarin' urchin?

Yer scurvy rat
a-crawl wit' gnat
orf seadog scourged wit' rabid 
yer cannon's immense
'tis cocked 'n tense
yer cutlass be yearnin' me scabbard

Yer stench o' sewer
me bits'll chew yer
bumps 'n boils 'n rottin' flesh
yer britches singe
yer helm unhinge
ter boot yer hornpipe thump 'n thresh

2013-11-20...

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Do You Believe In Easter?
Not colored eggs and treats.
But a crown of thorns on Jesus head.
Nails in His hands and feet.

Do You Believe In Easter?
Not Mardi Gras or ashes.
But Jesus who was crucified
And scourged with many lashes.

Do You Believe In Easter?
Not Peter Cotton Tail.
But Jesus Christ our Saviour
Who saved our souls from hell.

Do You Believe In Easter?
Not really knowing why.
Now you know the old old story.
Believe and receive everlasting life.....

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