Short To Err Is Human Poems

If to err is human 
and forgive, divine;
There are many more humans
than divinity in
this world of mine....

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Yes, 

I admit that "to err is human"

but

to keep on erring is foolishness! 








© Demetrios Trifiatis
     08 August 2020...

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Even in pure gold impurity is displayed,
There is always slight flaw in white jade.
If you don’t demand perfection from me,
To live with you forever I here guarantee.
(Tran.)...

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Have a great birthday, dear Marian, 
The Lord God said: "Vengeance is Mine"; 
People say: "To err is human", 
To forgive and forget is fine. 

Topic: Birthday of Marian R. Molino (March 29)...

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Political Insight
Haiku by: Miracle Man
September 5, 2021

A rule they live by,
before fixing the problem,
always assign blame. 



“To err is human; to blame it on the other guy
is even more human”
Bob Goddard
...

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You were arrested and put behind bars.
I guess you deserve to be where you are.
But we all make mistakes, to err is human, to forgive is divine.
Many people want you out of their lives but I still want you to be a part of mine.
People can change and you are paying for committing that crime.
I'll still be there for you while you're doing time....

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How could you be so unforgiving, 
After the reasons she had given:
For all her blushes, her clear tremor?
Your pardon, now would be her armor...

She would want to leave and still live
So, the Hot Words you have for her sieve;
I had heard it said "To err is human"
Lately, found out Chief Culprit: woman...

What's it again priest voiced in parish?
"Those who failed yo forgive shall perish"....

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The silent footfalls of the long lost son
Came up the dim pathway on a run
Longing and shame in every vein
To err is human to forgive divine

Down the road the teenager wailed
For her P-test had failed
It showed the extra line
To err is human to forgive divine

Human nature falls to temptation
And later in need for redemption
Always waiting for the holy sign
To err is human to forgive divine...

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Governor Terry Twinkle **                          ** not his real name (ha, ha)
Over us did sprinkle
   Some clumsy, inadept sprinkle

How'd he win the governorship?
His opponent's racism he ripped  
   Now it's Twinkle 
   Whose wings've been clipped --

Appearing in a photo
That he shouldn't have ought to 
   In blackface beside a Ku Klux Klanner 

We insist he resign
He responds with this whine --
  To err is human; I'm not divine...

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RECIPROCITY…

That you
in your perpetual 
slime
should question my rebuke:

to err is human;
to forgive is divine. 

The Golden Rule
I embrace;

Forgive me 
while I revenge
my crucified race.

And when all is done
and the stale ashes cooling,
remember I learned it all
from your missionary schooling.

So if I were you and you were me
and I did to you what you’ve done to me;

Would that not be
reciprocity?

Thank God 
For keeping me:
Me....

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"To err is human; to forgive, divine" - Alexander Pope


a faux pas
easy enough to understand
deceit and treachery
not so much

backstabbing
shameless betrayal
far beyond comprehension
stirs injury to the core

it is a divine blessing
the best gift to oneself
to find it in one’s heart
to forgive 
to let go
and move on



AP: 3rd place 2022, 3rd place 2020

Submitted on February 2, 2020 for contest FAMOUS POETIC LINES 2 sponsored by SILENT ONE  -  RANKED 3RD...

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To Err Is Human

Would if I could, earn a spot
in the farthest  part 
of your bleeding heart
to bridge the gaping chasm
that for so long separated
and kept us apart.

What fate does the future holds
for a weary father growing weak and old;
while the whole story has yet to be told?
Through the prism of my aging tears,
rainbows color the present delight
radiating in the remaining waning years. 

With a love that is pure and divine,
please forgive the painful err that was mine....

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