Short Unearned Poems

God's loving kindness
Unearned,unmerited and
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God's loving kindness
Unearned,unmerited and
Available now....

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What is Faith without a Test
  ~ Uneasy Leisure, Unearned Rest...

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licking your lips
eyeing future assets
easy and unearned



Posted on November 7, 2017...

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God's grace
A precious gift
From a loving Father
Unearned, undeserved, unending
Awesome!



Kim Merryman
For Brian Strand's "One you wrote earlier" contest....

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The bride and groom, about to pop the cork
But the label read -- Pig Juice, Pure Lean Pork
   The newleyweds were concerned
   Their embarrassment unearned
Then ~ a small bundle dropped off by a stork...

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From one to a mob a person becomes people
An idea becomes action
Results occur
Blame only sticks to individuals
Responsibility dissipates
Pride fuels greed
Exploitation is honorable
Benevolence is a weakness 
Restitution is regarded as unearned reward
Oppression does not mature...

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I often feel the shadow of guilt.
It visits most when walking close.

My aura is my gauge.
Its custom flavors my mood.
My swimming, my drowning, my
Thrashing disbelief.

No hint of disfavor, no eye adrift.
Their obedience reflects the Acceptance of things unearned.

And she said, "It's good to be King."...

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Lust
Over burns
Lovers in turn
Full of disdain
Wrath
Feeds fire
Gluttony
Death, and despair
Greed
Just breeds
Raw rampant
Inequity
Sloth
Negates
Energies place
Wastefully spaced
Envy
Decries 
Ego’s dark side
Truths, never lies
Pride
Hard hide
Unearned burn
Circle soon turned
Lust...

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Unearned breath is deposited in to my flesh; I am awake
my eyes are open and are able to view another day.
my limbs allow my walk without crutched assistance,
from my mouth flow my words with no hesitance.
I do not have to stress over food,clothing, or bills,
nor do i doubt any sickness I have, you will heal.
i cannot unerstand why you love me so much
i do not mean a thing without your guiding touch....

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mountains bob like corks
adrift on liquid magma -
pond scum shelters life

Earth’s magnetic shield -
magma’s gift of moving charge
thwarts sun’s deadly winds

continental drift -
neighborhoods fenced by oceans
breed diversity

random mutations
offer death or advantage -
unearned consequence

life’s adaptation
to universe in motion -
the true face of God 

Brian Johnston
January 12, 2016...

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The way at times can seem unclear;
the world is large: so many paths.
Yet where I go, there, you are near,
so I exhale, am unconcerned.

The only distance in between:
the barricades that I erect.
I cannot slip your gaze, unseen,
a lesson that is oft hard learned.

So meld our thoughts today, I plead,
and keep me tethered at your side.
Thy finished work is all I need,
a grateful rest in grace unearned.
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My ear
to the asphalt
My nose
in the wind

My mind
on tomorrow
Escaping
my sins

The road bends
before me
It twists
and it turns

Where truth
waits forbidden
And love stays
unearned

The voices
grow faint
In this gale
to escape

In front
and behind me
Both early
and late

As the mountain
implores me
Still calling
my name

With fate
at its limit
And death
— here to claim

(Dreamsleep: April, 2025)
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Oh, I’ve been racking up N/A’s
that I consider unearned praise
just knowing they were viewed and read
before put quietly to bed.

The cause I find upon reflection
is oft my failure to heed direction
for I start writing in my haste
the muse, full speed, to cut and paste

I’ll miss a stanza, rhyme, or form
amidst my fevered writing storm.
I gather N/A’s now and then
and smiling, mutter, Not Again.

John G. Lawless
©10/16/2021...

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S. C. A.
Miracle Man
July 19, 2021

 From the bed of death I once returned,
because God had an unfinished work for me.
He bestowed more life, and it unearned,
I’m alive today by the King’s decree.

With death angel stayed, others saw His greatness,
as a surgical team faced a near hopeless task.
God blessed the Doctors with a great sedateness,
and any who disbelieved God did unmask.


From New Years Day 2017
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At the beginning of a new book
With the idea of reading and understanding,
I pray my brain does not overcook,
As I am talking and reading.
Flipping pages, the story becomes fun
As each line keeps me laughing
But my mood drops as someone pulls a gun
The stories becomes more like a tragedy 
From night falls with an unearned run
My passion is dragged away from the comedy
As a swing my head from left to right with a look
I lost the flow of this beautiful remedy...

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