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Shrift Poems - Poems about Shrift


Short Shrift
K-eep giving short shrift to throe, E-vade the zone of stress; N-ever pay any attention T-o sorrow and sadness. E-agerly give short shrift to woe, S-tay away from anxiety; T-ime to truly feel fine, E-arly tenth of February. B-e happy in heart and mind, A-lthough your job is night shift; N-ever mind the darkness, just give shadow short...

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Categories: shrift, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Short Shrift
Shorter than a candles curtsy, lower than its holders brim, Half a glass holds no full measure So ever seems the future dim.' Dim before the light is gathered; from the folds & fields of dawn Where no cockerel struts and swaggers,where no pillowed cloud is torn' There the angels watch below them; man upon his prideful course In The higher...

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Categories: shrift, bible,
Form: Rhyme



Short Shrift Execution
You're ill dressed, I must confess. For your date with destiny. I hope your grime, was worth the time, you'll spend with me. ~Victim 7/20/2015...

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Categories: shrift, anger, death, deep, murder,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mary's Shrift
Indigenous woman—rarely accompanied by their white sisters—or their men enter through the side door of St. Peter’s Church. Here they are boxed in cool stucco, and stained-glass. A flock of Mexican Madonna’s shift today to encompass their fairer sister: Dios te salve, Maria. Llena eres de gracia: El Señor es contigo. Bendita tú eres entre todas las mujeres. Y bendito es el...

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Categories: shrift, devotion, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Short Shrift - Final Walk
Tick tick tick tick I sit here and wait After I've ate For those final few moments of my fate Before my final walk straight through that gate The clock is ticking I have to finally admit To sins I have committed Thoughts have made me wonder how I got this far I fought fiercely overseas for my country Coming back home with heartache Not knowing...

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Categories: shrift, abuse, addiction, sorrow, war,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A Limerician's Shrift
It's the cell of a jail I am in for the limerick fool I have been. In the back of a hearse I’ll be rhyming my verse as they lay me to rest for my sin! For the Limerick Poetry Contest of Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer Now for Brian Strand's the 'ALL YOURS (May 29)' Poetry Contest...

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Categories: shrift, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Short Shrift
Bless me father for I have drank Bless me father for I have loved Bless me father for I have killed Bless me father for I have lied Bless me father for I have fled Bless me father for I have failed Bless me father for I have misjudged Bless me father for I am ready For Short Shrift Contest 29/6/15...

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Categories: shrift, dark, judgement,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Short Shrift
Thank you, Father, for hearing me and sharing in my pain the only one bar whom you serve who offers no disdain. From Mansfield's pits to the Western front the stories I could tell legless, blinded, gassed and bombed my mates who fought and fell. Sent to fight against my will never done nothing bad this khaki's for a fighting man not a simple miner's lad. Day...

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Categories: shrift, war, , western,
Form: Rhyme

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