Christmas Sin Poems

As is in Genesis, God stood on the platform of nothing
Miracle after Miracle, orchestrating a drama transpired
With audacity, He spoke heaven and earth into being
On...

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Seldom now, but once popular,
carnal Feast of Adam and Eve.
A Christian tale, if you believe,
spun, no doubt, by a gospeler.

Late December, Mystery Play – 
downfall,...

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Headstrong, with an ageless broken heart,
I erased the memories of childhood,
And painted them back in frail colors, blushing pinks,
Pastels like jewels fading from my trembling...

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As a new born baby,                    ...

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Eyes of a trader 
With words of wisdom
You make destruction look so good
You don't use force
But the beauty and cursive of your words is tantalizing...

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Christmas is
a time of joy
with friends
and family
gathered together
young and old
in shared
happiness
each year
spreading love
giving gifts
while true Christ-Spirit
through the Holy Season
grants
His blessings to all.

December 8, 2022

Contest: Writing...

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The drunk hogs the path where the public walks
Then hogs the air with his nonsense talk
His breath smells of ale
His eyes look stale 
This Scottish...

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Petty Theft

Abandoned on a dark and dusty shelf,
a part of her forsaken self,
not forgotten, but a misbegotten
treasure of a stolen Christmas elf.

. for public domain...

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When DNA shunted a tad to the right
And the very first man got his very first sight
Of his chimpanzee brothers, less upright, less tall 
With...

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Deep red star flower,

                     ...

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Sonnets XCVIII-CII

Willy Nilly
by Michael R. Burch

for the Demiurge aka Yahweh/Jehovah 

Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly,
and now they sleep
in the...

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He who is without Sin

Is either just out of practice

Or

Being good for Christmas

Or

Probably more especially 

A Stone Casting Liar

Who welcomes you with open arms
and the...

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F aith from God is free for the taking.

A ngels are heavenly beings.

I n prayer I find God's answers.

T he Son of God died for...

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We call out for Jesus  when we scream in fright
We search for his hand in the darkest night
His name on our lips when our...

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Not Too Late

I can change the whole world, 
in a moment, if I choose that direction. 
I can make things happen, 
that never had a...

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