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Slothful Poems - Poems about Slothful

Premium MemberHope Flickers in the Reeds

...Set sail in feathered ships
mis guided by shattered stars
and bent leaden sextants.
A little white rippled tempest
becomes a blackened water witch
hatched from a devil's chrysalis
sails are whi...
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Categories: slothful, hope,
Form: Rhyme

LOST

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Lost in echoes of darkened time
dampened, dithering, dazed
wet withered witches mime a dime
fearful, I’m mazed or crazed 

Calling Divinity, voicebox shut
eyelids glued, nostrils stuffed 
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Categories: slothful, allegory, allusion, character, courage,
Form: Verse



Premium MemberHubs Of Heaven

...Catalytic cascade of mirror gleam relish on sleep encrusted eyes,
such sylvan surreal therapy aligned to  dulcet bird lilt,
garnish to the willow weave wayfarer of iridescent poetic inkling,
verna...
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Categories: slothful, beautiful, beauty, celebration, city,
Form: Free verse

The Unknown Fruit

...Silent waters always are said to run deep;
And looks often end up in deception
As  venturesome finds do in exception
Bring forth reward to cherish and keep 

A trekking crew found on an desolate...
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Categories: slothful, life,
Form: Lyric

The Maxims

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                                                             THE MAXIMS.

Who understands the patterns of life? It is even he who from speaking rashly restrains his lips,
That man will know pe...
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Categories: slothful, bible, deep, emotions, faith,
Form: Sonnet



Premium MemberThe Vows of Gasoline and Forgiveness

...Truth has been backwashed with elongated shadow
polluting the masses with exaggeration and lie
They've made corruption just a bit more palatable
maintaining power, they've great lust for us to div...
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Categories: slothful, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberBlank For President

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A man or woman in the prime of life 
who values her husband or he his wife.
A person of strength with a disciplined mind,
One who is courageous, respectful, and kind. 

They have great int...
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Categories: slothful, america, character, fantasy, political,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberIn My Skin

...In My Skin

In my skin I know what is true
Don't lie to yourself,  you know it too
Clear away all excuse and  every denial
For your soul ,too, will be put on trial
Stop listening to that beguil...
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Categories: slothful, humanity, integrity, truth,
Form: Didactic

Gildas Translations

...GILDAS TRANSLATIONS

These are modern English translations of Latin poems by the English monk  Gildas Sapiens (“Gildas the Wise”).

“Alas! The nature of my complaint is the widespread destruction...
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Categories: slothful, christian, england, evil, god,
Form: Free verse

The Diligent

...Everything is hard
For the slothful worker,
Ease for zealous peer....
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Categories: slothful, devotion, truth, wisdom, work,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberBe Responsible

...“What we really need to learn as humans is to take responsibility for ourselves” (topic quote of Miranda Hawley)

Be Responsible

Today it seems like hardly anyone
has great concern for others. ...
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Categories: slothful, character,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Long Road Home

...Morning Sun calls from behind the occasional cloud above seeking those willing to rise and face the drudgery of yet another day’s fruitless effort. Uninvited rays of warmth intrude upon my slothful d...
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Categories: slothful, emotions, endurance, perspective, work,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Be Blown Forever

...We are blown
Like a feather
Into every
Insane ether

To see
The unseen
And to brace
Or wither

At times
To float
In the river
Like a boat

Or for us
To vanish
For ever
Like a mote
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Categories: slothful, emotions,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberLord God, You Are My Eye-Enlightener

...May 1 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Ezra 8-10

Key Verse – Ezra 9: 8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, a...
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Categories: slothful, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberI Wish You Would

...Does it take time for the sun to extirpate the dark night?
Or to ease its fire form to make the plight of farmers, light?
Can't a storm take the form of a tornado and revolve?
Or blow into a gentl...
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Categories: slothful, appreciation, blessing, friend,
Form: Rhyme

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