Talionis Poems | Examples


Premium MemberMusing on the Death Penalty

A double murderer
Shot before a firing squad
Justice or revenge?

An eye for an eye
So, the old law book conveys
Punishment for sin

Society’s way
To rid town square of wrongs
Yet, death row awaits

The hangman stands by
The masses don’t know his name 
Pulls the trap door latch

The cycle repeats
With no real decrease in crime
No one ever wins 

Justice will make deals
With the guilty to win cases
Takes her blindfold off

Death for some killers
Others given terms or pleas
For the same offense

Lex talionis
The law of retaliation
Not meted out fairly
Categories: talionis, 12th grade, abuse, death,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberWhen God Is Small

The pain that man inflicts on man,
Near constant since our time began.

‘Twas Abel by his brother killed,
No proper view of life instilled.

And ever since, we’ve spiraled down,
Eschewing heaven, eyes to ground.

Lex talionis, eye for eye,
Creates a false sense of restraint;
It certainly does not apply
When we, aggrieved, don battle paint.

For then we, every means, employ,
Seek our opponent, to destroy.

We feel a smug self-righteousness;
We use the mouth to curse, not bless.

We grasp not our imperiled state
And blindly seek our lusts to sate.

With our warped sense of justice bruised,
We rage against an unknown God.
With eyes now blind and minds confused,
We reach conclusions badly flawed.

We paint broad strokes, devoid of light,
Expecting red from black and white.

This is our lot; this is our fate
When god is small and We are great.

Until man sees these roles reversed,
Darkness pervades, and we are cursed.
Categories: talionis, humanity,
Form: Rhyme


Lex Talionis

my body cast
in stone 
for ye

who throw
the first
i'll throw

it back
not needing
to ask why you

unto me
but an
eye

for an eye
forgotten
foreign

old texts
of testa
mints

testing
my breath
it now smells 

fresh
Categories: talionis, muse,
Form: I do not know?

Acts To Zenith

Acts of contrition, on knees if I recount
Beatitudes, eight, sermon on the mount
Charity given, is blessings received
Dalai Lama, a Buddhist deity
Ecumenism, it understands and unites
Fascism erodes individual rights
Gaia, Greek goddess of our mother earth
Heresy, one's belief, another's mirth
Idolatry, the worship of false gods
Jehovahs Witnesses, the sidewalks they trod
Kama, Hindu god of the erotic
Lex talionis, is somewhat exotic
Mary, Christmas holds that she was a virgin
Naturalism, this belief seems to burgeon
Orthodoxy, keeping with old traditions
Penance, requires sin and admissions
Quaker, informal for Society of Friends
Ramadan, are you relieved when it ends?
Sabbath, is it Saturday or the day after?
Talismans, sometimes, subject of laughter
Universalism, bring us together?
Values the thought of happy ever afters
Whatever your dogma, does it really matter?
X amine your heart, reject idle chatter
You should maybe contact your Spirit Guides
Zenith of acceptance with us resides



beautiful photo of the church taken by Jackie on Instagram @jacci_eo
Categories: talionis, faith, freedom, gospel, poetry,
Form: Abecedarian
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