Tombs Poems - Poems about Tombs

I held the hand of a madman hiding in Hollyhocks blending with ogres, eerie in tombs, chasing stars through their animal shapes; others, a witch to their ghosts, anew, those gardens though full, were dark worlds at night...

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Precipitation continuously falls Nary dry spot upon all the walls Stuck inside in the dark gloom The gramineae's glume Untouched though. Tombs' Far below Vaults deep in earth's womb Caskets drenched may flow in flumes Nothing can stop the rainfall or stalls Precipitation continuously falls Contest: Writing Challenge-Andaree Form Sponsor: Constance Written: 01-22-2023 Matthew 23:27-28 New International Version 27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law...

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. for public domain Every crack in the ceiling, dries up every river of dreams. When idle eyes can't view their skies, wadi minds flood over with schemes. And every hole in the floors becomes a bottomless well, where loveless hearts go wishless, dry up in a dusty old hell. The mission bells may toll and toll, but our dungeons, they fill and fill. Sweet flowers...

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Women lie in tombs. No smiles, no dancing, no talk. In a big hurry they rushed out. Now? Not a sound leaves their mouth! Still as the harsh winter ground. As silent as Democratic prosecutors. Who let evil men, hunt city sidewalks for women. Just out to have fun. These evil men will kill again. Anyone woman on the street. She’s a killers...

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That is the jetted sky a forgotten eye a pirates patch when swords clashed everything that melted when the ice was frozen everyone everyone has been chosen every question has been answered striking with a word with every raindrop has been counted like my thoughts on every strand of haze i count the tombs on...

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... there met Jesus two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs ... Matt 8:28 Two untamed men, fierce as any animal ever seen Two possessed souls, living naked among the unclean dead things Two from the tombs ... couldn't be fettered, so as slaves, they couldn't be used; unable to be kept chained, they couldn't be placed in servitude They dwelled among the dead, and terrorized...

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That Darkness Leading Into Silent Tombs At night, hallway between our distant bedrooms that darkness leading into silent tombs, I know the pain of your quiet despair, where foul shadows float though the air. Memories of that day, those dastardly deeds bequeath a crop of ever darker seeds, I feel the anger and loss deep in your cave that agonizing hurt, loss of...

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When tombs of ancient bloom Only if those tombs of antediluvian times, Be the teachers for genius to bloom, Will positively ancient hidden in gloom, Flood thoughts of subtle minds, Rise out of mausoleum and innuendo, Nurture seeds of future to panegyrize till eternity. Will every dead be reborn .... Written March 11th, 2016 For contest by JB...

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I say a prayer at a loved ones tomb I leave a flower, for in my heart they bloom To me they'll always be a treasure Never to be forgotten, ever But there is a tomb where treasures abound A place where pyramids are found King Tut's tomb, where treasures did bloom Treasures that...

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Burnt offerings -- Tomb of Pharaoh and Sphinx Blush mirror of death...

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Stony tombs are ahead Monuments of bygone days Each with its own secret Ready to unfold Carved on a marble grave Words charged with sorrow: “Here lies a lover” “One who loved and lost” “One whose heart ceased to beat” “One whose love ceased to die” Carved on a black grave Words of gloom and horror: “Here lies a man” “Here lies a beast” “One who knew not love” “One...

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