Religious Travel Poems

I.
We are the
thunder’s call
swathed
under layers of
patina plated
Thessalonian chainmail

II.
Our veins are
cooling springs
that gush with
molten zest,
blood red
Spartan vigor
encased in bronzed
Mediterranean skin

III.
We are an
uncrowned empire,
our kingdom coronated
in pastoral...

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Jericho Roads

By Mark Stucky
At the end of the rock-strewn road,
fell the walls surrounding Jericho.
Spared from destruction,
were a harlot’s people,
the family of Rahab,
Israel’s unlikely ally,
and unlikely...

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Angkor Wat
infamous temple complex in Cambodia
largest religious structure known on earth
spreads two hundred and forty-eight square miles
there are seventy-two temples inside this complex

This Hindu temple...

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One
showing
herself to
precious few,
a moving Marian apparition.
Ah, but for one glimpse of the saintly soul,
A prayerful
long journey
to view
Her....

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These words were written by a pearl with craft
A child went to Egypt with no quiver
The land of idolatry and witchcraft 
To find a sole...

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Beyond this door
lies the regions of anything 
Everything 
and nothing at all 
what is hidden
until it’s time to see what is coming 
and that is...

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The first train, a smoke puffing monster, ran in India,
Moving like a millipede, cautious, yet, no phobia;
As though well-chosen astronauts, lucky four guests traveled,
In cozy,...

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Reborn here now without baggage,                    ...

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In towns where Basic fantasy makes a frown
Nature has turned Completely upside down.
And day tours emigrate to the Cambrian shore
Onboard, the rivers boats from Windermere...

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Magnetic attraction, enchanting dream of a lifetime -
	majestic pyramid attracts my eye, 
	mystique draws me in
	
O, your architecture! Pavilions, colonnades; art enclosing art,
	every square inch...

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I fly on wing of song.
Twenty-three miles out of Atlanta
soaring like an eagle traveling from DC
thirty-six thousand miles high
Fly, fly away
Through the blue hues of...

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Daniel                        ...

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Dora the Intergalactic explorer

Dora the intergalactic explorer
Is traveling to the strangest planet
of all the known worlds

she is traveling incognito
with a video crew
making a documentary

the planet...

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Warrior
Musical, analytical, religious, artistic.
Son of soldiers.
Lover of Nelly, ragtime pianos, and rhythm guitars.
Who reels angst, inspiration, and regrets.
Who fears retirement, isolation, and mediocrity.
Who would like...

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Behold the eye of Horus
Ancient Egyptian deity of protection
Royal beauteous goddess
Safe travels –



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted on May 11, 2018 for contest EYES sponsored by...

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