Your Will Oh Father
...Our Father who art in Heaven,
Hollowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven (with an agitated voice)
Thy ...
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Categories:
unrenewed, 10th grade, anxiety, change,
Form: Free verse
Hanging On
...Diverting his eyes from that last final hour,
denying death its due
His conscience and awareness tight in his grip,
ownership unrenewed
Both arms around life, he’s forever rejected,
blinded ...
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Categories:
unrenewed, death,
Form: Rhyme
The Borderline
...I dare you
not to read the words,
I double-dare you true
To live outside
a sentenced life
—your spirit unrenewed
(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)...
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Categories:
unrenewed, words,
Form: Rhyme
The Trade-In
...my old sports car’s
fun, eye-catching plates
tossed in the trunk of
my new sedan
part of my joy
unrenewed. . . . like
those vanity plates
For Joann Grisetti's
Shanzi Poetry Contest...
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Categories:
unrenewed, introspection,
Form: Verse
Unheeded In the Spread of His Name, Quaking
...Unheeded in the spread of his name, quaking
Through the knit brow cuddling the sombre eye
Twice buckled into the couch of his yearning
The mouldy cast of unsculptured hands, moulting
In the su...
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Categories:
unrenewed, passion,
Form: Idyll (Idyl)
In the Name of God
...IN THE NAME OF GOD
So much is said and done
In the name of God
For good, for evil
To give credit or blame
Who are we to use
The name of the Holy One
God Most High
To explain our own acti...
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Categories:
unrenewed, faith, introspection, life, people,
Form: Free verse