Faith Vanity Poems

Broken Beauty

By Mark D. Stucky
Glamour is a hollow, shiny shell,
a rapid, pretty paint job
on an insubstantial surface,
that alluringly promises much
but never satisfies the hunger.

True human...

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We wasn't born famous.
Our identities are nameless.
No masks but we got hidden faces.
On the map but we in hidden places.

We're won over to lose.
Born to...

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Forsake me my clumsy heart
I have known peace and joy
But held them as a baby held a toy
How foolish a mischief on my part

Daring darling...

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Life creates mountains we all must climb
Through valleys we wonder through sometimes
It is the top of the peak that we hope to reach
Reaching for only...

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Please take a read
Your greed is making our nation bleed
Oh, England a kingdom that was once built for kings
Your hunger and your love for World...

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self 
whistles there 
pure

I’m hearing 
wise 
of hidden

I am He 
the Supreme Being 
to serve self

the delegation 
outwardly 
in crown creation

all parts of nature
the true...

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A Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch

Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon strands...

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A Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch
 
Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon...

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To be Ignored (heads in the air, or maybe noses)

The toilet makes a swoosh, 
The drain makes a giggle.
Grandpa lets go a “big” one, 
and...

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How, I wonder, do present people not
realize that what they do has been done?
That all their new fads, their new ideas,
have all had their day...

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I hope that still, within my free heart, Lives,
A secret fire that cannot be defiled.
I’m just a man, who sins, trips, oft forgives...
Filed in a...

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“I fight the good battle!” I thought:
But a warrior
whether Christ’s or the Devil’s, or Self
is still “A blade held high” demon
of sorts, though the conscious...

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Our parents had the faith of Moses,
they read the Bible and said prayers;
Satan tried to deceive them, but he couldn't,
they feared God and did what...

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Kings and lords of powerful kingdoms
built castles with high towers on hills
to defend themselves from the invaders;
I've built no castles because my defender is God...
I've...

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It's vanity for Rich to tell themselves they’ve earned their wealth,
It's vain as well for Poor to think such fools might help them out,
For rich...

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