Verily Poems - Poems about Verily

Love lusts longingly Hate hurts heartily Marriage mars mercilessly Wife whines woefully Husband hustles habitually Sex sells shamelessly Politician preys persistently Priest panders pompously Religion ravages rationally Cash corrupts completely War wrecks wantonly, Peace pacifies profusely. ~11/02/22 Contest: A Brian Strand Premiere Choice....

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Verily, verily Violent truth has come Vagabond of heaven Visage of holiness Veering the world off course Vindicator of the Vulnerable - that’s us 5/5/2021 Pleiades V Sponsor: Kim Merryman HMS verifies 6 syllables each line...

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L-ine E-ases V-erily Y-our H-eartache A-s I-mpressive R-hyme U-ses L-ove Topic: Birthday of Levy N. Hairul (August 06) Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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O-verflowing L-ove I-s V-erily I-mplemented A-s A-crostic B-eauty A-dvances G-reatness O-f N-ame Topic: Birthday of Olivia Abagon (July 29) Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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“Most Well-groomed!” Such was his latest Sunday School Award Dressing up as a preacher, lawyer, or flight steward Overcoming the timidity of a nervous coward Earning him admiration-glee as he moves onward. At ten years old, he’s hygiene-fanatic Delighting in every bathing spree with his mirth-filled antic Missing his wardrobe favorites makes him frantic Teeth brushing for him is never a task that’s...

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How I burn with sorrows and passions never dreamt Occupied relentlessly with crying buds struggling to open I hold your hand shaking, as if by letting you go, the darkness may return And then the emptiness, the loathing, the longing, the burn Yes, I burn with sorrows and passions always real Clinging to you as my always do It is time,...

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Oh, I could tell you that all is fine that everything is just great Just keep on sipping your wine and don't worry about your fate I could flat pass over the subject as this would be easier for me You too wish that this I'd select and in so doing just let you be I could never say...

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Villanelle: Whose voice does the non-native English poet verily hear Whose voice does the non-native English poet verily hear Words which sound to native English speakers as gibberish Does received pronunciation yoke the borrowed voices’ ear The poet hears a voice probably his own loud and clear As he scribbles words English dictionaries list and cherish Whose voice does the non-native...

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Villanelle: O! What a wonderful world this sordid life could be O! What a wonderful world this sordid life could verily be If only humans were not subject to envy nor jealousy Worse than that pride of place makes man a chimpanzee Our primate brother carries on his butt his Wounded Knee We by contrast drape our tender unders in...

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Love lusts longingly Hate hurts heartily Marriage mars mercilessly Wife whines woefully Husband hustles habitually Sex sells shamelessly Politician preys persistently Priest panders pompously Cash corrupts completely War wrecks wantonly....

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VERILY I STATE… Celebrating enjoying life, I tolerate others’ leisure all the time. I know people live for the sun to shine. I just ask that if I respect your rights, you respect mine. Toleration is a broad word. I will narrow it down to...

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our God is all sufficient and we the penitent in Jesus have all we need if we,in Him,believe...

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surely you know his name ...

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I sought out the day and when I couldn't escape the blame I never died of shame verily a poisoned pill I couldn't take....

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