People Washed Poems

Have you been washed in the blood of the Lamb, Christ Jesus?
Do you know there's only one certain way for you to go and
That's only...

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Should I not shut my lips
Over what one rarely naked strips?
The dirty that should first be washed,
Then perfumed, before at them rushed…
All that which for...

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Ninety-Three Daughters of Israel
a Holocaust poem by Chaya Feldman
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

We washed our bodies
and cleansed ourselves;
we purified our souls
and became clean.

Death does...

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Blinded by the bright white paint
Surrounded by royal blue.
There is something in the way she looks
Santorini staring back at you. 

Black rock beaches with blistering...

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Heart Washed Ashore

“The sun of my reason has set.  
My thoughts have set sail and 
My heart was washed ashore last night.
Take me to...

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Innocent victims cry in the dark
Forced to take refuge in that park
Such wrath began to fall
For I shall never forget the day I got that...

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It is a tool of the Devil, there is no doubt about that
In an attempt to get your mind, so he can get your soul
He...

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(song poem set to the music of "Long Haired Country Boy", by Charlie Daniels)

Some people say I'm fanatical
  just howling at the moon,
'cause I...

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What happened in America's past
is a truth too hard to swallow,
and because of a few who did much wrong:
blame was put on an entire race,
and...

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Danny has a mobile
Car wash business,
Saves some money 
From paying a rent.
Born in Nicaragua
A believer, 
We 
Talked about God 
While his crew
Speedily washed 
My 2006...

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Paper people frayed blowing scattered
Dilapidated faces of stucco and brick
Mumblings of drivel media jargon
While I sketched my eyes with skyline scrapes
Of tomorrow

Televisions smarmy ooze
A toxin...

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