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Xenia Poems - Poems about Xenia

Premium MemberEternity in Seven Acts

..."Eternity is the simultaneous whole, seen all at once. This is the character of eternity, and this what the past and future are in God." - Augustine of Hippo

"Eternity is not t...
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Categories: xenia, future, philosophy, psychological, universe,
Form: Blank verse

Goethe and Schiller translations

...These are modern English translations of the "Xenia" epigrams written in collaboration by the German poets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, plus an elegy Goethe wrote for Schiller...

These are selected XENIA epigrams with al...
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Categories: xenia, beauty, desire, earth, friendship,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberRosa

...amazing grace ~ apricot sunblaze
blushing bride ~ breath of life
crimson shower ~ coral dawn
darling flame ~ dreaming spires
English red ~ elegance 
fond memories ~ faithful 
gentle touch ~ gol...
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Categories: xenia, beauty, earth, flower, garden,
Form: Abecedarian

On Lacking Sticktoitiveness

...Most of my Lix spittle 
+ four additional anniversaries 
since exiting birth canal 
as full term newborn 
re: minimally viable existence
post doc severance umbilical cord,
nevertheless yours tr...
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Categories: xenia, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

How Glue Me On Lacking Sticktoitiveness

...How glue me: On lacking sticktoitiveness

Most of my iv + Lix spittle existence
found me figuratively
(primarily academically, emotionally,
psychologically, sexually, socially...) adrift,
and m...
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Categories: xenia, absence, betrayal, devotion, education,
Form: Rhyme



Joyful Kiss of Gnosis

...Abounding benevolence 
Christ descended 
Elevating For gnosis 
Humanity’s inheritance 
Joyful kiss 
Liberating magnificence 
Numinous 
Opening prison quaking 
Resurrecting Sophia  
Through U...
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Categories: xenia, humanity, kiss, love, prison,
Form: Abecedarian

Premium MemberYearlings Zigzag

...Arctic bear cubs, den,
exiting frozen grounds halfway into June.
Keeping low,
mothers navigate onshore perils,
quietly roving.
Sensing they've uninvitedly violated
wildlife's Xenia,
ye...
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Categories: xenia, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian

Premium MemberLegacy-Ap

...What's In Your Will?

Not everyone has houses or lands, gold or silver, stocks or bonds, IRA’S or CD’S, Cars or cash, insurance policies, etc. But that does not mean we have nothing to leave behind...
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Categories: xenia, family,
Form: Abecedarian

Premium MemberClerihew Still Life

...xenia or rhyparography
old words for still life,they be
first modern one in Milan*,now on show 
painted by Merisi Caravaggio

*https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_Life_with_Fruit_(Caravaggio)#...
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Categories: xenia, art, tribute,
Form: Ekphrasis

Premium MemberTell Me Who Do You Say That I Am - 1

...He is my almighty, my always, my armor
He is my blessing, my breath, my boldness
He is my comfort, my carpenter, my compassion
He is my divinity, my devotion, my delight
He is my earth, my eterni...
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Categories: xenia, inspirational, jesus,
Form: Alliteration

Premium MemberThe Breath of God

...Would you could 
Within your moving prose, suppose
Your line be cast to moor 
And words be cast to more
And soul be cast to those 
Who truly know
Where you alone 
Might have thought to go. 
W...
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Categories: xenia, bangla, community, god, life,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberBlessings In Showers

...BLESSING IN SHOWER 

      Adoring blessings of my gene to own skill and talent.
      Bliss of my life blessed by parents, and grandparents
      Carrying blessings of Nature: Livelihood to main...
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Categories: xenia, 12th grade, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme

Beautiful Bounteous Blessings

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"Today don't beg, don't ask, just thank God in silence for all the blessings in your life. Each morning brings a hidden blessing; a blessing which is unique to that day. You deserve all the goo...
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Categories: xenia, analogy, blessing,
Form: Abecedarian

Premium MemberPrayer Warrior Blessings

...A blessing is something we can't do for ourselves. Only God can bless.  When we send blessings to those around us through prayer, we invite them to receive the special and unique touch of God in thei...
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Categories: xenia, blessing, giving, thanks,
Form: Abecedarian

Premium MemberWhat's In Your Will

...Not everyone has houses or lands, gold or silver, stocks or bonds, IRA’S or CD’S, Cars or cash, insurance policies, etc. But that does not mean we have nothing to leave behind when we depart this ear...
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Categories: xenia, death, memory, remember,
Form: Couplet

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