Tag: Poem
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Eclipse – A Poem
Eclipse – A Poem Two sides of a conflicting coin Flip like faces in a dramatic act. Two intricate and separate forces entangle In a bitter struggle, leaving Earth cloaked in black. How can such a powerful light Be smothered by such a small, sinister hand? A visceral visual of what evil can accomplish When given…
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Feathers On the Feeder – A Poem About Birds
Feathers On the Feeder – A Poem About Birds Carefree and playful like a child, Your wings flutter in the autumn breeze. You crack open your seeds with supreme diligence, Wrapped up in the gift of the present moment. If only I could be more like you – Unaware of the future, Unaltered by anxieties…
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Rosebush – A Poem
Rosebush – A Poem On Nature And Flowers I am mesmerized by your petals – Stained crimson red with beauty. Delicate like soft velvet, Detailed in form, hiding mystery. Your aroma arises to meet me. Scents of seduction, the fragrance of romanticism you send. Your hands stretch out across the winds, Captivating, caressing, and undressing…
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Reflections – A Poem About Character Flaws
Reflections – A Poem About Character Flaws The extent of my weaknesses are revealed Beneath the weight of uncertainty. I am often a self-absorbed child, Believing that time and even the world itself should stop for me. My futile fury of feeble insecurity Is shocking and pries open my eyes To inner flaws I was blind…
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Stars
Stars Tears fall. Shooting, streaming from the sky. Stars that used to shine Are extinguished in seas of pain and die. Endless black covers heaven’s rooftop With no signposts or signal fires to light and guide the way. The moon mourns in solemn tunes, Refusing to reflect the sun’s rays. Dreams of desolation Devour the…
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Patience – A Poem About Waiting and Trusting in God’s Timing
Patience – A Poem About Waiting and Trusting in God’s TimingThe agony of waiting, watching the hoursDrains my power and leaves me bitterFilled with battered pride and endless angst.But just as it takes a season to cultivate a flower,I must keep a steadfast heart and wait.My deepest failure is relying on my own two handsTo control,…
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The Problem of Man – A Christian Poem
The Problem of Man – A Christian Poem You whisper to me in shades of sadness, Silently stammering like a broken record Skipping over the same ol’ speech. What do I do with this madness – This sinful desire that corrupts my heart with each new beat? I welcome you with open arms The moment…
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Love’s Wings – A Poem
Love’s Wings – A Poem Imagine my surprise waking to findMy arms covered in feathers – now fully supported wings.My voice like the sweetness of a sparrow,Bellowed from a passionate heart that sings.I flew through the sky with a lightnessMy mind and body ever knew.For love, my burden was liftedThe day that I met you.The…
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Love’s Admittance – A Love Poem
Love’s Admittance – A Love Poem A line in the sand was drawn – Some invisible wall designed To keep out the pangs of love. But here you stand Unscathed by my defenses, moving freely Around the interior of my heart. A thief I would gladly capture and exile, But your garb is whiter than…
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The Writer and the Wild – A Poem About Nature and Writing
The Writer and the Wild – A Poem About Nature and Writing White winged wonder wandering, wobbling west beside water. Flitting feathers flying – flocks fleeing for fields of gold. Sun shinning. Stream shimmering. Chinook salmon swimming, spawning sacks, spewing semen. Man musing merrily, mindfully mapping manuscript In a mad, maniacal manner. -Poem Written by…
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An Ode To Joy – A Poem About Hope
An Ode To Joy – A Poem About Hope It is joy that spreads its wings and meets me in the midst of my melancholic musings and carries me through despair. Pain does not disappear, but is transcended by a power mightier than the trappings of the mind and the preaching Pity pouts from depression’s…
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In You I Trust – A Christian Poem For Lent
In You I Trust – A Christian Poem For Lent In the midst of my trials, May I not lean on my familiar ways, But walk boldly relying on only your deliverance Through the heat of fiery flames. And may I not trust in this fragile castle I’ve erected with stones of self-reliance and pride,…
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The Light That Shines in the Darkness – A Poem About Hope
A Christian poem about hope and finding light during dark times that rhymes, titled “The Light That Shines In The Darkness” by Justin Farley.
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