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PrayersOur solemn prayers
Laid a stone to heaven
Not seen staircase....
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Categories:
devotion, faith, perspective, prayer,
Form: Haiku
The Lament of the Hebrew SlavesNB This is not a literal translation of the famous choir "Va Pensiero" from the Nabbucco, but just what I felt as when many, many years ago I was in a choir and sang...
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Categories:
hope, prayer,
Form: Free verse
PLEA FOR RESTORATION
Seeking now for recovery
I beseech God to heal my soul
from wasted years of misery...
oh, so longing to be made whole.
Seeking help with sincerity
my heart wrestles for earnest plight
freedom from addiction's pity
pleading toward step in...
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Categories:
prayer, christian, god, health, jesus,
Form: Quatrain
Short PrayerShort prayer changes
Whole story of your life
Now and forever....
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Categories:
faith, life, perspective, prayer,
Form: Haiku
Whispers WithinA gentle voice within my heart resides,
"Do good," it whispers, as the darkness hides.
Uncertain steps I take, the path unknown,
But whispers guide me, never leave me alone.
Truth, a tiny flame, a flickering light,
Yet...
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Categories:
emotions, prayer, voice, wisdom,
Form: Canzone
The End of Heartbreak
"Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering... The love of God did not protect His own Son... He will not necessarily protect...
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Categories:
prayer, appreciation, christian, faith, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
C- A-ll I-N -Earth's Firstborn-MurdererI will--Aptly Indulge--the truth, with
self--Apply Inscribed--words that wills
from--Ageless Issued--passed down
via--Ancestral Inheritor's.--A Mother's
prayer,--Apostolic Intercessor--over
power &--Abolish Intruding--snipers of
reality.--Almighty Immune--me from
those--Always Iniquitous,--spitters on
prophesy,--Awards Injustice,--be wary
of this--Advancing Incursion--in mind's
full with--Attempting Insights--of Hi-Tech
designs--Algorithm Ingenuity--and form
of all,--'a i',--checker/plagiarizer. Beware
the claimant--Another...
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Categories:
prayer, animal, brother, garden, jealousy,
Form: Carpe Diem
God's MercyMost assuredly, for America,
These are not the best of times,
nor are these the worst of times.
Times have been worst and there is no
promise of better days ahead. History for good
or bad is already set...
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Categories:
prayer,
Form: Free verse
Erudition
Categories:
dedication, inspirational, meaningful, prayer,
Form: Haiku
War casualtiesInnumerable souls got detached from their bodies
Like leaves falling off from their trees
The war is going against the clock
And the folks there are choking from the smoke
The minds of them are made with the...
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Categories:
education, faith, freedom, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Fear And FearlessCourage of a plane
Crossing lightning and pressure
Made passengers pray....
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Categories:
courage, humanity, power, prayer,
Form: Haiku
Hours of Flowers*The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid*
6 million or more flowers to honor the dead
It's such a little thing-- remembrance, with flowers
a labor of love that would take many hours
Hardly even a start to...
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Categories:
prayer, art, flower, garden, holocaust,
Form: Couplet
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Categories:
prayer, london, loneliness, lonely, love
Form: ABC
A Requiem There underneath a yew tree, she will stay,
a dear queen she was and loved by many,
stop in silence, no tears, then go your way,
with kind words of prayers, if you have any.
slow dust will settle...
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Categories:
death, devotion, emotions, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Plenny an Aloha Prayer
Inspired by John 3:16 and Luke 11:2-4 from "Da Jesus Book, Hawaii Pidgen, New Testament"
God wen got so plenny an aloha fo da peopo inside da world wood hav dis prayer fo us:...
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Categories:
god, inspirational love, prayer,
Form: Narrative
Specific Types of Prayer Poems
Read wonderful prayer poetry on the following sub-topics:
beautiful, birthday, breakfast, family, for the sick, friends, funeral, goodnight, healing, him, kindness, life, loss, power of, strength, students, to god,
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