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Prayer Poems | Examples of Prayer Poetry

Prayer Poems - Examples of all types of prayer poetry to share and read. This list of prayer poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of prayer poetry. This list of works about prayer is an excellent resource for examples on how to write prayer poems.
Prayers
Our solemn prayers Laid a stone to heaven Not seen staircase....Read the rest...
Categories: devotion, faith, perspective, prayer,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member The Lament of the Hebrew Slaves
NB 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...Read the rest...
Categories: hope, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: prayer, christian, god, health, jesus,
Form: Quatrain
Short Prayer
Short prayer changes Whole story of your life Now and forever....Read the rest...
Categories: faith, life, perspective, prayer,
Form: Haiku
Whispers Within
A 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...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, prayer, voice, wisdom,
Form: Canzone



Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: prayer, appreciation, christian, faith, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member C- A-ll I-N -Earth's Firstborn-Murderer
I 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...Read the rest...
Categories: prayer, animal, brother, garden, jealousy,
Form: Carpe Diem
Premium Member God's Mercy
Most 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...Read the rest...
Categories: prayer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Erudition
counting years of life accumulated wisdom aged erudition...Read the rest...
Categories: dedication, inspirational, meaningful, prayer,
Form: Haiku
War casualties
Innumerable 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...Read the rest...
Categories: education, faith, freedom, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Fear And Fearless
Courage of a plane Crossing lightning and pressure Made passengers pray....Read the rest...
Categories: courage, humanity, power, prayer,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: prayer, art, flower, garden, holocaust,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Sequence of the Streets of London
A b c d e e d A b c d b A b c d d c A b c d b A b c d e f c A b c d b A b c d...Read the rest...
Categories: prayer, london, loneliness, lonely, love
Form: ABC
Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: death, devotion, emotions, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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:...Read the rest...
Categories: god, inspirational love, prayer,
Form: Narrative

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