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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.
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
Premium Member He Has Only Just Begun
Gone amiss is the tight white moon whose withheld breath owned a night of penitent voices cast to its homely face. Its passage assures a slumbering world the fading calm bares weight enough that a sole butterfly carry effortlessly to...Read the rest...
Categories: prayer, beautiful, bible, blessing, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Great Blessing
When our God answers Somebody's prayer, surely It's a great blessing....Read the rest...
Categories: blessing, faith, prayer, trust,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Prayer
Time of reflection - to cleanse ourselves of the negativity that life contributes...Read the rest...
Categories: prayer,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Troublesome Times
Troublesome Times Written: by Miracle Man 5/17/2024 Many times I’m bothered, by current world events. But I try hard each day, accepting what life presents. I oft believe it’s okay, if my smile remains hidden. Life events, too often, flood my mind unbidden. Many times, when...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, god, jesus, prayer,
Form: Quatrain
Know His Prayer
Way to know man's heart With heart fixed and mind made up Is know his prayer....Read the rest...
Categories: character, dedication, perspective, prayer,
Form: Haiku
Untitled Sonnet
I'm coming as storm shadowing your grief, The atmosphere bursting where you need me; We're in the middle of the push of rain That is streaked between inches of our pain. A whirring draft of the glass on our...Read the rest...
Categories: prayer, angst, dark, identity, innocence,
Form: Sonnet

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