Culpa Poems - Poems about Culpa

Yahweh’s image! The crown of creation! Did Adam and Eve wish to test their might? The serpent’s luring words of elation soon deprived them of the angelic light Sins of omission and commission thrived. Friends became foes. Siblings became strangers. To earn their living, each being strived. Each day dawned with life-threatening dangers. The prophets, saints, and martyrs came to save the fallen humans...

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When rebellious thoughts screamed Before the noise of life filled the quiet, I now recall half-filled moments Upon edge of spite and an angry wind: Unmoved by parental debates This heart denied pleas of atonement; At eighteen, pride ruled to cross over the night... and walking out with a backpack, Feisty senses burst for sweet freedom's trail. Feeling how ...

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Many times when we’ve fallen We feel walking out of our room, sullen Sometimes, it’s another way around We walk out with a small trophy or crown. The moment when our flaw rolls as Felix Culpa We seemingly feel the spark of a good karma And bringing along its prize in sweet vanilla We'll say,” A blessing in disguise, Alleluia!” Felix Culpa comes...

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L o v e, a withering star ~ awakened amidst silence that swirls through the night sky like fairy lights, i l l u m i n a t i n g the maze of midnight with kaleidoscopic traces of what once soared… But in the chasm of loss and agony, I found the gossamer essence of hope from the glass-winged arms of metamorphosis… Now I breathe...

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Felix culpa is a Latin phrase that comes from the words felix, meaning "happy,"lucky," or "blessed" and culpa, meaning "fault" or "fall". In the Catholic tradition, the phrase is most often translated "happy fault". Other translations are"fortunate fall" or "blessed fall". God created humans flawed and weak with the capacity of sin who often fall from...

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We quarreled to bitter, burning degrees (you)loving me as a tender trespasser a chew toy boy demanding compliance forced feedings down to sock selection (your)conspicuous usage of chlorine blistering eyes a woman my mother may have idolized (your)disciplined hemlines entirely circumspect subtracting the abusements how (your)words...

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Some time ago, when we were free to do;        ten I was, or twelve? I walked along a misty lane to school the etched patterns of ferns and trees   on my window when I awoke          now echoed in the frozen grass                  and early ferns     ...

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What if..? The snake had not deceived the first human to eat that apple. Like animals—naked, primitive, homeless, wanderers— We would still have been only the salts of the earth in Eden. Eating all fruits except those of knowledge and life... In a garden where we do not work, but God works for us. Perhaps we would be born, but never...

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Do you regret, when you make a mistake? While I surely understand your concern, do you know that you'll get an even shake, a priceless education in return? So, go ahead, and give yourself a break, for it is life's fumbles that make us learn. So say, "felix culpa" or "happy fault" - there is no need for self-assault. Tragically hurt, no longer...

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The Fall necessary for redemption Exodus needed to reach Promised Land The Cross before glory resurrection Sometimes, evil's allowed by God's command We need to fall to rise again 'bove pain "Failure is the stepping stone to success" If we do not commit mistakes, no gain Sometimes, we don't learn lessons without mess So, count yourself fortunate if you fall "A just man falls...

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Written: March 12. 2025 For contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh ****************** I wonder if you cared when you cried, I wonder if you cared apropos of your pride. Maybe I was foolish for your narcissism, Luxury once trumped passion and eroticism. We are all bound by a burden of...

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I wonder if you were good, Too good for me. You love scattered with the morning breeze, But I wonder if you were good. I wonder if I was blind, Blind to your selfish deeds. You painted your desires on my lips, But I wonder if I was blind. I wonder if you cared, Cared so hard you cried. Your tears felt dry to...

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Thou wert frail, frailer still thy fate, Had reasons fair to feel nigh riled, Your sad eyes sure had looked for me, O my ill-fated child. I was too far to welcome thee, My child, had little time to wait, Get admired in father’s fond arms, And ye left, gone from gate. Helpless not to have held to heart, Nor yet welcome thou...

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Written for Ink Empress' 'Unwritten Absence' Poetry Contest. C(ulpa)ble Your unwritten absence unravelled much Disrobing piteously your impure intent Starkly exposing a ravaged soul as such Cocooned in dark yarns of deceit, I lay spent In golden gilded cage tarnishing from neglect Plated with cosmetic veneer for society's consent Yet, you were oblivious to the storm brewing, most perfect Bidding the right...

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Living within the madness the echoes come and go Channeling everything left unsaid in phrases yet to know Time suspended, barriers down the walls come crashing in Each voice a memory which haunts sublime —that unforgiven sin (Dreamsleep: June, 2023)...

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