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Forsook Poems - Poems about Forsook

Written in Santa Maria della Vittoria
...The feast, it happened, of Saints Peter and Paul. I’d called in early, for a final look at Saint Teresa in her cosy nook, before the tourists made a shopping mall of this delightful church. My pl......

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Categories: forsook, self,
Form: Sonnet
Neglected Ties
... You shirk the weight of parenthood's call, leaving your children to wither, unfed. Are you a father, or mere specter of one? A mother, or just a shadow that's gone? While others nurture, educ......

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Categories: forsook, absence, child abuse, mothers
Form: Sonnet



I paid no heed to the call of the sirenS
...I paid no heed to the call of the siren(s) where amble lances hurled with the might of off fish hull seductress dances setting figurative stage to take a bite from canoodling beastie boy bes......

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Categories: forsook, abuse, adventure, allegory, allusion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member iPhones, iPads and iPods
... Once upon a time, in the early years before I walked and talked, a cell phone at my ears… before Instagram or Pinterest or Facebook strived to overtake my very mind, sometimes, I felt lik......

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Categories: forsook, christian, forgiveness, friendship, god,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hell's Screams
... Although I love, I don’t agree Sometimes the heart – it just can’t see Beyond the sin, the iniquity Fleshly desires, taunting me. Although I love, I don’t agree with her She’s ......

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Categories: forsook, bible, christian, forgiveness, gospel,
Form: Rhyme



Eclipsed Hearts
...By Imran Ahmed They Were Promised Since Childhood Days Two Silent Souls In Tender Gaze Eyes Would Meet A Shy Delight Smiles Exchanged In Golden Light He So Quiet Lost In Bo......

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Categories: forsook, 1st grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Abandoned
...I sat on the floor of the pavement, Sun shining on my face. It had been ages since I saw the sun. It always evoked a feeling of pure pleasure, Though the one I always remember It was the rising ......

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Categories: forsook, grief, heartbreak, sad,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Sun You Forsook
... Peer at your reflection, see with their eyes, the bloom of roses in soft, downy cheek. Rigid, cold looking glass, no warmth to seek. All life must wither and the moon must rise. E......

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Categories: forsook, age, true love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Time Has Gone By
...Time Has gone By By Franklin Price 01/14/2025 Time has gone by. I'm up in life. Three years ago I lost my wife Cancer, then covid came around She, way too soon, was Heaven bound Late in th......

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Categories: forsook, age, appreciation, cancer, christian,
Form: Couplet
The Wife's Lament
..."The Wife's Lament" or "The Wife's Complaint" is an Old English/Anglo Saxon poem found in the Exeter Book, which has been dated to 960-990 AD, making it the oldest English poetry anthology. "The Wife......

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Categories: forsook, husband, lost love, love,
Form: Free verse
2017 - The Turning
...Behold the day of tumultuous turning With the sting of betrayal in the heart still burning When all seems gone, dead and lost And the heart is unable to measure the cost. The enemy pushes the d......

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Categories: forsook, betrayal, conflict, god, journey,
Form: Rhyme
By George burn hing hard, I Shaw tried to be a stinking playwright
...By George (burn hing* hard), I Shaw tried to be a stinking playwright offers his unsolicited tidbits as scene courtesy the following virtually staged philosophical insight. Arch back like......

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Categories: forsook, adventure, appreciation, art, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member All Wrong
... All Wrong Perhaps you are all wrong, Chanting a cheap imitation song, Trying to peer-pressure-belong. It’s the devils-sweet-song, But eternity is hellishly long. Think! Don’t......

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Categories: forsook, christian,
Form: Monorhyme
Memorial Day 2024 origin of holiday
...Memorial Day – 2024... origin of holiday Strong and brave men and women gave their level best crème de la crème strongest and bravest leaving grieving significant others with emotional ago......

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Categories: forsook, absence, america, appreciation, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member That Was Then; This is Now
... THEN I was carefree, and I wished to live forever, and yet always inside me was the knowledge that I would grow by learning more and taking on new responsibilities. Trials taught ......

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Categories: forsook, identity,
Form: Etheree

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