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Chuck Feb 2013
We believe we must be gregarious.
In communal bonds families annoint
One another in a precarious
Need to follow one leader at the point.

Individuals are not relevant.
Momentary solitude makes us run.
In silence we find nothing elegant .
Time to search for innerpeace has begun.

"Oh' Catain, My Captain," cried Walt Whitman.
The captain is dead. There's no one we need.
We don't have to group to stop the hitman.
The single flower's a rose, not a ****.

We, need to be I, hear this confession:
Farewell friends, I am my new obsession.
This is an English Sonnet, but a Bouts-Rimes is a poetry challenge. My 14 rhymed words were a challenge from Rebecca Askew. I also gave her 14 words. It can be any number of rhymed words or written in any form. We decided to heighten the challenge by creating sonnets. It was a challenge but an enjoyable one. How did I do?
Ethan Titus Nov 2014
Fallen from grace, that is the current state of man
Held down by the shackles of sin to the prison of death
Seeming destined for a sentence of eternal damnation
Yet it was seen fit by You, oh righteous one, to break our shackles and tear the prison asunder by the means of a man
Setting before the rest of us a path that we can follow
Had you not sent us a man, we would have made the decision of extreme rationale, that a higher being could not be immitated and we would have made peace with our eternal cells
Yet it was a man You sent, in Your infinite wisdom, for You are righteous
Deliver me, oh redeemer, deliver me from the confines of death
Annoint my head with Your oil so that my cup runneth over
Fill me with Your Holy Spirit, Almighty One
Lead me to Your treasure chest
For it is a bountiful one
Filled to brimming with Your knowledge, Your understanding, Your wisdom, and Your grace; Your mercy and lovingkindness
Give me not the key, but withhold nothing that Your servant asks of You in faith
When I seek, I find.
When I ask, I am given.
When I knock, the door is opened.
Deny me my own ways and instruct me in Yours
Break my heart of stone and give me one of flesh
Redeem me
Since 1876 the building had stood
In the middle of town
In a bad neighbourhood
But, empty for decades
And an eyesore to some
She was no longer "The Lady"
And her time had come

The old man sat there staring
As the charges were set
To bring down "The Lady"
he would not forget
His first visit inside her
In nineteen and ten
He'd been inside her much more
he figured since then

Talking to no one,
For no one was there
He talked of her being
He talked to the air
"She started out as a theater"
"Built by Colonel Tom Shaw"
"To showcase an actress"
"Known as Katie McGraw"

"He built her a showcase"
"To play many roles"
"But, Katie...instead"
"had other life goals"
"It stayed as a theater"
"Until Colonel Tom Died"
"Others took over"
"and failed as they tried"
"To bring in top talent"
"To play on the stage"
"But by then, yes then...vaudeville"
"Was now all the rage"

New owners and concepts
Vaudeville died
To keep it afloat as a theatre
Many had tried
A store full of trinkets
Of baubles and rings
A department store future
And the money it brings
The next incarnation
Was in retail not show
And for twenty odd years
They gave it a go

"The Lady" adapted
and was a great place to buy
But, her past as a theater
Well, it never would die
New owners took over,
A cabaret place
Was the next incarnation
She had a new face
"The Lady" was re-done
With tables for meals
Great entertainers
and she held wide appeal

"I remember Bob Darin..."
"Dean Martin and Jerry"
"Came here in to town"
"And they all made quite merry"
"Great singers and shows"
"Kept "The Lady" on point
"But, tastes changed again"
"a new King they'd annoint"
"Elvis, came through here"
"Played "The Lady", two shows"
"But, rock and roll stars"
"Don't come up where it snows"

"The Lady" closed up
became a hostel for a time
To hide all her beauty
Was truly a crime
She's been a store and a warehouse
And a place that made hats
But for thirty odd years
She's been home to some cats
Derelict, vacant...no one comes round
It's about time for "The Lady"
To be knocked to the ground

Some piegeons and vagrants
The bats, cats and owls
all leave in the morning
When the cityscape howls
The owner, not caring
Signed off on her long ago
It's been fifty odd years
Since she housed her last show

Her boards held up Jolson
George Burns, ***** Brice
And I said, she housed Elvis
He played here twice
But, now "The Lady"
Sits and waits for the call
Of the man in the crane
With the old wrecking ball

The old man, wiped his eyes
And he turned from the scene
"I would remember
"Of how she had been"
"A palace of talent"
"A place one should be"
"Now, she's only a relic"
"But she's "The Lady" to me.
SøułSurvivør Jul 2015
PART ONE OF THREE

"I know your works; you are
neither cold nor hot, I am about to
spit you out of my mouth.
For you say, "I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing."
You do not realize that you are
wretched, pitiable, poor, blind,
and naked. Therefore I council you
to buy from me gold refined by fire
so that you may be rich; and white
robes to clothe you to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen; and salve to annoint your eyes that you may see. I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent."

Revelation 3:14-19
NRSV

Most of what I hear preached from the pulpit today in the US (and indeed around the world) is this,

"When the tribulation comes, the church ("saved") will be raptured out and the lost will be "Left Behind" to endure God's wrath. So don't worry church! The "saints" will go into the clouds to be with Jesus!"

Bleeeeeep! Wrong answer!!!

Lies!
From the PULPIT!!!

That's not what JESUS CHRIST said above. Those who are not fit for the Kingdom will have to endure Satan's wrath! God's wrath comes later! To punish the wicked.

And, yep. There is JUDGEMENT.
R E P R O O F
C H A S T I Z E M E N T
P U N I S H M E N T


Where in the Bible does it say God is a softie? That HE can be MOCKED?
That He's a Santa Claus in the sky come to give lotto winnings to his "good" little kids?

I'm talking to the CHURCH.

We are preaching
FALSE DOCTIRINE. PERIOD,

IF THE CHURCH DOESN'T
R E P E N T
in sackcloth and ASHES
FAST and PRAY
like there's no
TOMORROW
(which there literally isn't)
they will take the brunt of
SATAN'S WRATH

For those who are found worthy there will be PROTECTION.
Read Psalm 91.

Thank you for reading all of this.
There will be three parts to this sermon. Please read them ALL.

THANK YOU!
~~~=<♡>=~~~
Patrick Leduc Sep 2010
Let it fall from
the heavens and adorn
your beautiful
head.
your exquisite
selfless
body
Your kind
gentle
eyes

let it annoint you with divine grace
and the blessings
of the holy trinity.

May you live in peace
for all
your days
not in a daze
but gaze
forth to your
Father

Let you drop
your self-image
and take His vision
of you.

All that you need
has been granted
there will be
thorns
but you have boots
there may be vines
but you are
lithe and nimble
NOTHING CAN
Stop
YOU
except yourself

Do not be
the obstacle
to your happiness
be the guide
you know where
it is and the
Path
by Heart
You must
leave out
what you most
Hate.

That is
sadness
there will
be none more for
You
you have taken
more than you
need and more
than you deserve

Life is not a means
to an end goal.
It is there for enjoyment
Do not fall into
the pit
because you do not
understand but
take the bridge
it is just one
step closer to me
and eternal happiness.
Blissful Nobody May 2019
I had almost forgotten,
The lines between the lines,
Details in dreary designs,
Perpetual persistent patterns,
Relentlessly resilient repetitions.

Why would you come now?
To remind, reminisce or read,
Reckless racks of reads.
All- knowing knocking knight,
A random reckoning recites.

What are these questions?
You ask, alter and annoint,
These dreadful death dreams,
And plough out pangs of pain,
Of a wilted and withered world.

Can't  allow this anymore,
Lose this loathful lust of yours,
That belittles my boistrous being,
Paint a pretty picture please,
Let go and leave, one last time.

I live in a different universe,
Of my wonderful whimsical wishes,
Floating  over my fantastic fairy tale,
Never nitpicking the neverending nows,
The happy hopeful and happening hows.
To all those untimely listeners who question your being:)
jeffrey robin Sep 2010
no-one shall ask you to be real
no-one shall say you failed

only you

no-one shall annoint you
no-one shall yield to you the needed strenth

only you

omly you shall know if you were true
only you are your own truth
only you only you

only you

only you can love LOVE-itself

all of the yous

all of ther yous and mes

that are the world
Reach out and cut your hands on the glass strand shards
Sticking out of my heart
Shouting in rage; forgetting my age
Desperately hoping to engage
Or restart

Walking on eggshells and retract
From the fact that both my feet retreat
When I sense you lurking so tactfully
One wrong step severs that last kind breath
Until we forget what it was like before
In between a battleground haze (mazes comprised to our designs)
And ulterior motives

It's amazing how forgetful we can be
Until there's no good memories
I need some recompense to provide for an accurate censor
And try to determine why I feel greed
And propensity in my relationships

I don't want to be caught in the same headspace
What a waste to frivolously seek the finish line
Leaving impressive vines with no roots
And nothing to annoint
But I suppose its due to the exceedingly increasing value
Of time and how that robs us blind
With nothing to do
And a moot point
I hate my life. My thanks to Smile Empty Soul's song "False Alarm" that provided inspiration for this
CoffeeInfused Mar 2015
Do you kneel down to worship
At the altar of the flesh,
With your head betwixt her legs
And hand upon her breast?

Do you tithe and sacrament
In sweat and bone and blood
To annoint with sacred oils
The staff of holy wood?

Sensually sermon
Through parted, gasping lips
As the spirit moves within you
With rolling, thrusting hips

As the carnal choir
Cries out in ecstacy
Do you call his name above
And find your sweet release?
rages rearranged
spun splays delayed
faded fates in disarray

balmy balsamic
accumulating cyclonic
ruminative cumulonimbus

wet flecks foretelling
saturate somethings
this way coming

wishywash
rinse, repeat
annoint me
Antony Glaser May 2018
The daffodils loftly sway neath the tall oak tree
younder in the church yard
bluebells annoint the old grounds.
Father Joseph's flock has flown,
the congregation have moved to the town.
All at once he feels alone.
Star BG Feb 2018
Thy have come from the stars,
borrowing a human vessel.
Come from a distant planet
where trees sing and fairy wings open.
I've come from a galaxy
where love rules and dreams fester.
I have arrived,
to annoint world with love.
Inspired by chat with John Thanks
Steve Sufian Dec 2018
Not just kings or the Messiah,

We each annoint our self

To set an example,

To lead wherever we are.

We create a good influence

Based on our experience

Of the Kingdom of Heaven Within Us,

Of the Stillness within which we know God

And the lovely peace that gathers around Christmas

Gathers every day,

Every moment.

We annoint our world

And everywhere and every when

Is Silent, Lively, Holy.

Seasons Greetings!

Happy New Year!

This moment and every moment.

This and every,

Now and Always–

Happy New Year.
Star BG Nov 2017
All religions are like one river
running into God. It flows from God's sparkling crescents that rises into the sacred place of the heart.

Waves meander
with love energies
circling to hug with light.
They spiral with power
to annoint all
with the gift of life.
They surface moving divinely
with song orchestrated
to guide the divine self.

The flowing water crystals
of Gods word center
in breath,
in moments
with focus as one maneuvers
their human vessel.

There is one God who welcomes
all names and all humanity.
This pome was made because of a dear dear precious one who inspired me to write it. Her name is Kim Johanna Baker thank you.
Brother Jimmy Aug 2017
The world is in chaos
Rationality is dead

My role-models are ******
And I'm stuck in my head


The dread! The dread!
It ***** at my legs

It's muck and mire
Here in the dregs
~
From a farther
            vantage point~
It is  ...comical


So
      annoint
                  Your heads,
Adorn your beds
Eat your breads (full of gluten)

Stick your boot in
To the mud
And laugh aloud
Stand
Be proud

Of all your minuscule kingdoms
Star BG Dec 2017
Hug it up!
Take your arms
with actions
to share energies
To annoint with love.

Hug it up!
From the core
of your heartbeat
that plays divinely.

Hug it up
with
the gift that lasts
It won't  break your budget.

And make the holiday season
merry.
Hugs I send out.
Happy Holidays fellow writers.
Star BG Mar 2018
My poet guide angel sings to me,
when moon drifts in diamond sky.
And words float in and out
being a gift I wrap in sentence.

When dreams surface inside
songs hug, that carries blessings.
And memories dance in mind
calling to be scribed.

One word becomes match to ignite prose. One moment in heart a chance
to scribe a map for eyes.
One lifetime to align and feel love
as I play in field of prose.

My poet guide angel comes,
shinning a lantern of love.
It frees me to annoint page
and whisper gratitude for a path
where light and dark is celebrated.
Inspired by truth floats thanks
Check the mics I amped up cramp emcees like ******* monthly
Excuse me ma I dont mean to be gritty but check my southpaw  
Raw cuts the cleanest who could intervene this cold crisp
Beers lips tasting this more modello the more the sicker the flow
Fiasco I smoke out shows blows
Harder than John wicks pistol feel the loves of heaven below
Arch angel Michael on a suicidal mission killing all the wishing
Thinking slow blinking so I can stop.the sinking suckas weapin'
Cry me a stormy weather too.much money to endeavour however
Clever as the beave make unbelievers believe recieve
A raw mental lyrical injections it's like a third day resurrection steppin'
No stephen fetchin' heaters I throw so it's hard for ya to catch in
On a brothers that strong I'm long gone seasoned reefa bongs
Tug slow yo I gotta **** these instrumental no satirical  
Lost member of the biblical radical disciples pack 30 rifles
Got the heart of Hendrix I flips tricks no magic suckas become tragic
zipped in plastic poetry bands elastic making easy classic
Sinatra got cha mice galaxies opera see the darts shocking ya
Ultimate winner bonded sinner make **** deader than a winter
Summer heat from the lyrics that greet ya cant compete obsolete
One man fleet check I do this on a daily champagne rollie goldie and a touch of Irish creme bailey








Can ya feel me de la soul on the Greek scholar scrolls yo
Its philosophical industry miracle breaking scales pass pinnacle
At the top of the joint watch the sharpest tip began to point
Annoint all heads thoughts arrowhead spear hear me clear
Like conscious wiping out nonsense I'm calm but smooth tense
Wait how can he say that **** within the same sentence pinch
See the demons leeched on the nerves fence that I sense
6th got the flinch eyes wide broke the slowly bribed jived
Looking for the smoking like the cannabis that get a toting
I'm locin from the tones of a baritone hip hop clones
Chaperone of death so ya fake killers hold ya breath move left
Once the bullets fly pass right by you
So I gotta do what I gotta do
Return the past vengeful cycle
Trust I only in my self my health my wealth my poise my boys
My girls keep em hyped with my noise one way choice
Its the narrow broad way destructions rushing concussion
See heads get the dusting
Tryna break love within but sins is the ultimate perdition
Revelation rendition sings a beautiful lullaby doves cry
Once prince put the slave in his beard see the tears
I caught from the universe washed it upon my sins cleanse
My souls duality battle consciousness til a fatality
Friendship to the dimension of the ruly truly hate sungs of the unruly
Jackie wilson **** my styles jam son sipping Jameson
With a touch of coke a cola brace the black pistola ring Motorolaz still doing donuts in the Corolla
Star BG Jan 2018
Dear God,
Thank you for streaming through me so I know I am divine, sacred
and endowed with gifts.
So I can align with my thoughts
to help orchestrate life.

Mucho thanks
that I can heal by releasing emotions to rise in the vibration of love.

Gracias 
for being part of me so I may be an avatar of love and annoint others.

Thanks
to the co creators we are
so I may be your right hand
for humanity in these new times.
Just whispering gratitude
Treat my pen independent stuck to a paper sentence
Its like jail time written haters still hittin' and shittin'
mad cuz I'm strengthening curve the lengthening
To the heights of china great walls guns brawls
Equates to ya downfall standing tall no close calls?
Humpty Dumpty they tried to turn me into
But this shell hard to crack dipped in black skin
Sage to sin reliving my past with the kins spins
A jazz ragtime tunes i turn ****** tunes
Stay huntin like Daniel Boone wrapped Ina caccoon
Couldn't break the butterfly effect whos next?
We got checks to flex and pecs with bullets to inject
Though I may come off picky number one like Ricky
Bobby if ya not first ya last tryna miss the cask
Keep the Jason mask for the simple task
Eight heads in a dufflebags along with toetags
For emcees i had to bag dont mean to brag
From guns that don't jet lag still leaning on a stag
Hate **** maxed out Benz's to jags price rags
dont mean nothing well feelin' like sonnys cartel
Cuz my clan spark gats well make melons swell
Attitude rude like the Dutch in a kind mood
I'm in the groove water filling up empty cracks
From my flow penetrating mother nature's vessels


All known savage lavish havoc forcing gavage
Stomachs ya food for thought most love to be caught up
Under the worlds display i delay spray AKs
If you try to walk hard this way changing days
Mother nature has to obey what a creator says
Still sippin' tangeray blunt to my mouths singin' Olè
They don't want no doomsday either way
I'll still pave a way industry heirloom bloom
Gossipers into a room sudden Kabooms
Grenade rock smokin off the clocks of Glocks
It dont stop sick with our war paths no laughs
Cant dodge the draft invitation too deaths blood craft cremations
Ashes to dust put no trust let the oxygen rust
From the steels ya body feels keep a head shield
For fools aimmin' at my crown it goes down
Hallow point joints let the lyrics annoint
Could even make Tut jump out of the tombs
Timbaland boots matching the Lexus coupe
I'm from Texas where killaz stay forever reckless
30 inch plus necklaces from million dollar chexes
Roll me with the ravioli feelin' like Stoney
Jackson get mad bed action chicks in satisfaction
Lavish lifestyles i pile with much fatal attractions
Rap maniac, brainac, see the stats that,
Love to break out the cats,
Along with the dogs that, get the bag never been a drag, see shots from old hags,
Yo this is new school, mixed with a little old school, peep the visual,
Only do numbers with residuals, smooth criminal, like mj on a take away,
Got my tongue out, when I see young chick looking stout,
My speakers stay maxed out, aired out, only the real feel me out,
I been this way, since I took Aerosmith pathways, running things always,
Don't do strays, still toast champagne with loaded AKs,
Welcome to doomsday protege, either way you can't avoid the madness display,
I'm nas I'm biggie I'm pac I'm jay z, nah my skills ain't for the lazy,
Play at the clubs, low down see how many hoes come around,
When you making money by the pounds,
Or better yet tons, see these ones,
Millions you never touched,
I keep it cold crushed, leave it on the hush, never let my seed bust,
In a ***** I don't trust, only invest in self, eat good and workout for my health,
Stay in stealth, most of the time I'm either writing, bars or peeping the skylines,
With the mental graffiti, still scoping the beautiful sceneries, young Nefertiti's,
Got me feeling greedy, and ***** change the whole worlds anatomy,
Can't shatter me, I'm antimatter sitting fatter, once the spirits flatter,
Themselves around me, upped my levels from the third, to the ninth dynasty,
Chilling with powers of mxyplix, hope you feeling it, I've been living it,
Bars is spilling ****, all over the floor I polish more and more, too *******,
Radio edits, real brothers with street credit, I is Is and Is is I,
Right across ya third eye, I frail born in the muddy waters, of the holy grail,
Mannish boy with no joy, I took chips but avoid the ahoys,
Yeyo suckas love to sell yeyo, but how you would feel, if you sitting in jail,
Time moving like a snail, I gotta get more kale, see how I flip the scales,
Money overflowing, traces of my mind from the **** blowing,
We keep going and going, htown letting you know how we be flowing,
Over the rivers, don't let the creek rise, hang with wise guys, who got mob ties,
By the time they realize, they'll be me, with hockey face mask as a disguise,
End of discussion, que the percussion, once the beats hits, begins a crushing,
Hushing, out all my crictics flapping they mouths, ******* talking about,
Word to the souf, you know why they call it *****, murders spreads so easily,
Ain't nothing to brag about, I'm just giving up the real, only appeal to the real,
We don't do cops, cuz pigs love to squeal, after tickets of a meal,
I lay it cool, since I was in grade school, I knew I couldnt be a mule,
Though a ******* in class, amongst the mass, still had a complicated task,
How can I unmask, the world's mask unchained melody, of misery,
Do they see what I see, focus on my spiritual lens, **** a 500 series Benz,
I'm in the studio, like Michael and Prince, petty beef with mutual respecto,
See the manifesto, no communist points I'm just here to annoint
Star BG Aug 2017
Your shinning sun pen
lit your way
to a poem trimmed with truths
ribbons of words like silk are wrapped,
sealed with the vibrations of song.
Your name harbors a poets dream
Inside rays that annoint pen.
I am grateful to one called sun
Who moves high in life.
Dedicated to Sun
Jayne E Sep 2019
A poetry forum that I was part of recently shut down, sadly, and in that forum, I had a LOT of 'conversations' in rhyme, poetry, etc...I'm going to be posting a few here..they were written as responses originally to either a poem or a comment(s)...so are untitled..mostly..

Excerpts #1

You shine brighter than the sun
Lighter than air on the run
Lift my heart and bring the fun
Newly new thing far from done

You gift me starry bright wishes
10699 sweetly salted kisses
Even offer to do the dishes
Healing my hearts deeper fissures

My spirit's lighter now you around
Real feels deeply felt do abound
In your oceans I beg let me drown
Be my king wear me as your crown

We started slow we tried to keep
In check emotions so true so deep
Did then tender steep and creep
It's done I'm  all yours call me "meep"

I want to lie so still in your arms
Show you all my every charms
Love & annoint body with your balms
From my lost lips i utter lost psalms

You send me places never been
Gift me feels until you unseen
Soul union deep only dreamed
I'm your cherry will you be my cream

It would take forever and a day
To list here and for me to say
How you move me & all the ways
My heart sings when we're at play

Take me home lay me by the river
Set my ***** all fret and shiver
Unselfish my lover my lovely giver
Sets our souls entwined forever.
Yep.. it's a love 'poem' surprise surprise..
a broken mask fractured on the ground
laying in a million tiny pieces.
I am afraid of who I am without my disguise,
which shields me from the uncertainty of this world.
will they accept me for who I am not?
or deny me of who I am becoming?
I can only imagine the rejection and guilt.
my anxious thoughts,
a constant reminder of how destructive my mind can be.
and also, a gesture of how You annoint my head with oil, like a good Shepherd.
who You are making me,
who You have called me to be, oh Lord,
is greater than all the confusion and pain this world holds.
may we cling to Your safety and refuge.
may we rejoice when our pretence is demolished.
Mere mortal I'm not, I'm not a mere mortal
Not being 'cause I'm immortal nor being 'cause I am an eternal spirit
Mere mortal I'm not, I'm not a mere mortal
Not being 'cause of my mental(wisdom) nor being 'cause I will live eternal
Mere mortal I'm not, I'm not a mere mortal
Not being 'cause I have surpassed the mortality-rate (which keeps descending) nor being 'cause I have surpassed the morality-rate (which keeps descending)
Mere mortal I'm not, I'm not a mere mortal
People think it is only internal being 'cause they cannot see it on the external,
Animals can sense the aura being 'cause I have embraced the animal in man
Mere mortal I'm not, I'm not a mere mortal
Spirits even in the spiritual-realm recognise and respect my spiritual-powers granted by the Creator,
Ancestors endorse and annoint me
Mere mortal I'm not, I'm not a mere mortal
Baptised by fire, cleansed by water
My subconscious-breath is a whirl-wind in this earth
Mere mortal I'm not, I'm not a mere mortal
Not being 'cause I'm merely in the image of the Creator,
And not being 'cause I have imaginations
Mere mortal I'm not, I'm not a mere mortal
Not being 'cause of my ego,
Nor being 'cause I am a sage of ages
Mere mortal I'm not, I'm not a mere mortal
Being 'cause I will ascend from the mortal back to the eternal,
Merely just being 'cause I am just a mere god
#Self-realisation
#Self-proclamation
#Self-affirmation

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