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Sunday sermons are spilling on the inner city streets through the green heaps and brown bags through the downtown whisperers and sage solitude souls Army bands prepare for march (their trench members filling packs with canister and cane) the high command and tricked militia head pinned quick on the look for splinter, lorry and skuttle Traffic patterns change at the COP connect camouflage bearers break formal stride battle men slip between colorful floats unsuspecting slumlords (vein pricked and weary) grin in their second suite dying rooms Twitching men and rubbernecks sit discreetly on the corner wall JJ and the chief revere a 21 gun salute holy rollers raise cheer (in a moment of silence) chess men hold steady with ivory cues Flames belt from the distant foundry streets come alive with crackle and dust members of the attic group glance down from their perch an elderly man in a straight jacket (happy in the now) sits solemnly with a cold reflective stare It’s not far from the steely mud holes from the flying fragments and sharp broken dreams from the arsenal digs and madmen (who quietly turned the ***** the ivy trellis and flowing white gown are a nocturne fit for this elevated rolling highland
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Apr 19, 2017
Apr 19, 2017 at 8:33 PM UTC
James Street Parade
Kashmir Delirium Oh People Of Earth! Thankful are we, For each act of benevolence shown to us. Your gilded sweet words describing, The beauty of Kasmir, land and people. Mention in books and talks of it's riches, Naming it the Sweet Paradise Of Earth. The Lord has been bountiful to Kashmir, Treasure of resources in every sphere. To elevate each aspect, our wish for life, As every acre of this land is worth millions. Full of treasures and recreational value, Forestry with grandeur and silvery rivers. The outside world's view is so limited, Simple folks living in the lap of rich bounty. Mentioned in world forums and organizations, But what of the goal of giving us freedom? What has The UN established in our name? To measure the pain and anguish we bear, At the hands, of our supposed benefactors. The saviours who has us fractured. But in reality they train their enforcers, In the art of creating oceans of tears. The red blood now hidden in camouflage, The spent shells now gathered and hidden. The leaders we are told to elect in electoral shams, Run publicity kiosks and swell friend lists. Joint conferences to address personal interests Dialogues that never address the root issues. Just the formalities and no sympathy, For the ones burnt in cruel sadistic reprisals. The hypocrisy continues deliriously unabated, More augmentation of the security forces. For a first hand view of deep hypocrisy, Walk this land, you know as beautiful. Religious leaders will teach you political artistry, Sermons full of ambiguity and guile. Waywardness and narrow mindedness on display, Political apologists give great lessons. Religion and religious ethnicity are tools, That keep minds and bodies in total check. Gamesmanship by leaders is the rule of thumb, As promises are forgotten once office is obtained. When writing of this succulent beautiful land, Write of the air, pregnant with sadistic practices. This land is being stripped of worldly treasures, And the greatest treasure is mistreated daily. The best of nation is the inhabitants, Ignored are the real gems of this beautiful paradise.
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Dec 29, 2015
Dec 29, 2015 at 6:44 AM UTC
Kashmir Delirium
Kashmir Delirium Oh People Of Earth! Thankful are we, For each act of benevolence shown to us. Your gilded sweet words describing, The beauty of Kasmir, land and people. Mention in books and talks of it's riches, Naming it the Sweet Paradise Of Earth. The Lord has been bountiful to Kashmir, Treasure of resources in every sphere. To elevate each aspect, our wish for life, As every acre of this land is worth millions. Full of treasures and recreational value, Forestry with grandeur and silvery rivers. The outside world's view is so limited, Simple folks living in the lap of rich bounty. Mentioned in world forums and organizations, But what of the goal of giving us freedom? What has The UN established in our name? To measure the pain and anguish we bear, At the hands, of our supposed benefactors. The saviours who has us fractured. But in reality they train their enforcers, In the art of creating oceans of tears. The red blood now hidden in camouflage, The spent shells now gathered and hidden. The leaders we are told to elect in electoral shams, Run publicity kiosks and swell friend lists. Joint conferences to address personal interests Dialogues that never address the root issues. Just the formalities and no sympathy, For the ones burnt in cruel sadistic reprisals. The hypocrisy continues deliriously unabated, More augmentation of the security forces. For a first hand view of deep hypocrisy, Walk this land, you know as beautiful. Religious leaders will teach you political artistry, Sermons full of ambiguity and guile. Waywardness and narrow mindedness on display, Political apologists give great lessons. Religion and religious ethnicity are tools, That keep minds and bodies in total check. Gamesmanship by leaders is the rule of thumb, As promises are forgotten once office is obtained. When writing of this succulent beautiful land, Write of the air, pregnant with sadistic practices. This land is being stripped of worldly treasures, And the greatest treasure is mistreated daily. The best of nation is the inhabitants, Ignored are the real gems of this beautiful paradise.
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I am from VapoRub, From Goya And morisoñando. I am from the traffic And loud horns, From the Caribbean heat, And the city lights, From the buildings And the towers. I am from the palm trees And the coconut trees, Dancing bachata And merengue In the beach, From yaniqueque Y plátano, From tostones And fish. I am from Sunday gatherings And loud family members, From Jose, Maria, and Primos, And the hardworking Payamps clan. I am from the Madera’s baseball team, From Canó, Sosa, y Ortiz, From the long summer rides To ***** Cana And Samana’s beach. From “work hard Cause life is not easy” And “family before friends.” From Christianity And Saturday morning sermons, From God is good And He brings joy. I am from Santo Domingo And Monción, From Santiago And Spanish ancestors, From mangú con salami, From rice and beans. From the grandpa Who owns the village Surrounded by Chickens, cows, and bulls, From the business owner And the well known uncles In my hometown. I am from the only flag With a bible. From the red, blue And white. From the most beautiful Island in the Caribbean, From Quisqueya y Libertad. I am from the Dominican Republic, The country that holds The people I love and Miss the most. I am from the Little Paris box I keep next to my bed, Filled with precious Gifts and letters That make me feel A little closer To them.
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Aug 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017 at 11:54 AM UTC
"Where I'm From"
I am Christian. I believe in the Trinity of the Holy God, The Son, and The Spirit, I believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of mankind I own more than three Bibles I teach Sunday School every week and I pray every night. I am Christian, And as such I Hate queer.... Phobia. I can not stand intolerance And I cry at hatred, Blood running in the streets, Fear running in veins, Running away from the truth. I am Christian, yet There are bloodstains in my Bible And the prayers on my lips Are for forgiveness for who I am. The entire story of ***** is Crossed out, blacked out angrily In the dead of night In all 4 versions, Leviticus is blurred, Wrinkled with my tears, Soaked with my pain. I am Christian And I am not homophobic. I know my church won't recognize Non cis-het marriages, Leaving entire worlds of rainbows in the dark The higher-ups insist Weddings are white, shiny, husband-and-wife, happily-ever-after affairs That shove me and my friends, my family, my lovers, Into closets of heavenly wrath and Fire and brimstone sermons, Locked into personal hells of shame And confusion. I am Christian And I am not straight. My God doesn't hate me for who I love, He loves me because I try not to hate. So to the homophobic Christians, I ask: Who is your God? Who is your God that supposedly condemns people He has created in his own image? Your rainbow picket signs are nothing but a cruel mockery of a covenant Not truly shared by you. Your tongues are no better than the viper's who called Adam and Eve to sin, You are the vipers of my world. Do you think you avoid judgement When trans teens are killed By the bullets you spit with your words? Who is your God, That tells you to picket the funerals Of those you hate? Who is your God, That refuses to let you open your heart to differentness? I am Christian, And I don't need your permission to Love my God. Take my scars and tear-stained Bibles, Listen to my fervent prayers, Watch my lips tremble when I listen to my pastor. I don't need your permission To love who I want, In fact I don't want it. Take my midnight screaming and fear of coming out, Listen to my frantic pleading for a hand to hold, Watch my eyes linger on her chest. I am Christian. My God doesn't hate me for who I love, He hates you who refuse to love While you carry His name, if Not his blessing. So I ask again Who is your God? Because mine loves all of me, All 5'6" of queer pride. Who is your God?
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Aug 18, 2014
Aug 18, 2014 at 12:05 AM UTC
Not A Stereotype
I am Christian. I believe in the Trinity of the Holy God, The Son, and The Spirit, I believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of mankind I own more than three Bibles I teach Sunday School every week and I pray every night. I am Christian, And as such I Hate queer.... Phobia. I can not stand intolerance And I cry at hatred, Blood running in the streets, Fear running in veins, Running away from the truth. I am Christian, yet There are bloodstains in my Bible And the prayers on my lips Are for forgiveness for who I am. The entire story of ***** is Crossed out, blacked out angrily In the dead of night In all 4 versions, Leviticus is blurred, Wrinkled with my tears, Soaked with my pain. I am Christian And I am not homophobic. I know my church won't recognize Non cis-het marriages, Leaving entire worlds of rainbows in the dark The higher-ups insist Weddings are white, shiny, husband-and-wife, happily-ever-after affairs That shove me and my friends, my family, my lovers, Into closets of heavenly wrath and Fire and brimstone sermons, Locked into personal hells of shame And confusion. I am Christian And I am not straight. My God doesn't hate me for who I love, He loves me because I try not to hate. So to the homophobic Christians, I ask: Who is your God? Who is your God that supposedly condemns people He has created in his own image? Your rainbow picket signs are nothing but a cruel mockery of a covenant Not truly shared by you. Your tongues are no better than the viper's who called Adam and Eve to sin, You are the vipers of my world. Do you think you avoid judgement When trans teens are killed By the bullets you spit with your words? Who is your God, That tells you to picket the funerals Of those you hate? Who is your God, That refuses to let you open your heart to differentness? I am Christian, And I don't need your permission to Love my God. Take my scars and tear-stained Bibles, Listen to my fervent prayers, Watch my lips tremble when I listen to my pastor. I don't need your permission To love who I want, In fact I don't want it. Take my midnight screaming and fear of coming out, Listen to my frantic pleading for a hand to hold, Watch my eyes linger on her chest. I am Christian. My God doesn't hate me for who I love, He hates you who refuse to love While you carry His name, if Not his blessing. So I ask again Who is your God? Because mine loves all of me, All 5'6" of queer pride. Who is your God?
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My my, what a special little snowflake. Why did you choose to be this way? You chose to be different, you chose to rebel. No binary for me! You chose the grief, the pain. You chose this abuse, bruised by the verbal ferociousness, forged by physical fallacies To be thrown out of bathrooms because doing your business in the bathroom is abysmal. You chose to be derided by decisive discrimination. You chose to be murdered by misconceptions, ***** by ridiculous requirements. You chose to be beaten, assaulted. You chose the words I weave to weaken your will. You chose the sacred sermons I spit at you. You chose to be What I find disgusting, despicable because you chose to be what you aren't, but I realize what I really regard you to be. My my, what a special little bigot. You think I chose to be this way? You think I chose the injuring, injustice, the jester, the joke the target, tortured, This pain, my poison, the prey, praying, the sinner of sins so bittersweet, So I could be "special"? Special isn't a sacrifice of physical self Nor the gunshots and gruesome grief Nor even the crass comfort of a half-assed comrade. You think I CHOSE this, and you didn't choose to spit and spew your sour speeches to disperse your disgust in discrimination to integrate your ignorance into my existence. Or did you not choose to deal the abuse by your hand yourself? My special little bigot, You live as you are. So be it, if I am so "special", the special little snowflake. Yes, we are the little snowflakes that your palm's presence melts away, And you're that burning persistence of life Blocking with your own self our slow, wistful descent, As if it were futility and not of your own will. If I am the snowflake, you are the fire.
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May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015 at 8:42 PM UTC
Special Little Snowflake
My my, what a special little snowflake. Why did you choose to be this way? You chose to be different, you chose to rebel. No binary for me! You chose the grief, the pain. You chose this abuse, bruised by the verbal ferociousness, forged by physical fallacies To be thrown out of bathrooms because doing your business in the bathroom is abysmal. You chose to be derided by decisive discrimination. You chose to be murdered by misconceptions, ***** by ridiculous requirements. You chose to be beaten, assaulted. You chose the words I weave to weaken your will. You chose the sacred sermons I spit at you. You chose to be What I find disgusting, despicable because you chose to be what you aren't, but I realize what I really regard you to be. My my, what a special little bigot. You think I chose to be this way? You think I chose the injuring, injustice, the jester, the joke the target, tortured, This pain, my poison, the prey, praying, the sinner of sins so bittersweet, So I could be "special"? Special isn't a sacrifice of physical self Nor the gunshots and gruesome grief Nor even the crass comfort of a half-assed comrade. You think I CHOSE this, and you didn't choose to spit and spew your sour speeches to disperse your disgust in discrimination to integrate your ignorance into my existence. Or did you not choose to deal the abuse by your hand yourself? My special little bigot, You live as you are. So be it, if I am so "special", the special little snowflake. Yes, we are the little snowflakes that your palm's presence melts away, And you're that burning persistence of life Blocking with your own self our slow, wistful descent, As if it were futility and not of your own will. If I am the snowflake, you are the fire.
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Time to be in Tune with my own Best Dad Much would it take to cause Celebration Sermons apart, yet Insights I just had Took me some Yards taped for Inspiration Rarely such Species can just Understand The Skirted *** most Males eliminate Still most Sires force their Sons on Demand To spout their Seeds for Pride to propagate If you can recall those Sales-Slips within How Footed and Devote your Presence was Tri-Dimed Corporate; Or Sea-Tigers therein Is just the Greeting Card I'll Love at last. Senior come hither; In Prime Deposit Father my Mentor; In Wisdom ask it.
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Mar 9, 2013
Mar 9, 2013 at 5:08 AM UTC
SONNET TRIBUTE: JESUS ***** C. MANDREZA JR.
Those good old days of youth. Teachers were to be respected. Not to be attacked. One ounce of disrespect to them. You soon was facing your parents. Yes, those were the good old days. The church wasn't truly a choice. Well, maybe for daddy it was. But under mama rules. You owed respect to the one that created you. The good old days. Respect was cherished art. It was something those good parents taught. Even if the adults were wrong. And you best not try to talk back. Because you had to be re-taught respect. Parents weren't trying to be your friends. You were educated on where friendship ends. And the role of parents begins. And with them. You weren't going to always get your way. Well, maybe when you sick. Because parents become carings kids. You get cake and ice cream when ill. While if healthy. You had to eat your dinner. And hope they don't forget this offering deal. Oh, the good old days. You had a time limit to be in. The street lights bet not come on. And you're not in the yard. This when parents went hard. Lectures and sermons to last for days. Punishments, I won't begin to say. Remember, these the parents of the good old days.
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Sep 26, 2012
Sep 26, 2012 at 11:24 AM UTC
The Good Old Days
Check back soon to resume and consume every tight-lipped, slack-jawed fool in the room. See, it's all what you know as the fires start to grow and the future burns slow. Keep your eyes on the ceiling, and your antenna feelers feelin', for when your senses stop reeling, you will finally start believing. Kick-back to the basics, not too far from the basement, and close enough to show that **** really isn't basic. It's another mid-west, ****** ******** freak show. Another evening drinking whiskey with the seedling's peep-show. So, it's time to relax and relapse into acidified broken synapse. The lights keep flickering and the couples keep bickering: ***** I am not above homicidal snickering.” I steer clear of these diversions, and wander past the sermons, just to chew up all the crooked talk and spittle out inversions. I shovel mockery to hypocrisy, pin-prick the empty ***** whose passions lack predicates, and in the background, I'll be complexifying my medic-kit: ketamine, morphine, ecstasy; marijuana, mushrooms, LSD. Watch those ******* jitter-bug college ***** procreate while sloppy drunk, but keep an honest eye on the flies that will rise above – then fall back down in existential angst, like: “Dear God, why must I be free? Oh, God! Why is every universal eye on me? I'm just another acid war veteran, sneakin' through these gutters with pestilence and bitter sin. When they reach the promised land of golden clouds and holding hands, I'll be underground with the slugs and the spider band.” Yet here I sit, sick of sippin' poisons with illiterates. So, let the skies fall and the buildings crash, as you stand on the wall with a fist full of cash. I'll be on the front lawn, picketing for dawn, while the night around me slowly ambles on.
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Aug 21, 2012
Aug 21, 2012 at 12:23 AM UTC
Kentucky Fry-day
Check back soon to resume and consume every tight-lipped, slack-jawed fool in the room. See, it's all what you know as the fires start to grow and the future burns slow. Keep your eyes on the ceiling, and your antenna feelers feelin', for when your senses stop reeling, you will finally start believing. Kick-back to the basics, not too far from the basement, and close enough to show that **** really isn't basic. It's another mid-west, ****** ******** freak show. Another evening drinking whiskey with the seedling's peep-show. So, it's time to relax and relapse into acidified broken synapse. The lights keep flickering and the couples keep bickering: ***** I am not above homicidal snickering.” I steer clear of these diversions, and wander past the sermons, just to chew up all the crooked talk and spittle out inversions. I shovel mockery to hypocrisy, pin-prick the empty ***** whose passions lack predicates, and in the background, I'll be complexifying my medic-kit: ketamine, morphine, ecstasy; marijuana, mushrooms, LSD. Watch those ******* jitter-bug college ***** procreate while sloppy drunk, but keep an honest eye on the flies that will rise above – then fall back down in existential angst, like: “Dear God, why must I be free? Oh, God! Why is every universal eye on me? I'm just another acid war veteran, sneakin' through these gutters with pestilence and bitter sin. When they reach the promised land of golden clouds and holding hands, I'll be underground with the slugs and the spider band.” Yet here I sit, sick of sippin' poisons with illiterates. So, let the skies fall and the buildings crash, as you stand on the wall with a fist full of cash. I'll be on the front lawn, picketing for dawn, while the night around me slowly ambles on.
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A moon beam glides along the soft covers of my skin. Let the moon make me mad, I thought, For there is no fear in what is known. I beckon the sermons of wild men To settle in among the cracks of my skull. Spirals and stars may rest on my hands For a mind barren and lonely Holds not a life worth living. Let darkness flood my life and dampen empty Hopes with beauty and love. I shall not stray from what is destined for me, For I will play neither God nor Satan in this farce Of innocent freedom and dizzying thought. I do not fear madness, I fear the emptiness Of logic and rationality. For how can there be joy in knowing How it'll end?
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May 13, 2014
May 13, 2014 at 3:38 PM UTC
2 in the morning with light for company
There is a vicar from Chelsea Who alas is not very wealthy Often he dines on communion wine And curried bat from the belfry He lights a lot of incense To hide his flatulence He gets a bit high Perhaps that is why His sermons never make sense --The vicar gets his knickers in a twist-- The old church roof had seen better days The pressing need was a serious fund-raise So the vicar abseiled down the tower As the village watched by the graves and flowers With a flurry his cassock flew up in the air Shocking pink he wore under there Flapping around it covered his face As he dangled there in embarrassed disgrace Someone called the fire brigade A turntable ladder came to his aid When at last they got him down Humbled and grateful he kissed the ground
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Aug 29, 2013
Aug 29, 2013 at 3:18 AM UTC
Vicar limericks
Preach poverty and patience to the poor, When snarling winter packs hunt down the old; Push them away and shun them from your door Feed hungry souls with sermons and rapport, Old shepherds, keep your flocks unto the fold; Preach poverty and patience to the poor When heaven's snow attests to hallowed floor And beggars plead for mercy from the cold, Push them away and shun them from your door When hungry children cry 'a little more' And clamour forth with rusted tins they hold, Preach poverty and patience to the poor When brothers, plague and famine, reach the shore, The weak and dying seek to be consoled; Push them away and shun them from your door When paupers come with frosted feet to thaw, And fill the hall to hear kind words unfold: Preach poverty and patience to the poor, Push them away and shun them from your door
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Mar 31, 2015
Mar 31, 2015 at 10:03 PM UTC
Poverty and Patience
What ever happened to the Idea of Freedom of Religion? What ever happened to religious equality? I want it back? I'm begging for it to come back. I sometimes get strange looks when I admit that I accept all religions EQUALLY that I would let a Jehovah witness into my home just so I could learn about their faith. That I find Catholic sermons tearfully beautiful That One of my pen pals is Mormon. People find me strange, they find me fake. "How can you love them all equally?" "how can you accept them all?" It's quite simple really. This is my answer. What right do I have to Bash what others think? What right do I have to say "No your god doesn't exist"? I wouldn't want people to do that to me and my faith so Why should I go out and do it to theirs? There's this thing call FREEDOM of RELIGION and I stand firm and believe it whole heartily We all have the right to believe in what we believe in And no one i mean NO ONE has the right to take that away!
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Mar 24, 2015
Mar 24, 2015 at 5:53 PM UTC
The Freedom Of Religion
Ever heard your voice take a trip mid sentence And start scrambling eggs, Ending sentences with verbs, Mixing Soy sauce with Bacardi And chasing the laughter down your throat with onions Cuckolding in the middle of the afternoon Where violet doesn’t recognize blue As a hue worthy enough to frolic with the afternoon dew, And then your brain smiles to your ****** And you choke on a giggle And wiggle an index finger just a little And remember black widows Were once angels who bought into self fulfilling prophecies Like wearing Armani suits barefoot And breathing through your skin Hoping life doesn’t die in your arms And leave a beautiful corpse With great stories suffocating inside And make the subpar ambitions of an unborn child jealous. Now ever heard a genius cry? ‘cause then you’ve heard an artist cry. Ever ate pork fried rice on a Sunday afternoon? ‘cause if you have you’ve heard the words of Leviticus cry. Ever read these written words? ‘cause if you have you’ve heard memories die And pains scream in alphabets of pleasure— The universal language of immaculate deception That sweeps through every tongue in involuntary pneumonia Like waltzing to the Amen’s of the devil With oxygen choking your nostrils And monoxide nodding your fingers to pull the trigger Of death dancing on the tomb of your destiny Like how a dose of metamorphosis And a 1mg of juxtaposition Is the repertoire of a king of curmudgeon. But ever heard a musical note?   Then you’ve heard the story of how joy lost the war of happiness to bitterness. Ever heard the sound of silence? Then you’ve heard the face of evil and the thoughts of serenity Joined at the hip of rock of Gibraltar, Nodding heads at the gospels of Gothic prophets Spewing sermons of a perfecter way to word the meaning of love. Ever heard a Mockingjay sing? Then you’ve heard the lullabies of suicide, Like falling from grace from the eyes of your one true love And landing on the plastic bag made of her silence Only to wake from the land of death and catch your voice breaking at mid sentence And mend it with the lies of sunshine that you call your life.
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May 11, 2012
May 11, 2012 at 2:51 PM UTC
EXU
Ever heard your voice take a trip mid sentence And start scrambling eggs, Ending sentences with verbs, Mixing Soy sauce with Bacardi And chasing the laughter down your throat with onions Cuckolding in the middle of the afternoon Where violet doesn’t recognize blue As a hue worthy enough to frolic with the afternoon dew, And then your brain smiles to your ****** And you choke on a giggle And wiggle an index finger just a little And remember black widows Were once angels who bought into self fulfilling prophecies Like wearing Armani suits barefoot And breathing through your skin Hoping life doesn’t die in your arms And leave a beautiful corpse With great stories suffocating inside And make the subpar ambitions of an unborn child jealous. Now ever heard a genius cry? ‘cause then you’ve heard an artist cry. Ever ate pork fried rice on a Sunday afternoon? ‘cause if you have you’ve heard the words of Leviticus cry. Ever read these written words? ‘cause if you have you’ve heard memories die And pains scream in alphabets of pleasure— The universal language of immaculate deception That sweeps through every tongue in involuntary pneumonia Like waltzing to the Amen’s of the devil With oxygen choking your nostrils And monoxide nodding your fingers to pull the trigger Of death dancing on the tomb of your destiny Like how a dose of metamorphosis And a 1mg of juxtaposition Is the repertoire of a king of curmudgeon. But ever heard a musical note?   Then you’ve heard the story of how joy lost the war of happiness to bitterness. Ever heard the sound of silence? Then you’ve heard the face of evil and the thoughts of serenity Joined at the hip of rock of Gibraltar, Nodding heads at the gospels of Gothic prophets Spewing sermons of a perfecter way to word the meaning of love. Ever heard a Mockingjay sing? Then you’ve heard the lullabies of suicide, Like falling from grace from the eyes of your one true love And landing on the plastic bag made of her silence Only to wake from the land of death and catch your voice breaking at mid sentence And mend it with the lies of sunshine that you call your life.
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The sun hung low, sliding down below the trees, whose leaves had turned a golden yellow from autumn's adoring kiss. The clouds looked gray, seeming to bring in thunderstorms that weren't to come, at least not today. We spoke of mysteries, created poetry in our realizations, harmony fostered with the gentle breeze as we laughed. The aha's and uhuh's, the self-discovery and conceptualization, they were the sermons, the creed, the metanoia. The rooftop sunset was the sanctuary, the gust of wind the hymns, the moments of silence were moments of reverence, our spirituality birthed in the gravel under our feet. The world is our religion.
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Oct 28, 2014
Oct 28, 2014 at 2:05 AM UTC
Church
Preacher gone wrong A christian boy the young age of sixteen finds his destiny he loves boys now he see’s goes to his mom a joy full look on his face thinking Wow I finally found my place he says hey mom I’m gay the awful woman slaps his face tears runnin down her face come on boy get in the car she takes him to the preacher for a treatment in religion preacher says boy start runnin straight get your head out of the clouds tells him that he’s going to hell that is an example of a preacher gone wrong if you preach hate at the service if you can’t accept someone because they can love the same gender those holy words you have been singing are poison your sermons are disrespecting god we are all gods children he loves us all it doesn’t matter so don’t listen to that preacher gone wrong
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Aug 10, 2014
Aug 10, 2014 at 12:36 PM UTC
For the gays (true story of a close friend)
End, The True Tip of my Tongue, (Enchanted Bronchial Tree), holding out the Cavern of Soft Sultry Silhouettes that hug the walls. Clinging to their influence able nature, tendency to allow pink purity to fall to the black blistering blasphemy of dirty-watered bongs. Inhaling the Damnation of god And Magic Meal of Those residing in Gehenna, Limbo, And those scouring the pearly whites of heaven for their 72 ****** ***** Calls. The desperate stench Of religion crawling down my needy trachea to attach its sticky suction cup sermons, trying to trick My larynx into Hallelujah’s And Hail Mary’s. Hoping repetition will etch it into our subconscious like a gravestone set in stone. So repent, saunter back into your pen little sheep. False Anarchic Prophet, Pretend Goat. Throw your brain back into the box, The Individuality Dishwasher, They built for your mind from the Start.
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Nov 26, 2012
Nov 26, 2012 at 3:19 AM UTC
End/Start
I sought Him in temples where anthems swell Stained glass windows and polished sermons suave; Yet here I knew He did not dwell, While poor child of dust creeps to his grave. I sought Him in churches rustic and plain Eager to drown my heartfelt sorrow, These mockery so futile and vain As I searched for a brighter morrow. In meadow alone, a breeze touched my face Whispering of days bygone, yet still dear When life flowed at a leisurely pace And I felt His presence - O! so near! Bittersweet weeping of the mourning dove Awakens me to sad pleading eyes Shattering my heart with vials of love. Forsaken man and beast hold God's disguise. I see Him in each rippling blade of grass When dew of morn glistens with His tears. In moaning of wind I hear Him pass Through aromatic pines and lose all fears. God does not dwell in temples made with hand, But speaks to us through each soughing pine. Proud wealthiest mansions o'er all the land Mocked by His majestic Hand divine. ~Hilda~
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Jul 31, 2013
Jul 31, 2013 at 2:34 PM UTC
His Presence
Mrs. Gabrielle Giovannitti comes along Peoria Street every morning at nine o'clock With kindling wood piled on top of her head, her eyes looking straight ahead to find the way for her old feet. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti, whose husband was killed in a tunnel explosion through the negligence of a fellow-servant, Works ten hours a day, sometimes twelve, picking onions for Jasper on the Bowmanville road. She takes a street car at half-past five in the morning, Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti does, And gets back from Jasper's with cash for her day's work, between nine and ten o'clock at night. Last week she got eight cents a box, Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti, picking onions for Jasper, But this week Jasper dropped the pay to six cents a box because so many women and girls were answering the ads in the Daily News. Jasper belongs to an Episcopal church in Ravenswood and on certain Sundays He enjoys chanting the Nicene creed with his daughters on each side of him joining their voices with his. If the preacher repeats old sermons of a Sunday, Jasper's mind wanders to his 700-acre farm and how he can make it produce more efficiently And sometimes he speculates on whether he could word an ad in the Daily News so it would bring more women and girls out to his farm and reduce operating costs. Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti is far from desperate about life; her joy is in a child she knows will arrive to her in three months. And now while these are the pictures for today there are other pictures of the Giovannitti people I could give you for to-morrow, And how some of them go to the county agent on winter mornings with their baskets for beans and cornmeal and molasses. I listen to fellows saying here's good stuff for a novel or it might be worked up into a good play. I say there's no dramatist living can put old Mrs. Gabrielle Giovannitti into a play with that kindling wood piled on top of her head coming along Peoria Street nine o'clock in the morning.
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Onion Days
Mrs. Gabrielle Giovannitti comes along Peoria Street every morning at nine o'clock With kindling wood piled on top of her head, her eyes looking straight ahead to find the way for her old feet. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti, whose husband was killed in a tunnel explosion through the negligence of a fellow-servant, Works ten hours a day, sometimes twelve, picking onions for Jasper on the Bowmanville road. She takes a street car at half-past five in the morning, Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti does, And gets back from Jasper's with cash for her day's work, between nine and ten o'clock at night. Last week she got eight cents a box, Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti, picking onions for Jasper, But this week Jasper dropped the pay to six cents a box because so many women and girls were answering the ads in the Daily News. Jasper belongs to an Episcopal church in Ravenswood and on certain Sundays He enjoys chanting the Nicene creed with his daughters on each side of him joining their voices with his. If the preacher repeats old sermons of a Sunday, Jasper's mind wanders to his 700-acre farm and how he can make it produce more efficiently And sometimes he speculates on whether he could word an ad in the Daily News so it would bring more women and girls out to his farm and reduce operating costs. Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti is far from desperate about life; her joy is in a child she knows will arrive to her in three months. And now while these are the pictures for today there are other pictures of the Giovannitti people I could give you for to-morrow, And how some of them go to the county agent on winter mornings with their baskets for beans and cornmeal and molasses. I listen to fellows saying here's good stuff for a novel or it might be worked up into a good play. I say there's no dramatist living can put old Mrs. Gabrielle Giovannitti into a play with that kindling wood piled on top of her head coming along Peoria Street nine o'clock in the morning.
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I can't help but notice How much harder The rain hits my face After I've sinned. And if there's a God, He hates me. No prayer can acquit this hatred. There's no hymn to heal my wounds. I'm surprised I haven't burst Into flames yet. They'd probably dump water on me And call it a baptism. Reborn, renewed, refreshed, my child. Who made that water so pure? Who died and put you in charge? Go ahead, Recite your verses and preach your sermons, But the "Body of Christ" Is just a piece of bread.
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Aug 15, 2014
Aug 15, 2014 at 12:15 AM UTC
Resurrection
Uncle Bruce writes sermons and gives grace at the Christmas table his family bowed their heads and listened to what they thought of as "quaint" "old time-y" Most of them there were atheists or maybe Catholics (it depended on the side of the table) and even Uncle Bruce was not sure what he believed in, not yet, not yet after 53 years, he wasn't sure (he had always been a smart man) even after debating how many angels could dance on the head of a pin and preaching for years behind the pulpit What Uncle Bruce does know, he does He gives us all faith
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May 19, 2013
May 19, 2013 at 10:08 AM UTC
Uncle Bruce
Surrender if you can't do or render if you want to there is no place for a defeatist, a flaccid mace. Cry if you feel so or try if you can take the blow no one remembers the grey the ashes are forgotten in the tray... Lie if you feel insecure or die in the quest to procure the wind gratifies the soul who walks against it with a hunger for galore Defy if you can't take the heat else Comply if you expected the beat don't sulk and forfeit the game stand steady and take all the blame Unite if you dare to share else Divide if you can't be fair The trophies just shine for a while Later, they gather dust in the exile Believe if it invades your sleep else Relieve if it's beyond your keep Don't make promises, you cannot tend Don't demean the hopes, you cannot transcend Walk the road for the sake of the journey And Talk if your words quench their yearnings There is no pride in yelling the sermons to the mass the words will finally bounce back and hit you at last....
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Apr 12, 2018
Apr 12, 2018 at 12:28 PM UTC
Ashes are forgotten in the tray...
IN THE POOL OF THE LOST MAIDEN SONG                 1 Down in the shrouded wood a wanderer walks And dreams the dreamers story he has lived. Sidled by the stream that sheds blue waters By the beds, trailing the rail of loves unknown Kiss and a voice that conjures truest bliss, Down in the drink where sweet Ophelia sleeps; In the pool of the lost maiden song. And the dreamer, he is dreaming . . . Hair, that ropes the stoic man upon his mount. Hair, making souls’ lost ending breath a shout, And hair that weighs the wind, teaches it to sing; Hair, wending whirlpools waving fools to dive in.                 2 Lost at land’s end the sea lions, washed-up, wail And buzzards coast where eagles flail, rip tides Assail and chop the collected bones they drop; It is a chalky bone-yard break, golden escarpments Wake and a seamen’s salty sermons shake; Where gathering ghosts glom and chide steeping, In the pool of the lost maiden song. And the seeker, he is seeking . . . Eyes that turn the sands and are mirrors, Eyes that taught the books of Alexandria, Eyes that shook the flesh and are seers, Eyes that lit the pyres, burned true believers.                 3 Deep in the dark wood the waters rush, hush, Cramp, crew and creep, melodiously tread, Trammel, and burn as furies in keeping true The melting moon, the onerous owl, fluttering Things, muttering wings, cones in darkness Flings and filmy time flicks by the wayside; In the pool of the lost maiden song. And the lover, he is longing . . . Love, lithe and lyric, he sees your sweeping shapes. Peace, parsed and pained he hears the voicing gape. Blind, bliss’d and shamed he wears the votive drapes. Hungered, thirsted and gone; seeks your pearly gate.                 4 Out in the forest maze the jarring sun seeps And swirls, only to roust the traveler onward Where soon he must meet the faces in the grotto Down in destroyed lands by the seas’ unreasoning Chime, deep in the dark whine of the shining mermaids, Where the doomed cry, round the navel of the world, In the pool of the lost maiden song. And the doomed, they are crying . . . ****** beauty bade us, in a star crossed chrysalis, Made us, choose a desert’s winter of loneliness. Heed our fate and leave this valley torn of bliss; The many millions of locust fall in ripest fields.”
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Mar 14, 2013
Mar 14, 2013 at 1:26 PM UTC
In the Pool of the Lost Maiden Song
IN THE POOL OF THE LOST MAIDEN SONG                 1 Down in the shrouded wood a wanderer walks And dreams the dreamers story he has lived. Sidled by the stream that sheds blue waters By the beds, trailing the rail of loves unknown Kiss and a voice that conjures truest bliss, Down in the drink where sweet Ophelia sleeps; In the pool of the lost maiden song. And the dreamer, he is dreaming . . . Hair, that ropes the stoic man upon his mount. Hair, making souls’ lost ending breath a shout, And hair that weighs the wind, teaches it to sing; Hair, wending whirlpools waving fools to dive in.                 2 Lost at land’s end the sea lions, washed-up, wail And buzzards coast where eagles flail, rip tides Assail and chop the collected bones they drop; It is a chalky bone-yard break, golden escarpments Wake and a seamen’s salty sermons shake; Where gathering ghosts glom and chide steeping, In the pool of the lost maiden song. And the seeker, he is seeking . . . Eyes that turn the sands and are mirrors, Eyes that taught the books of Alexandria, Eyes that shook the flesh and are seers, Eyes that lit the pyres, burned true believers.                 3 Deep in the dark wood the waters rush, hush, Cramp, crew and creep, melodiously tread, Trammel, and burn as furies in keeping true The melting moon, the onerous owl, fluttering Things, muttering wings, cones in darkness Flings and filmy time flicks by the wayside; In the pool of the lost maiden song. And the lover, he is longing . . . Love, lithe and lyric, he sees your sweeping shapes. Peace, parsed and pained he hears the voicing gape. Blind, bliss’d and shamed he wears the votive drapes. Hungered, thirsted and gone; seeks your pearly gate.                 4 Out in the forest maze the jarring sun seeps And swirls, only to roust the traveler onward Where soon he must meet the faces in the grotto Down in destroyed lands by the seas’ unreasoning Chime, deep in the dark whine of the shining mermaids, Where the doomed cry, round the navel of the world, In the pool of the lost maiden song. And the doomed, they are crying . . . ****** beauty bade us, in a star crossed chrysalis, Made us, choose a desert’s winter of loneliness. Heed our fate and leave this valley torn of bliss; The many millions of locust fall in ripest fields.”
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born in 1975 40 odd beat   song now old enough to buy a cold drink cold drink We're hitting funk levels that shouldn't even be possible. recommended algorithm algorithm recommended for your ears only We're hitting funk levels that shouldn't even be possible. come band funk funkier, summon Brown back from the dead. Fibonacci's rabbit on steroids what’s your count Feel this beat Fibonacci's rabbit on steroids 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, seek me the vodoooo advice quick turn to  23/16 (3+3+3+3+3+3+3+2) probably overhearing overhearing what is truly not there  it's my juju baby over the speed limit sound so slow 150 BPM we’ve gone over the speed limit billion BPM and a beat direct line to NASA monitored funk levels from outer space audio crackcocaine legal be it \ this speed deep beat band come come come now funkier, Brown sermons back from the dead. James loves   brown brow tall dark seregeti beat Mandingo beat Khoudia Diop Repeats If they got any funkier, they'd summon James Brown back from the dead Fibonacci's rabbit on steroids what’s your count Feel this beat Fibonacci's rabbit on steroids 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, Warning: Do not turn the speed up to two. YOU WILL BE OUT FUNKED. double WITCHED If speed is increased, wash eyes Khoudia Diop Repeats wash your eyes ice cold water speed of sound quicken your pace release your soul seek me the vodoooo advice. levels of funkiness been theoretized never imagined achieved born in 1975 Dumisaning 40 odd years ago. song now old enough to buy a cold drink. drink seek me thee vodoooo advice. I have beaten about this beat before.
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Jan 7, 2019
Jan 7, 2019 at 11:22 AM UTC
YOU WILL BE OUT FUNKED - seek me the vodoooo advice
born in 1975 40 odd beat   song now old enough to buy a cold drink cold drink We're hitting funk levels that shouldn't even be possible. recommended algorithm algorithm recommended for your ears only We're hitting funk levels that shouldn't even be possible. come band funk funkier, summon Brown back from the dead. Fibonacci's rabbit on steroids what’s your count Feel this beat Fibonacci's rabbit on steroids 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, seek me the vodoooo advice quick turn to  23/16 (3+3+3+3+3+3+3+2) probably overhearing overhearing what is truly not there  it's my juju baby over the speed limit sound so slow 150 BPM we’ve gone over the speed limit billion BPM and a beat direct line to NASA monitored funk levels from outer space audio crackcocaine legal be it \ this speed deep beat band come come come now funkier, Brown sermons back from the dead. James loves   brown brow tall dark seregeti beat Mandingo beat Khoudia Diop Repeats If they got any funkier, they'd summon James Brown back from the dead Fibonacci's rabbit on steroids what’s your count Feel this beat Fibonacci's rabbit on steroids 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, Warning: Do not turn the speed up to two. YOU WILL BE OUT FUNKED. double WITCHED If speed is increased, wash eyes Khoudia Diop Repeats wash your eyes ice cold water speed of sound quicken your pace release your soul seek me the vodoooo advice. levels of funkiness been theoretized never imagined achieved born in 1975 Dumisaning 40 odd years ago. song now old enough to buy a cold drink. drink seek me thee vodoooo advice. I have beaten about this beat before.
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