Tag: Faith

Betrayed, “Twas a Kiss

It’s Maundy Thursday, I decided today to join NaPoWriMo, and the lesson at dVerse today is to write a villanelle. At the convergence of these three things I wrote this poem: Betrayed, “Twas a Kiss Betrayed, ‘twas a kiss, the beginning of the end Then...

A Beautiful Sacrifice

Over at dVerse Poets Pub, Mary challenges to write about beauty. With Good Friday and Easter on the horizon, I decided to write about the most beautiful sacrifice in all of history. A Beautiful Sacrifice It is an ugly scene A naked man with bloody...

The Beginnings of a Poem

This is the beginning of a poem I’m sharing for Meeting the Bar at dVerse Poets Pub, following the Oulipo option from Anna. Playing with language and poetry rules, I’m writing a poem with the following self-imposed rules: It’s a Terza Rima with 26 stanzas...

Hate Never Wins

Cain killed his brother Abel with a rock because of hate But in the end Cain didn’t win Hate never wins Pontius Pilate killed Jesus had him crucified and buried But in the end Pilate didn’t win Hate never wins Caligula killed for pleasure was...

The Cost

We’re jousting over at dVerse Poets Pub today as the tournament continues. The challenge is to take one line from either Brian’s or Claudia’s poem, posted there, and write a new poem with that one line included. I cheated a little and took the last...

Nemesis

The Faith and Culture Writers Conference word for the day on Facebook today was Nemesis. And I saw this poem. Nemesis Fear, my nemesis my arch-enemy my long-time rival Fear tries relentlessly to crush me prevent my survival Fear once held me tight in its grip and...