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Confessional Poems

Displaying 13 poems from the Confessional genre.

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Warfare Source: Distempers of the Human Mind — Karl Constantine FOLKES	PROLOGUE: Behold, how war and peace are so aligned. Haply appearing sometimes as comedy. At other times to sadly all remind; there’s sometimes joy...	1,970 views Rate it
Solomonic Influence in Shakespeare’s Work — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Life is a tall tale. Full of sound, raging fury. It is vanity. Acts of vanity. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity. Two philosophers. Both...	1,315 views Rate it
Penance For a Mercurial NBA Player — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Made of sterner stuff. Image of athletic skills. Conformed yet to disappointments, He rose to the very top. As a stalwart college freshman. Earning...	709 views Rate it
Seeing the World Upside Down — Karl Constantine FOLKES	To me right is left. So don’t ask for directions. Too old to change now. Is it a common problem? It’s lasted eighty years now. To me left is right....	494 views Rate it
He Alone is Without Blemish — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Holding on to the opposites. Body merging with the Spirit. That is the hope for humankind. Ever seeking after wholeness. There came one modeling...	145 views Rate it
The Power of Faith Anchored in Belief — Karl Constantine FOLKES	People as Christians have Faith, but lost in Belief. Lost to the Unseen. They worship what is Outer, unmindful of the Inner. So, while being lost,...	92 views Rate it
Our Genesis and Revelation — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The biblical tale of Adam (Mankind) and Eve (Human Life) is the classical universal tale of the historically flawed life of humanity, of Homo Sapiens and...	51 views Rate it
The Thought That Lingers: Part Twelve — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The passionate thought that lingers in my head The ever lingering festering thought Is that of knowing who I truly am The corporeal me of flesh...	47 views Rate it
Where Gender Has Become Non Gendered — Karl Constantine FOLKES	We now live in a machine age of people who, having once been created in the image of God, have become transmogrified into the image of robots. That is...	43 views Rate it
The Thought That Lingers: Part Nine — Karl Constantine FOLKES	This is the thought that lingers yet. This is the ever burning thought. Of man as Emperor of the World. Surrendering his birthright heart of flesh. ...	33 views Rate it
Reflections 2267 — Sommer Rains	Reflections 2267 by Sommer Rains "When I sit back and watch the television.... All I want is for someone to hold me.... make me feel safe, make...	32 views Rate it
The Intertwining of Good and Evil — Karl Constantine FOLKES	In the world of living beings, ‘Good’ and ‘Evil’ are intertwined. Each in intimate relationship with the other. Each measured by the ‘strengths,’ ...	22 views Rate it
The Thought That Lingers: Part Eleven — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The thought that lingers in our times Is that of war; in times of peace Wars of every culture Wars of tribes, wars of nations Wars too of religion....	21 views Rate it