Baking a pie instead of making a lie

Sharon Brown 1974 (Brooklyn)



To bake a pie
you need to get all of the ingredients.
When you serve it all up you'll see the smiles on the faces' radiance.
A cup of this, a dash of that, in it's right measure.
You create a pie from scratch what a pleasure.
For a Holiday we celebrate and to God we praise
How did we come up with such a treasure.


To make a lie
You need all of the wrong ingredients.
When you serve up a lie you'll see the fading of radiance.
The one who hears it and knows it's not true has a fit of a seizure.
They can't believe their ears what a displeasure.
For your lieAday we can't celebrate for lies God hates.
How to you devalue and rust life's treasure.

The time of Jesus coming draweth nigh.
Confess him as Lord, don't be a liar.
Try Baking a pie instead of making a lie.
Don't end up in the lake of fire.

About this poem

It's a poem about the holidays when you're baking pies. it's also about having a good character and not lying. Of course God makes his way into the poem and Jesus. It has a Christian spin to it.

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Written on December 27, 2021

Submitted by song51074 on December 27, 2021

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDDXD ABCDDXD ADAD
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 804
Words 182
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 4

Sharon Brown

Born in Brooklyn, NY. African American and Native American. more…

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