Our beloved God

For the 2013 Poetry Paintball Challenge.

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Each living form is a distinct
entity that is in succinct
the godhead.

Like several pieces of a stone,
We bicker amongst ourselves, moan;
turn godless.

We forget to love the spirit
Inside us and disrespect it.
Poor Godchild!

This positive energy steers
all men to Heaven and reveres
godliness.

Every life changes and transforms
Through a course of moral reforms,
turns godlike.

Prompt: Image
Form: Compound Word Verse


The Compound Word Verse is a poetry form invented by Margaret R. Smith that consists of five 3-line stanzas, for a total of 15 lines. The last line of each stanza ends in a compound word and these compound words share a common stem word which is taken from the title. (In the example below the stem word is “snow” from the title “The Unexpected Snow”; the compound words related to the title are snowflakes, snowdrifts, snowstorms, etc.)

The Compound Word Verse has a set rhyme scheme and meter as follows:

Rhyme Scheme: a,a,b
Meter: 8, 8, 3


Form: Compound Verse