Atheist poetry corner
I recently read a post from Brian37 that contained a poem, and MrRage replied that there should be a board for that. I heartily agree, so I will at least start a forum for it. I thought general convo to be the appropriate spot to do it. I'll get the ball rolling with the lyrics I wrote for a song called "The Darkness of Godlessness". Keep in mind that it was originally a song, so I've cut out a bit so it reads better as a poem, basically, I'm just posted the verses only. Also remember, that I am a death metal singer/song writer, so it may seem a little aggressive The first verse is aimed at Christianity, the second at Islam, the third at Judaism and the fourth at Satanism. The entire song is a part of a metal opera I'm working on. Enjoy, and I look forward to seeing others work!
Unjust is your god
Uncaring is he
A man without sin couldn’t possibly be
To blame those fairer
For all of our sins
To lay that on her is an unfair burden
Unjust is Allah
Compassionless he
Considering humans to be property
Decreeing that all
Other common creeds
Are infidels, blasphemers, and death do they need
Unjust is the god
Of the six pointed star
To single out only one race above all
And chosen you’re not
But lucky you are
Ridiculous you all do look from afar
Unjust is your lord
And selfish is he
Preying on the disenchanted and weak
Powerless you
And powerless he
Only has power of lies and deceit!
The darkness of godlessness lets wisdom shine.
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hellfiend666
I enjoyed the poem. You are a talented writer. Granted, the only thing I know about poetry is that more people write it than read it. But with that said here is a poem I wrote about religion. thanks
Please stop straining the boundaries of credulity
and while you're at it
stop writing laws, stick to eulogies
God, I don't understand the infatuation
Moses parted the sea
just like religion divides nations
What do we have now that we couldn't have without it?
Peace, love or brotherhood
I really doubt it
It seems to me to cause artificial scarcity
of 'Holy land' and truth
and other things that shouldn't be
Like sexual frustration and genuine hate
and oppression of gays
we saw it early and spoke up too late
Now we're in your face with rational debate
call it atheist love
hoping one day you can relate
There are twists of time and space, of vision and reality, which only a dreamer can divine
H.P. Lovecraft
You read one of my poems and you didn't vomit?
Anywho, I just got inspired just now to write one about the dumbass video game.
The "J" Box, By Brian37
The pulpit
Has fallen from grace
It's old marketing
No longer has a place
Jesus has his focus groups
To indocrinate the young
Give them a game controler
Isn't arrogance fun
Up and down
Left and right
Press the buttons for points
Killing for the after life
Falwell is not in vogue
Rap is what now sells
Busta ryme for Jesus
Is how the game is played
What genus this is
Fancy marketing
Morphs like ciggarette companys
Competing for the young
What will Wii
Think of next
A "Quran" concole
Selling Jihadists?
They have all adapted
Using focus groups
Shouting from the rooftops
We must protect our myth
To what cost
Do we use Toys R Us
To sell religious division
Over comic books
The "J"Box
Is the same
As Jihadist marketing
Both will seek the young
For future body bags
And daddy sits upstairs
And enjoys all this mess
So youth can kiss his ass
And distroy humanity
It is McDonnald's marketing
Applied to religion
Controlling spongue like minds
Retarding critical thought
These are wonderfull toys
Full of razor blades
Religiously bleading their neighbor
For only a few get saved
I blaspheme this tactic
For I see it as tragic
To expose it for what it is
Sick marketing
The controler
Is not a toy
And sacrafices the young
Over a stupid lie
The "Q" Box
Will be a rival
While Yahwey propaganda
Seeks the same survival
But in the end
The parents who teach them this
If it ends the needless division
I will always bitch
Our kids are not toys
And life is not a game
There are no Muslim or Christian Children
They are all the same
For their sake
I expose this slick campain
Creating future killing machines
All labels should refrain.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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Alright, I'm no writer, but I'll take a stab at it.
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They come in droves
And oppress their foes
And say they are the few
But the noise we make
Is but a quiet wake
That is snuffed out by their hew
We are many
But not so much as any
And are divided in our cause
So, still they advance
And change not their stance
Dictating our rights and laws
Faith is their way
And rarely do they sway
For reason is their path to sin
So hated we go
Since the truth is what we know
Despised, even by our kin
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That's gotta' be the only poem I've ever written that wasn't required in some english class.
Flying Spaghetti Monster -- Great Almighty God? Or GREATEST Almighty God?
Exelent.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
Check out my poetry here on Rational Responders Like my poetry thread on Facebook under Brian James Rational Poet, @Brianrrs37 on Twitter and my blog at www.brianjamesrationalpoet.blog
Krehlic wrote:
"Alright, I'm no writer, but I'll take a stab at it.
_________________
They come in droves
And oppress their foes
And say they are the few
But the noise we make
Is but a quiet wake
That is snuffed out by their hew
We are many
But not so much as any
And are divided in our cause
So, still they advance
And change not their stance
Dictating our rights and laws
Faith is their way
And rarely do they sway
For reason is their path to sin
So hated we go
Since the truth is what we know
Despised, even by our kin
_________________
That's gotta' be the only poem I've ever written that wasn't required in some english class."
I agree, pretty damn good. You should think ofd trying your hand more often.
The darkness of godlessness lets wisdom shine.
Not mine but I just spotted this at ffrf.org on the page about the Atheists in Foxholes monument:
(by Alice Shiver)
Atheists in Foxholes
Atheists in foxholes, some say they are myths,
Creations of the mind who just don't exist.
Yet, they answered the call to defend, with great pride.
With reason their watchword, they bled and they died.
They took Saratoga from the British crown,
Secured America's freedom at the Battle of Yorktown.
From Sumter to Appomattox, fields flowed with their blood.
When the cannons grew silent, the flag proudly stood.
From the Marne to the Argonne, in trenches and tanks,
They defeated the Germans -- the whole world gave thanks.
They were bombed at Pearl Harbor, fought on to Berlin.
Many freethinking women served along with the men.
Still war keeps erupting -- Iraq, Bosnia, and Kosovo.
Where is the peace that eludes people so?
It is broken by tyrants who bear crosses and creeds,
That overshadow reason with hate and cruel deeds.
So atheists prevail until your work is complete.
Mothers mourn, children cry, and bigots plan your defeat.
By air, land, and sea, you answer freedom's call.
Without god or faith, you seek liberty for all.
I'll throw another out there. This, too, is a set of lyrics I wrote. This time I'll include it in it's entirety, but again, it may come off as rather agressive:
"Heptagonal Hypocrisy"
Institutions of destruction
Ruled by ego and perversion
Isolation brings corruption
Molestation their salvation
There is a better way, if you just choose to see
You don't have to be, content in misery
Mediating Divinity
They too are fooled
By the hypocrisy
Mediating Divinity
Heptagonal law
Thrust upon me
Stay inside the walls
Pray, or they will fall
Look only ahead
At the book that makes you braindead
Deprogramming of human minds
Enslavement for all of mankind
Forcefeeding all their righteous lies
That Heaven comes only when you die
Transparent pens their herded in
Shepherds, they dictate the end
Willingly all the sheep give in
To a near-sighted concept of sin
The stars know no mallice, the planets know no sin
The only cosmic evil known, is from the mind within
The wine within the challice, holds no savior in
The bread that's laid upon your tongue, it holds no salvation!
Any tennant that drives one to kill
Is not speaking the divine will
Any dogma that asks you to die
Is a force-fed self serving lie
Books are written by those who can be bought
From their ideals your faith has been wrought
The darkness of godlessness lets wisdom shine.
Here is a haiku
rational in mind
proof of myths do not exist
free thought sets me free
Why would I want to say hi to Ku? I dont even know Ku.
(Note to readers: Just being silly)
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
Check out my poetry here on Rational Responders Like my poetry thread on Facebook under Brian James Rational Poet, @Brianrrs37 on Twitter and my blog at www.brianjamesrationalpoet.blog