Lust chases it's desires
Envy ignites eternal fires
Gluttony's the sin of the day
Sloth dispalys slug like behavior
Vanity reveals need for savior
Wrath's protecting Dante
Greed conducts it's play
Author notes
"all seven sins"
I wrote this for a contest specifying seven lines. However, spirituality was excluded.
A contest entry
- Dante's Inferno by lesbian-in-love.
655 points, ended December 12, 2007, 16 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - the seven deadly sins. by the.art.of.drowning.
900 points, ended September 13, 2008, 22 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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beautiful poem. i absolutely love it. the rhyming excellent. and the flow and rhythm. perfect. its an excellent poem. good luck...
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Very nicely done with seven lines. Short and well too the point. Thanks so much for entering and good luck to you in the contest.
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Very nice. I like it. 7 lines..each of them about one of the sins...it makes it all the more wonderful..you know? ^_^ It's really creative..short and sweet. Good luck and thanks for entering my contest!
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wow the seven deadly sins! I love this... thanks for sharing this today with me, I am glad I took time to stop and read
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OOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhhh very good. You went past surface things to the base problems. Thr real reasons things are the way they are.
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This is a great picture - depicting the flames of hell perhaps? Sounds like the seven -hm, can't think of the word at the moment. Not virtures, but opposite -
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Wonderful!! :D:D:D:D
Wow, I like the flow of this! and the descriptions you used are superb! I love it!! keep it up!
Cado
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Nice Write, good luck in the future !
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