Analysis of Apostates



People rely upon a dream,
Defile flesh, snub authority;
Glorious blaspheme it may seem,
Speaking evil of dignity.

They will contend with the devil,
Disputing the body of Moses;
Judged blasphemous stir up evil,
Showing that they are malicious.

These people do not understand,
Unreasoning as a brute beast;
Corruption that seems to expand,
Farther from the west to the east.

Woe to them who walk in the way,
Abandon themselves for the gain;
The lost sheep that have gone astray,
That will perish to feel the pain.

These are hidden reefs of your love,
Are feasting with you without fear;
Waterless clouds and winds thereof,
Swept along by winds that appear.

Fruitless trees withered in the fall,
Twice dead and plucked up by their roots;
Lumberjacks were given a call,
To chop down a tree that pollutes.

The raging waves that roam the sea,
Casting up the foam of their shame;
Wandering stars as fancy-free,
As the moon shines bright to proclaim.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL BMBM X
Poetic Form
Metre 10010101 1110100 1001111 10101100 11011010 010010110 11001110 10111010 1101101 0101011 01011101 10101101 11111001 01001101 01111101 11101101 11101111 11011011 11011 10111101 10110001 11011111 101001 11101101 01011101 10101111 10011101 10111101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 990
Words 204
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Waterless Clouds Jude 1:8-13

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Written on May 05, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on May 04, 2024

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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