Saints And Sinners/ Ordinary Folks Comments
Saints like to gladden people
Sinners love to sadden people
Ordinary folks love to live
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May we all strive to be so much more a saint than a sinner. Ordinary people? are they the lukewarm people who never bring themselves to strive to be a factor in life? Enjoyed reading your reflections on the nature of saints and sinners!
My dear poet, your poem gave me much pleasure in contemplation and meditation. Unfortunately, b/c PH is limiting comments to 300 characters, my disconnected comments seemed more like criticisms than musings.
Most thought-provoking. There is a real contrast between saints and sinners in the world, a dichotomy. As I live more, I have more regard for ordinary people, who do not want to be noticed. Is sainthood a realistic goal? I have thought a lot about that.
And oh nooh an atheist did send me bible verses that show Jesus the prophet of Nazareth allowing killing. Jesus asked for killings too.
He roves through all the earth, searching through the hearts of men, drawing the beautiful and desirable hearts from among them... What a beautiful poem. It has set the tone for the rest of my day and so thankyou so much for this.10/10.
A snappy collection of truistic observations. Superficially, we can find much to agree on here. I, too, like the discrimination between saints, sinners, and ordinary folk. This poetic piece stays in the sunshine, though, and does not venture into the shadows of the complexity of life.
Truistic hmm? U do criticise much today. It may sound truistic but we all need reminders to wake up the sleeeping saint in us and discourage hate in this world even if it may sound cliche. And im not the only one who may touch on the obvious. Im a simple poetess and i hope we can love and one another despite the complexities and not make peace so complex. Cheers n best wishes.
Truistic hmm? U do criticise much today. It may sound truistic but we all need reminders to wake up the sleeeping saint in us and discourage hate in this world even if it may sound cliche. Im a simple poetess and i hope we can love and one another despite the complexities and not make peace so complex. Cheers n best wishes.
Truistic hmm? U do criticise much today. It may sound truistic but we all need reminders to wake up the sleeeping saint in us and discourage hate in this world even if it may sound cliche. Im not the inly one to say whats obvious. Im a simple poetess and i hope we can love and one another despite the complexities and not make peace so complex. Cheers n best wishes.
Are we not all sinners? Am I not a sinner today, and an ordinary man the next? Cannot even the saints struggle with hating the hateful, falling into the sacrilege of daily life, falling in love just a little bit with this world?
Yeah i never denied that we r all sinners and ordinary folks. But we can try being saints. And its ok to hate the harmful, the sin not the sinner. And yeah its ok to love the world but not bow to it and not to forget the hereafter and God.
Hi again. Noh i never denied that we are all sinners n ordinary folks. But we can try to be saints. And its ok to hate the hateful harmful yeah. And its ok to love the world but we shouldn't bow to it nor get so obsessed by it that we sell our soul to the devil and forget our creator is what i meant.
Your word play and nimble execution are pithy and light-hearted here, but hint at much darker shadows where your poetry might find even deeper roots.
Right from the word go, you have set the agenda for the saints, sinners and the ordinary mortals vis-a-vis the God Almighty. Their respective pursuits have been well defined as in the following lines: Saints like to gladden people Sinners love to sadden people
With play of words, you have brought out the distinction between saints and sinners and cleverly segregated them from ordinary people! Each line is a well thought out truth! I must call each line an epigram! Great write zaynab!
may we have the grace to be among the saints. i think of 1 john—those who love are born of God and know God. be blessed! -glen
I enjoyed your poem! I rate a 10. We are all Warriors, Battlefield Earth, in the fight between Good and Evil! ! Welcome back to Poemhunter after having been gone 5 years.
A very clever and thought-provoking poem, I love the way you juxtapose saints and sinners and play with words all the way through. Saints, of course, are sinners too, but they try their best to live their lives in a way that shows love for others and brings praise to God.
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7/28/2025 3:54:25 AM # 1.0.0
Wow what a great comparison..I think most people are a little of both..Good poem.. a ten..Happy 2018
Yes many are, u r right. Warm thanx, Happy new yr
Yes many are so, u r right. Warm thanx n happy new yr.