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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: Red (10/01/09)
Seven Causes For Red

Like great drops of blood
Sweat fell from his face
He did it all for you and I
It is something we call grace

By his stripes we are healed
39 diseases, 39 stripes
His back opened and bleeding
Not one complaint and not one gripe

He was beaten and bruised for our iniquities
Never saying a word
Like a lamb to the slaughter
Some people call it absurd

They placed a crown of thorns upon his head
The blood poured down his face
They spit on him and called him names
He did it to take our place

And oh those precious hands
Nailed to an old rugged cross
All the world did not know
They had suffered a great loss

And oh those beautiful feet
Those spikes nailed through and through
We must always remember
That Jesus has paid our dues

They stuck a spear in his side
Blood and water gushed out
His heart broke for all man kind
Could there ever be any doubt?
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Jan Ackerson
10/08/09
Very moving poem!

The last word in the third line should be "me" to be gramatically correct.

I like your rhyme scheme and the flow of this poem. Very nice.
Terry R A Eissfeldt 
10/09/09
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
c clemons
10/09/09
I'm not getting the title, seven causes for red? Maybe seven reasons, seven incidences, but causes? The flow is a little herky-jerky, but the sentiment is certainly understood.