Category: poetry
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Spring
The wind blows, and The trees wave their arms, Winking their leaves And smile, shimmering spring green. The wind whisps and roars With a thousand voices Hailing the bright, blithe sun Who slings earthward warmth and light. The clouds above roll And boil over and through And yellow clouds Catch…
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With His Life’s Wage
The passages of John 6:1-14 and 21:1-14 mirror each other. In both instances a crowd is gathered, full of expectancy but hungry and weary. In one a meager meal of some fish and five barley loaves is more than enough in Jesus’ hands, and in the other, Jesus’ presence with…
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Unless I See
This sonnet is based on John 20:25 which reads, “So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, ‘Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand…
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Easter Collect
This is sonnet is a repost for Easter Sunday. It is based upon The Book of Common Prayer‘s Collect for Easter Sunday. The Collect reads, “Lord of all life and power, who through the mighty resurrection of your Son overcame the old order of sin and death to make all…
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Be Thou My Light
A villanelle repost for Easter Sunday. This poem is inspired by Valley of Vision, “Need of Jesus” which I have reimagined from the viewpoint of Mary Magdalene. I am blind, be Thou my light. Speak, call me into New Creation’s Day, And seeing Thee, I shall love aright. My heart…
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