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Author of A Time to Kill.
Character - or not
“Restart”
(Encouragement for those singles out there) Moved by a puckHe was urgentTo find the ladyHe knewCould bring himThe joy of a lifetimeOnce in the marital room.He searched high and lowRight, left and below.No terrain he wouldNot attempt.And as he went onThe thought did dawn:The woman he chasedWas not worthy!Noble enough was heBut no better was […]
michaelbray
Oct 13, 20201 min read
The “Woke” Folk
The “Woke” folk Like the hippies before them The Godless left Are all quite bereft Of that Standard. That Law from God Takes us from the sod From which all came To death’s great maw And raises us again Even saves us From sin and death. Oh the corruption And His interruption Of the course […]
michaelbray
Oct 12, 20201 min read
A Noble Woman
She was an ambitious girlAnd I, condescending,Took up her pleasAnd we did marry.On we went from my stageTo stage children aplentyAnd many were the blessingsThey brought us.But much holier is sheThan the pious “me.”Set apart was IFor His business – the Word.She took up the call to unionOf man and woman for life,That office of […]
michaelbray
Oct 12, 20201 min read
A Nation Guilty
The whole damned nation is guiltyDemocrats for advocatingRepublicans for toleratingFive decades of baby butchery.We are a sick peopleAll worthy of death.Repentance alone will save usAnd only by the graceOf the One who died for peopleOf every nation.His mercy is more precious than gold.No time for shyness, but to be boldAnd revolt against the slaughtersOf sons […]
michaelbray
Oct 9, 20201 min read
Tribute to Drimachus
Long ago, traveling about quasi hippy I happened upon Chios An isle of the Greeks. It was breezy and warm, The ocean was calm, Lots of fun on the run Just traveling around and listening To the wind and waves, Lots of water and caves Where the fish would wander. And how I loved the […]
michaelbray
Oct 9, 20201 min read
From Renoir to Playboy
Like the curves of a naked body From Renoir to Playboy The lines of life intrigue us And catch us off our guard. The beauty and the power Of strokes from brush and ink Drive us to lift our minds above And give the Lord a think, Who made those pretty creatures From whom the […]
michaelbray
Oct 9, 20201 min read
Treacherous “Prolifers”
8 Oct., 2020 On Those Treacherous “Prolifers” Who Condemn the Saviors On those Treacherous “Prolifers” Who Condemn the Saviors Now, let’s not get excited. Nothing blasphemous here. I mean savior with a small “s.” It is capitalized above part of the title. It references ne who saves babies from being butchered by means of direct, […]
michaelbray
Oct 8, 20202 min read
Rise Up O MAGA Men!
Rise up O Men of God! (Tune: Festal Song by William Walter [1825-93]) Rise up O MAGA men! Have done with lesser things Give heart and soul And mind and strength To stop the baby killing! Lift up your guns and shoot The pagans would take your loot They’ll spread it around Like greedy hounds […]
michaelbray
Oct 7, 20201 min read
Fans of Freedom
“Freedom!” declared William Wallace in that glorious film, “Braveheart” – starring Mel Gibson – as he died refusing to renounce the cause of the Scottish in pursuit of relief from the tyranny of the English. (Yes, in this wicked world somebody is always abusing someone else. In our time it’s ex utero folks killing in […]
michaelbray
Oct 7, 20202 min read
Ode to Jessica
Don’t know much about her She brought souls for me to feed A classmate of my daughter Bringing prisoners to the water To the Word that brings life An end to all the strife That besets all who have no rest In the One who came for us and died. No, He didn’t stay on […]
michaelbray
Oct 7, 20201 min read
To John
5 Oct., 2020 (evening) You know there were those prophets Who showed us the way John Brockhoeft was one of those boys He toyed with politics of “pro-life” But then gave up his own life So a mocker once said “He blew up the clinic real good” Yeah, he stood Ain’t it sick? Had to […]
michaelbray
Oct 6, 20201 min read
Miscarriage and the Death of Infants
Long ago, we lost a child. Anastasia died in the womb, and so our grief was not like that of parents who lose a child whom they have come to know and with whom they have traded laughter and smiles. (Perhaps we would miss her more had it not been for eleven others to distract […]
michaelbray
Oct 5, 20202 min read
Provision for the Slaying
. . . Of the Unwanted Abortionist 5 Oct., 2020 Bad economy? Tough times? Check out the moral state of the Union. The shedding innocent blood is not a good recipe for divine favor. Many who don’t care about those yet in the womb, but selfishly consider their own well-being as a citizen of a […]
michaelbray
Oct 5, 20202 min read
The Happy Truck Driver
Comin’ down the road With a heavy load He was looking for a place To stop, take a rest from the race The road was long But not time for the bong He preferred a good song And would go right to sleep In no time countin’ sheep Then up and back in that truck […]
michaelbray
Oct 2, 20201 min read
An Urgent Situation
An Urgent Situation Calls for the termination Of abortionists unwanted Who above God’s law vaunted Themselves as a taker Of sacred life from the Maker. In this horrid condition We find ourselves wishin’ For a different time and place To live – some time and space Separating the evil from the good A better neighborhood! […]
michaelbray
Oct 1, 20201 min read
Alternative to the “Rest Room”
Indeed you may know That we have a restroom – so called That it is located quite near here And I may direct you thereto But you must know that I Have just returned therefrom And have so rendered the air That it would be unfair To direct you there. Better that you venture outside […]
michaelbray
Sep 30, 20201 min read
(Illegal Poetry)
Revival!Abortuaries were burning Across the fruited plain!A soothing aroma was going up to heavenThe angels were rejoicingRevival had come to God’s frozenA new era had dawned and peopleWere finally coming around. Glory!Sodomites and abortionistsWere hanging in the public squaresOf every city on gallowses!Then I awoke. It was only a dream. June, 2020
michaelbray
Sep 30, 20201 min read
Beware the Restroom!
(or “Fresh from the Restroom”) Indeed you may know That we have a restroom – so called And that it is located quite near here And I may direct you thereto But you must know that I Have just returned therefrom And so rendered the air Such that it would be unfair To direct you […]
michaelbray
Sep 30, 20201 min read
On Cardinal Burke and Joe Biden
“Catholic Cardinal Raymond Burke said Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden should not receive Holy Communion because of his long record of supporting abortion on demand.” So says this report: But, uh, I just don’t understand why this murder-supporting, heretic “catholic” is not excommunicated! It makes me wonder how my Romanist brethren can stomach retaining the […]
michaelbray
Sep 30, 20201 min read
SAC, Man! It’s a Sodomy-Abortion Crisis!
(Performed, duly, with rap-rhythm) It’s the Sodomy-Abortion crisis!It’s a virus!Got to stop itDon’t drop it from your mindGot to findThe solutionYeah, the pollutionTellin’ ya now, got to go!Oh it’s a showGot people dyingStill lyin’ and cryin’Said, we got to goPut people in the knowIt’s from the JudgeNah, He ain’t gonna budgeGot to repentThe trouble been […]
michaelbray
Sep 28, 20201 min read
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