Poetry

Against that time, if ever that time come,When I shall see thee frown on my defects,When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum,Call’d to that audit by advis’d respects;Against that time when thou shalt strangely passAnd scarcely greet me with that sun thine eye,When love, converted from the thing it was,Shall reasons find of […]

An Old Christian Hymn (from the third book of Clement of Alexandria) [I don’t know how they make them rhyme so well when they translate to English!] Shepherd of tender youth, Guiding in love and truth Through devious ways; Christ, our triumphant king, We come Your name to sing And here our children bring To […]

By Children of the Day (70s singing group) Verse 1 You’re a gift from heaven above You are meant for me And I am meant for you As we pledge our unending love Something is one that once was two RefrainJesus is the reason we are here Pledging ourselves unto each other And I know […]

We wander and wander Wander as if we had no wits Wander, wander, wander Looking for butts and tits. The Lord is above looking, Calling us up to Him. But we look down And all around Searching for sights and feeling. The world is bare! Avoid the snare Of searching and tasting and seeing. Being […]

14 Oct., 2019 The names they tell a story Of Michael and Jayne Bray Of the times in life that they Encountered along the way The first was Elli unplanned And soon came another – one Jonas The man Dove soaring above Dragging them to a new kind of love No longer just us partners […]

14 Feb, 2016 (A 15 minute creation with a tune – [time: 1355-1410] ) I Can’t Tell You Why! We don’t smoke And we don’t chew And we don’t run With girls that do Chorus:But I can’t tell you why We let those babies die We all tithe An’ pay our tax We keep the […]

4 Feb., 2020 (0705) (Following the death of Matthew) Thinking of youI doAnd the land Shifts under my feet.O how sweetWas life when youWere with usWith laughter and joyOver everything.You did live it wellBut who can tellOf the fulfillment of a courseWhen the One who gave lifeEnds it without notice?Oh, He knows more than anyWhat […]

22 Feb., 2020 The Evil One has come to steal Life and joy from those Who belong to Him WhoDied for them Forever putting down that sin Which would separate us From our Maker, Savior and Lord. So he prowls about as if he were Something to fear and from whom To flee. Be we […]

Buttigieg’s gig is baby-gigging, Dig? He has no sense of right or wrong Like the hippies with the bong He get’s his wisdom from the popular song He knows not what is right and good Dreams up his own ethics Like the boys in the ‘hood Whatever seems good is good Like the Dems He […]

They walk the streets Head phones in place Pates turned down with a Beanie atop Diggin’ some music And lovin’ that dope Pissing away a life That was given By God for more Than just to wander About the streets and Crashing in the landing Never to know What it was for Him to adore […]

January 2020 after the death of Matthew We live, we dieHe lived, He died.He rose again.He spoke the truth,Said we will Like Him rise.And who is wiseTo shun those liesThat tell us we are butDust in the wind? Remembering a nephew departed, we proclaim: He lives.

0830, 8 Feb., 2020 A letter is so much better A phone call is spoken and The words are heard and gone But the letter is so much better! You cut the envelope Unfold the paper You see, you touch it Again and again As oft as you like No end You see, you touch […]

10 Feb., 2020 The guests have gone Ceremonies and kinds words Are remembered Good people have done their duty And I mine. We all go back to our days Our ways are productive And we all have things to do But mine are in sorrow What do I spend them for? The chore of children […]

The aftermath Long and dreary, The people are gone To their places of rest. And to rest I too would go And be with him If I could Were it right to do. O to be with you, son! But you have won. We are still here And you are there Where we will be Forever […]

30 Jan., 2020 We are all on the same path Yet we all fall from it And so meet death At some time and some placeWe don’t know when or where But death is, indeed, there He met him unexpectedly In the middle of the night That enemy came for him And he thought he […]

20 January, 2020 Sometimes (blow ’em up) we need to make our messages less direct (blow ’em up). People cannot handle the truth unabashedly proclaimed. They need (blow ’em up) sometimes encouragement by indirect summons (blow ’em up) or exhortation. The call directly (blow ’em up) to a particular corrective or reformatory action is just […]

(cir. Jan. 2020) FiremenPolicemenPastorsTeachersPolitical office holdersMissionariesCoachesMartyrs (“over there”)ParentsHusbandWifeEmployersEmployeesCaregiversLobbyists (Whoops! Forgot those”clinic bombers”! Ah. If you neglect to do your duty, you deny yourself blessings from God. And when the churches of God give respect due them, revival will come. You get blessed in your OBEDIENCE.)

7 Jan., 2020 ‘Twas a time when the gates Were down No where to be found Were the people of mercy Of God Fled by the Fed Oh the dread That someone might be caught For naught! They hid themselves from the chore They closed the door No more for the poor In Spirit and […]

23 Dec., 2019 Here I sit, again The music plays To the right The light of day Breaks through the glass The feet on the wall Over water walk To the center Where the union Shows her and me And then to the left The many that follow On that tree Free to follow And […]

Babies butchered One, two, three Why not me? Spared was I‘Twas merciful mother How about you? You live and breathe And look away “Another day,” you say And time passes And Oh! the ashes We never see. They blow away ‘Tis another day And on it goes The Judge will come What will we say? […]