Poetry

10 December, 2019 Essays to writeBattles to fightSo often I thought naughtAbout you You had your taskChildren to baskI had my duties to doBut you, oh youWere always there waiting“Look at me. ‘ttention!” Oh yes, in due timeI’ve got mine to doAnd yes I didAnd we did great thingsChildren and justice Were served Life is […]

2 Dec. 2019 Here I sit in my own templeMusic pouring about my earsTo the right travel my feet on waterOver lands and cities distantMidway are the books of recordHistory, family, things to knowAnd to the side is Mercy’s treeRed and black with faces adornedThey smile at me, I thinkAnd I think some moreEver glad […]

“I Blew Up The Clinic Real Good” is from an album by Steve Taylor titled, “I Predict 1990” (1987). It is the title of the fourth release and third full-length album by the singer-songwriter. I have the road in my blood I drive a custom van I play the tunes I’m the neighborhood ice […]

(Inspired by [and in mockery of] Country Joe McDonald’s tirade at Woodstock against Americans in the Viet Nam War.) Modern Godless culture is all about sex, dope, and murder: Verse 1Well its one, two, threeOh won’t ya let me beDon’t ask if that baby’s aliveI don’t need no prolife jive Verse 2‘Cause I’m pro-choice an’ […]

16 August, 2019 The Orthodox Presbyterians published their Trinity Hymnal in 1961, the 25th year anniversary of their existence as a denomination. They distinguished themselves, like Missouri Synod Lutherans and the Conservative Baptist Association and other mainline denomination groups from the apostasy of “modernists” who abandoned the historic, orthodox, and creedal view of the Scriptures; […]

(Composed c. 2017) Ah got da done-wrong blues!Ya see da Lord He only care ’bout youYeah, I got dem done wrong blu-hoo-oo-oo-oosI’m sayin’ da Lawd He only care ’bout you! Ya see He don’ cayh fah me (N-a-a-a-a-wh!)I say He don’ give a fig fah meNah Ah don’ know what to do-hooI know da Lord […]

22 July, 2019 It is defined in my lexicon (Liddell and Scott) as follows: “The Egyptian papyrus the root and triangular stalk of which were eaten by the poor.” The definition is credited to Herodotus. And how appropriate that this be the root word for the Bible. That book which is the Word of God […]

“Lord, you made me a damned man! I don’t want to be a damned man; I want to be a woman!” “My will be done!” says he. “I’ll be whatever I want to be!” Freedom of choice! That’s his creed. He’ll be whatever he wants to be! “God be damned if He doesn’t like it.” […]

7 Feb., 2019 I did don my varsity cleaning attire And did wash and scrub everything everywhere Leaving anything, I did not dare! For pain, suffering, weariness I did not care My beloved was counting on me Beyond this truth nothing I could see Off then, I labored through filth and pee! Confident then in […]

8 Feb., 2019 Roe, Roe, Roe abort On the bloody sea Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily Free, I’m free, I’m free! Now I can be me Absent that baby Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily Free, I’m free, I’m free! MEN sat on that Court Giving us this “right” Women suffer death each day They keep it out […]

7 Feb., 2019 I did don my varsity cleaning attire And did wash and scrub everything everywhere Leaving anything, I did not dare! For pain, suffering, weariness I did not care My beloved was counting on me Beyond this truth nothing I could see Off then, I labored through filth and pee! Confident then in […]

3 January, 2019 I break my allegiance To the flag Of the United States of America And to the Republic For which it stands A corrupt nation Rejecting God Divisible By Lawless perversion And the shedding Of innocent blood

Arouse us to the Fight (composed on 17 Sept., 2018) To the tune of “America” (Thesaurus Musicus, 1744) (“My country ‘Tis of Thee, Sweet land . . . “) Our land defiled with blood Shed in our neighborhood Let justice roll Arouse us to the fight Give us courage and might To keep their bodies […]

On my honor, I will do my best To do my duty to my self and my impulses; To satisfy myself at all times; To keep myself physically hot, mentally cool, and morally lukewarm

3 July, 2018 The Sheriff is the reeve of the shire Keeping us out of the mire Yeah, he keeps us from all we dread From threats from the living If not the dead Oh we need more than this To see that Place of bliss We need a solution, we need Salvation Not just […]

June 21, 2018 The lethal waters of Baptism Cleanse us from on high No more are we forsaken Left to wither and die We stand before Him steady Free from all alarm He has our souls if not our bodies Free from any harm [Version 2: substitute “as we die” for “from on high”; substitute […]

19 June, 2018 (Sung per “rap song”) I slaughter them left I butcher them right I cut their heads off Throughout the night O the blood That I pour out It clogs my drain Under the spout But Ah need that buck I have no fear I bleed those kids I have a beer! The […]

16 June, 2018 So-called by Clement of Alexandria. It was probably not new to Clement. “It was probably not confined to the Greeks any more than was the Greek of the Gospels and the Creeds. Its proper name is ‘The Eventide Hymn’ or ‘The Hymn for the Lighting of the Lamps’ and was doubtless uttered […]

“I am the ruler Of my fate!” ‘Least that’s what is seems When I meditate No, He is the Ruler Even still It matters not Whatever you will He controls The world above Sends His grace down Like a dove Finds us helpless To save ourselves Foolish folk! Helpless elves! Grace it is And ever […]