Wanting
Verse from a verse, Psalm 23:1
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Weariness
Why? Why? … says Jacob. … asks Israel. My Lord doesn’t even notice As justice slinks away. Don’t you know? Haven’t you heard? Eternal God, Creator of the Universe Doesn’t tire Doesn’t wear out. Just try to find something God doesn’t understand! Giving strength to the weary Great power to the powerless Even the young…
God’s Perfect Calendar
Everything has its season. Each purpose has its time. A time for birth, a time for death. A time to put in, a time to pull out. A time to kill, a time to heal. A time to demolish, a time to construct. A time to cry, a time to laugh. A time to lament,…
A Path Goes By
A path goes by Along a gas line bare. Short grass grows or dies. Garbage gathers. The pole stands alone. Does the pole dream of rows of poles carrying telegrams then phone calls or perhaps electricity? Does the pole wonder why gas flows below why a person walks by why a truck dumps trash why…
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Give the Creator the Credit Due – A Poetic Response to Psalm 148
Give the Creator the credit that’s due. Shine forth Distant galaxies Glowing nebulas Giant stars Blackest holes. Go out Angels bright Seraphim flashing Winds blowing Flames burning. Since God is the maker, the builder, designer, Our lifegiver, ruler, sustainer, refiner. Learn of him Scientist Physicist Astronomer Chemist Tell of him Historian Sociologist Theologian Philosopher Give the creator the…
Seeing God’s Shape
I saw God’s shape in tall oak tree in lovely flower in rising sun flowing stream mountain high ocean wide when lightning glows and lightens dark night sky. I saw God’s shape in falling branch in faded bloom in setting sun raging flood volcanic blast hurricane when lightning strikes and splits and burns and kills….
Adaptation of Psalm 91
April Lorier provides a poetic adaptation of Psalm 91 that I really appreciate. It is not a matter of theology, translation, or Biblical exegesis, but rather the fact that the message of the Psalm is expressed personally in a way that touched her heart, and in turn touches mine. This is one element of Bible…
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Psalm 103 as Blank Verse
OK, here’s another try at transforming a Psalm, in this case, by putting it into blank verse. There are some wonderful parallelisms in Psalm 103, but a great deal of that impact is lost on English readers. Here I try to present the message in blank verse, which provides some meter. I’m still sticking fairly…
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Psalm 46 as an Italian Sonnet
This is the result of my having fun with my morning devotions and then mixing it with thinking about translation theory. Anyone up to produce Psalm 46 in another poetic form? I’m particularly interested in playing with translating into fixed forms. I’m safe with God my strength, my shield, my friend. In danger he is…
The Maze
An intelligence Caught in a maze Of action Reaction Interaction Senseless negligence. The intelligence Thinks in the maze Of action Connection Direction Hope for deliverance. That intelligence Finds in the maze Affection Guidance Radiance Faith with a difference. This intelligence Mangles the maze With action Connection Direction Help from a confidence. The confidence Gets from…