Famous Franciscan Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Franciscan poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous franciscan poems. These examples illustrate what a famous franciscan poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Vachel Lindsay
Would I might wake St. Francis in you all,
Brother of birds and trees, God's Troubadour,
Blinded with weeping for the sad and poor;
Our wealth undone, all strict Franciscan men,
Come, let us chant the canticle again
Of mother earth and the enduring sun.
God make each soul the lonely leper's slave;
God make us saints, and brave....Read more of this...
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