Lisle Ryder Poet Limerick

Parable 14: the Sower

A sower went out his seed to sow.
Some of it fell on the path and so 
     exposed on the ground
     by birds it was found.
Other seed over the rocks did blow

so without much soil when the sun arose
growth to the scorching heat was exposed
     and so withered away.
     Yet more seed did stray
among thorns where its growth was foreclosed.

But for seed that fell in soil that was good
it thrived and grew to yield grain that would
     increase a hundred fold.
     As when the word is told
much will be lost but some understood.

Wherever you broadcast the Word
some may listen but think it absurd.
     While some will neglect it
     and others forget it,
some with joy will share what they've heard.

Mark 4.3-20

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