Best Sabbath Poems

-continued from  "Sabbath Morning Rap".

..and so brethren,
We're lost in the lust of loving lies
Conceived and retrieved as alibies.
to woo what we would instead of should,
To deify deeds ordained to deny
that Jesus Christ was crucified,

For you and me and he and she,
He lived and loved...

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Sunday afternoons,
or Saturday afternoons,
look and feel richer,
dense relational liturgy of mundane ritual,
often more sabbath quiet.

Quiet neighborhood school playground
celebrates more solitary visits
seeking silent sensory selftalk,
muse swings back and forth,
happy slides up elational,
processional,
then downright ecstatic.

Sunday's GratitudeGoRound
of a warm winter's sun
pretexting Spring's redemptive dance,
prancing across wet jungle gyms
of...

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Sabbath 
Her Peace Descends
Welcome, Angels and Men
Candle Flames Bright, Radiant Light
Braided Loaves of Bread; Closed eyes, Blessings said
Delicacies before Guests Spread
Songs sung, Thoughts to Inspire
Grace Soars Higher
Shalom


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Babbit’s Sabbath

Sundays still come
  at least once a week
and I look upon them
  as a special treat.
A day set aside
  to give both praise and prayer
opening to the Lord on high
  that I’m still down here.
The struggles both losses and gains
...

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~ A Sabbath Dream ~  

When table's set in purest white
   Candles lit and shining bright
Two ministering Angels of Peace
   Blessings for the Sabbath do release  

May each family blessed with their grace 
   Display Sabbath's holy...

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There is a day of rest for you and me
A Sabbath day of sweetest harmony
Where God and man converse and blessings dwell
and sacred hours are spent to be made well

It is the seventh day, a holy time
Creation's testament, it stands sublime
Remembered are those days when...

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As the sun preaches,
The birds chirp religious hymns:
Gospel of the rays....

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Sacred Saturday
Sibling Saturday Sabbath
A special sister ...

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Fresh cut flowers from a sister brings such a peace in the heart and soul...

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Seeds of the Savior's garden
Advantaged by the early rain
Bud and bloom in grace and pardon
Bearing fruit that love sustain
Acres to be reaped, hands like buzzing bees
Teachers making the reapers bold
Holiness of word performed is holiness of soul

Send them forth to sow and garner
Christ the vine...

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Glitterin' gold wuz struck along Alder's Gulch in eighteen sixty-three!
Potential prospectors came frum as fer away as Knoxville, Tenn-o-see!
Hordes uv soiled doves and gamblers migrated to the Gulch as well,
Along with platoons uv ruffians and barkeeps, their potent booze to sell!

Fellers labored hard all week...

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Learn not too late to halt the hate,
Bound to be ground in the dust of disgust
We're pierced and fierce, fulla rings and things
We're blued and tatooed and God is booed.

Crude dudes are misconstrued
with actions vulgar,vile and lewd.
We're found down ground in sound,
totally tatooed in terrible...

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Who am I today?
as I rise out to play
at being again
this ego I  entertained yesterday
with passion plays
creation stories
epic one-day opera
folding into Northern Autumn yet again unfolding.

Who would I choose to harvest
yet again this day?
one affectionately loyal advocate
within this day's EarthTribe Council,
considering what we have...

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I guess we missed chapel again
But rugby is never a sin!
We pray for the ball
If that don't beat all
We pray our opponents won't win!...

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Day of Sweet repose
It is I you chose
To catch verily
oh so merrily
A glimpse of glory
To tell of you a story
How privileged I must be
That you have chosen me
So bless the lord
For revealing in His word
Your inexpressible beauty
That carries His children to unity
Bless the Lord, oh...

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