Best Shibboleth Poems

Jephthah the judge,from Gilead he came,
With this difficult word found long-lasting fame-
For those upon the losing side
He devised a cunning plan,
Asking of his enemy,to pronounce it if they can

Note Full story -Judges 12:6...

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Shibboleth
 
It includes our political parties
Distant past their prime when they had a meaning.
Also, Christian theology is passé
As philosophies anchored in old thinking are
Like rusty ships waiting to for dismantling
A new approach for our modern question about
Life and dead must
be written in a language
That reflects...

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Shibboleth for the Living
David J Walker

This Spring is for you
And for those who

 will know
For the first time 

what Spring means
The first sweet gasp of breath 

That some will know
and some will death

A shibboleth 
for the living 

I am thinking of moving 
to Holly Wood...

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