Encamped Poems

Our Better Angels

...When on the road to Damascus,
Paul heard the voice of our Saviour.
He, who was once Saul of Tarsus,
When on the road to Damascus,
Hearkened to the call of Jesus.
Blinded by heavenly lustre,
...

Unity at Sinai

...
   At the foot of Sinai Israel encamped
     as one man with one heart
   A people once divided, revamped and unified…

   Later on, to build a Tabernacle to the Lord
     each man contributin...

The Long Road Home

...Morning Sun calls from behind the occasional cloud above seeking those willing to rise and face the drudgery of yet another day’s fruitless effort. Uninvited rays of warmth intrude upon my slothful d...

Firefly Jamboree Nursery Rhyme

...Christopher Cricket
Lived out in a thicket
With his musical family

They slept by day
Each night they would play
At the Firefly Jamboree

A chorus of frogs
Encamped in the bogs
Would always...

To Garrison

...To some, a Garrison is a strong fort
(Or troops encamped inside, an armed cohort).
Or thoughts might turn to a centurion:
A leader of the many soon to come.

To Gwen and Garrett, he's the first-...

The Philistine Troops Gathered Up For War

...The Philistine troops gathered up for war,
Between Azekah and Socoh amassed.
Israel encamped near in Elah vale
And drew a line against the number vast.
There Saul, upon one mountain, made a stand...

Peace Encamped

...When the long journey on foot is over and
the refugee drops in a tent and has hot meal, is peace;
when he puffed his first smoke in weeks, is peace;
when the sky celebrates his arrival with rain, ...

A Trudge To Bethlehem and Nativity

...On a bleak and frosty night
Vexed and weary two travelers rode
Along the pathways-craggy and ragged
From Nazareth, trudging miles on end

Full pregnant, was she with child
Mary -the Virgin, suf...

Note To Self

...Encamped in the local IHOP patio
Doing reconnaissance on the butter pecan syrup
I discern its malicious, aggressive intentions: 
To march defiantly down Mt. Stack
And wage a ruthless attack on
D...

Hope For Uhuru At Dawn

...At the darkest hour of night
Before night shadows
Steal across the wall of darkness
Into the welcoming hands of dawn;
As with defecting soldiers
At Korea's demilitarized zone
With my spoke,
I ...

Tourist

...You luxuriously flew to this
Concreted forest, looked for me
In these brown zinced roofs,
But found me not.

In despair you drove off to the
Growth points were the poor
Congregate to drink the...

Recalling Traipsing Thru Valley Forge National Park Under Full Moon

...Lunar radiance this small hour
June fifteenth thousand and nineteen
(very early morning errand
to fuel 2009 Hyundai Sonata)
at Zieglerville, Pennsylvania Wawa
found gaze tugged toward

infinit...

When None Pursure You

...O, Holy people Israel you are freed and redeemed
O, Holy people Israel you are freed and redeemed
This is how you worship the Lord
This is how you worship the Lord
This is how you worship the Lor...

Long Forsaking

...Faraway, across a widening 
Expanse of vacant fields,
Dawns slated light is gradually 
Awaking;
And too soon new Morn's stilled 
Indifference 
Determinedly steals
Into the abstractions  of my ...

Bullfrog Valley

...Encamped beside a clear blue water lake
We call it, Bullfrog Valley. Here, they thrive.
The labyrinth of streams the water takes
Brings insects, as the meadows come alive.

Blue herons wade, per...

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