Franciscan Poems

ST FRANCIS AND ST CLARE : TWIN SOULS : PART 2

... no turning back at nineteen years of 
age with bonded Love no eyes could 
see or earthly arms could hold dear
into a fold of aligning human Heart 
with Divine injunction none could ...

f g h i j k l m

...fabulous fabricated forlorn frenzied Franciscan fable
garnered garrulous geese gathered at Gloria’s gable
harboring a hangout for a hunter with Achille’s heel
identifying idiosyncrasies that are l...

Apo address somewhere in Rome 1942

...It was a crisp day October 27th 1942 
that's when my pop set out for WW11
right after my grandmother Nona
gave birth to my dad orders arrived 
his job assignment was to protect the 
priest arch ...

Mary Rules

...O Blessed Virgin Mary, our Lord's servant-- so humble
Hearing your Seven Sorrows makes my heart almost crumble
I wish to imitate your loving prayers (and not mumble)


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Snowy Tercet

...Winters and winters ago
Away at Franciscan Univ.
My first Christmas snow!...

Blessed John Duns Scotus

..."Engraved on his tomb in Latin:

Scotland brought me forth.
England sustained me.
France taught me.
Cologne holds me."

Blessed John Duns Scotus

1265 - 1308
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John Scotus Duns

...Thinker, scholar, sophist; Duns was, yet, a humanist,
His thoughts actions exhibited him as true philanthropist…!

Constructing a metaphysical argument, he said,
Of the existence of God, that lik...

John Duns Scotus

...Duns Scotus was an enormously important theologian
He significantly influenced Catholic theology, early on,
A brilliant man of considerable influence in Scotland
Doctrines we take for ...

Jesus Christ Is the High Priest

...Jesus Christ is the Catholic’s High Priest
Jesus Christ is the Catholic’s 1st Priest
Jesus Christ is a Priest according to the order of Melchizedeck
Jesus Christ is Father Christ

Father is used...

Frangelico

...
There is a hazelnut-flavored liquor named "Frangelico"
It's named after a hermit monk who lived long ago.
This twenty percent alcohol spirit comes from Italy.
All over the world, it has ...

In Land of Cockaigne

...I once thought I could never be like them,
the privileged and rich whose every whim
is catered to by underlings like me--
but then last year I won the lottery!

The family I’d worked for soon we...

Angelus Silesius the Mystical Angel

...Angelus Silesius Translations

The rose merely blossoms
and never asks why:
heedless of her beauty,
careless of every eye.
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch

The rose l...

The Orphan

...The Orphan

At a time a young mother and her secrets knew,
that a infant boy in her life where counted days in few.
A priest helped her to put the child into an orphanage he knew,
a Saint Franci...

The Last Film Footage of Lugosi

...she's more
angora since
she sheared off
her locks but since
i've lost the key and so
certain doors must remain
closed as if off season for reasons
that only monthly disagree so i seem
to see ...

Why I Lost My Virginity So Late In Life

...my pick up lines were:

"if it weren't for you 
i'd be a Franciscan monk"

"i'd spoil you like a bunch 
of rotten grapes"

"i picked these 
nettles just for you"

"how can i 
treat you li...

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