Hermit the Sad Hamitic Longhorn
Hermit’s wife was hustled off to the Hebrides Islands, very far.
Hermit felt horrible as he saw her being loaded in a cattle car.
This was on the other side of Scotland, would he ever see her again?
He was being winked at by her randy sister, her identical twin.
He was sad, and there is nothing sadder than a Hamitic Longhorn.
He did not want this loosey goosey, he wanted the eldest born.
Grandma made him a scarf; she put it on him by standing on a ladder.
It did not have glittery rhinestones like hers, which made him even sadder.
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Categories:
hamitic, nostalgia,
Form: Cinqku
Bethel
Bethel, House of God, where Jacob knelt in thy awe
Evoke again that Hamitic vision here sweet,
Templing angels to the sky. Invoke in us thy law
Holy, just, good and true, rolling back waves of defeat
Emanuel, uprise from Mercy's throne to lead
Lambs of God where in green pastures by faith we feed.
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Categories:
hamitic, faith, inspirational,
Form: Acrostic
I Griot of the Hamitic Shrine
I, griot, of the Hamitic shrine
I, oracle of the orisha's ebon throne
I, child, of Melchizedek line
I, olive tree in a desert sown
Mantled in the robe of his grace
Amid cherubic beasts all four
Upon golden ground bend my face
And felt his spirit in my core
I, messenger, I, human
I, frightened, shivering thing
I, the image sculpted in his hand
I, with longing for eagle's wing
Voice of the voiceless let me speak
Faith of the discourage, here, I kneel
Ragged in sins and broken weak
And still your anvil on me I feel
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Categories:
hamitic, faithlonging, me,
Form: Verse