Handmaiden Poems | Examples

God But A Handmaiden

A higher 
but hidden presence 
than God
Surrounds his nature
eternity’s
pod

Existing over
and deep
within
Its seminal essence
 forever
begins

Averse to our choosing
and freedom
blind
Professing nothing
but itself
in kind

And blacker
than the 
blackest hole
Obverting time
remains
— untold

(Villanova University: May, 2025)

Winter's Embrace

she comes in the night
cloaked in frost and snow,
quiet as a breath held too long,
stripping the leaves from the trees
with the same tenderness as a lover’s goodbye,
painting the world in shades of blue
like an old memory that won't fade.

she is my handmaiden,
the messenger of cold,
harbinger of endings,
but i am not afraid.
i've learned to welcome her,
to feel her icy touch against my skin
as a reminder of everything that must pass.

with every caress,
a flower wilts,
a bird falls silent,
and people huddle close,
seeking warmth and comfort
in the flicker of firelight.
but in her cold, i find beauty—
a kind of peace that feels more real
than the warmth i seek.

in her breath, i hear stories
of things long lost,
of battles fought on frozen fields
where no one wins,
of lovers whose names time has erased.
her whispers hold them all.

as she moves through me,
leaving frost in her wake,
i am reminded
that nothing stays.
all things must end—
and so, i hold her close,
my handmaiden,
dancing through the night with her
until spring comes
to claim me once again.

Sarah's Handmaiden

A unique form of hatred,
stereotypes and prejudice, 
they decipher realities.
Forgotten the same father, 
Ibrahim, Canaan families.

Who loving safe, warm, faith,
in the same lands.
Hagar,
Sarah.

Buzzing claims, 
devout homes and beliefs,
attempted annihilation,
superseded born, sibling rivalry.

Pardon, end.
End, end, endeavour destruction.

Handmaidens Fate

Watch out for betrayers, the knowing handmaiden said.
Cleopatra took the apple, not realizing she would soon be dead.
The asp was hidden well, same color green as the apple’s stem.
The handmaiden was tossed into the tomb, her fate totally grim.

Engaged To Joseph

engaged violets
blushing at the angel’s words
handmaiden bouquet—
faithfulness and modesty
of virginal motherhood

2/9/2022

Other Egyptian Dancers

Other Egyptian dancers love her
for the beauty of their Land
Some spoke some wept
others ate deceased flowers
within brilliant hearts
and how i feel love
knowing this world of pain
and suffering and love and
passion breathes my skin;

exquisite

but necessarily so
-- For the Handmaiden of Love
and her Song foretold it.

:: 12.21.2021 ::

Howzit Howitzer

Howja geddit by firearms?
Gotta back to Semtex rams?
As the world warms
societies suffer dying fams

Letcha now my Lucid
Insanity and conflict did
Homes were demolished to rid
Livelihoods rubbled unsplendid

Why ju tay kit the life driven
Kissing catalyst of counterbidden
Every whisper hafta fill emotional burden 
Wanna dance oh handmaiden?

This is so aptly my meow
Howzit going your salty war blow?
Whajoo do with it till now?
Begging in peace row

Walking tall to move
Wrapped blue groove
Gotcha embark my love
Lemme in and go my hove

Dolorem

Sorrow…
 penultimate killer
—handmaiden of death

(Dreamsleep: January, 2021)

His Love Endures Forever

An Angel appeared to Marium,
HiS Love endures forever,
And told her a son she would bear,
HIS Love endures forever,
He told her his name would be Yeshua,
His Love endures forever,
She agreed to be GOD's handmaiden,
HIS Love endures forever,
Nine months later her time was near,
HIS Love endures forever,
A degree went out to have all Isreal taxed,
HIS Love endures forever,
So Yoseph and Marium to Bethlehem they went,
HIS Love endures forever,
No room in the inn so a stable they found,
HIS Love endures forever,
And there was Yeshua born,
HIS Love endures forever,
An angel appeared to shepherds that night,
HIS Love endures forever,
And told them of Yeshua's birth,
His Love endures forever,
So leaving their flocks they found the child,
HIS Love endures forever,
And told everyone of this Messiah Child,
HIS Love endures forever.

Mother and Angel

Mother and Angel

What thoughts gather in your mind, Mary,
 Eyes looking down in the morning light?
Do you still hear the sound of an angel’s voice –
 Can you hear the sound of angel wings?

God’s light shines through you, simple handmaiden; 
 You reflect all the glory of the Lord;
Your soul rejoices in God your Savior
 As the Lord looks tenderly upon the favored one.

What thoughts speak in your mind, Mary,
 Eyes looking down in an evening prayer,
Do you see the child to come –
 Emmanuel, Messiah, Anointed One?

Do you see the sword piercing your heart?
 Can you count the steps on the roads you travel?
Do you see a cross stand on a lonely hill?
 Can you see into the Resurrection?

What thoughts gather in your mind, Mary
 In midnight dreams wrapped in pale moonlight?
Do you still hear the sound of angel wings
 In the echo of your answer “Yes!”

December 4, 2019
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Love Waits

Time waits…
  the handmaiden of love

Love waits
  —only upon itself

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)

A Quantitative Valet

Science…
  a handmaiden of knowledge

The upstairs maid
  in a mansion of discovery

Chauffeuring itself
  along roads it has built

A quantitative valet
  —in the closet of the unknown

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

Iris Before Roses

My roses are teasing with tiny buds right now.
How long before their first flush show?
Thankfully, my bearded iris, hanging low,
Amid the sluggish roses are voluptuously aglow.

Pastel pink, translucent and tissue sheer,
Their flopsy, ruffled petals beguile me I fear!
Charming with serene, easy care elegance,
While roses offer few blooms by chance.

But come first flush of my many gaudy roses,
Slumbering lushly under rose canes, each iris knows,
I’m a foolish handmaiden to their thorny neighbors.
The quiet joys we shared before sustaining my labors.

M. Renee Taylor
5-21-17

What's In a Name

The Non-Sublimininal Criminal
High Priest of Hypocrisy
The Diplomat of Draft Dodgery
The Great Example of Paying Test-Takers
The LoudMouth of Wealthy Fakery
The Main Proof of Miseducation
The Nanocrat of Non-Payment
Potentate of ***********
Sultan of **** Patronage
The Grand Probah of PooPoo
The Big Wheel of Blather
And Salesman of Bull-puckey
High Lama of Skullduggery
The Master Purveyor of Inaccuracies
The Pride of Misrepresentation
The Scion of Misdirection and Nepotism
The Black Knight of Spite 
Grand Lizard of Hate and Bigotry
The Fometer of Torment
Master of Catastrophe
The Master of the Quick Disaster
The Worshipper of War by Proxy
Lover of Lies and Liars
The Promises of Pusillanimity
The Handmaiden of Bribery
Worshipper of Massive Greed
The Purchaser of Fake News
The Dandy with Unseen Clothes
The Undead Ghost of the Capitol
The Horrible Haunt of the Presidency
Embodiment of Embracement
The Shamelessness of Gross Shuckers.

Quo Vadimus 2

If man has become the measure of all
Our world anon will crumple and shrivel
Without a moral compass to keep us in thrall
Failure and success,the deadly ploys of the devil,
Or the cold ugliness of hideous revenge
Could inflict defeat on the Prime Mover's mission
That, discipleless, He can no longer challenge.
And so to Satan leaves us in submission

Man exists in a festering and noxious swamp
Where reason plays handmaiden to naked power
And shameless words service man's pride and pomp
A Voltaire is  most sorely needed at this hour
To bring us back into the pure light of the sun.
If ,alas, there is no God,man must invent one.

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