Humble Holy Man
the holy man understands he does not need a church to worship
he only needs faith, goodness, heartfelt humbleness and belief
he peers into God’s world, seeing the best for everyone,
feeling awed that He was chosen to be surrounded by such beauty
loving the feeling of being beloved that comes upon his soul
his angels rejoice, that he is
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Categories:
holy man, faith,
Form: Free verse
Portrait of a Holy Man
Beard bent over his walking stick
each step cautious
twitching side to side
left hand trembling, along for the ride
Tapping out the narrow path every morn
to the place his soul was reborn
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Categories:
holy man, old, prayer,
Form: Couplet
The Lunatic Holy Man
The Lunatic Holy Man
Hole in the ozone layer
of his sense increases.
He mutters to the tomb
of his father, while
clumsy expressions
flash on his face.
A hundred fools
watch him with awe.
It’s paradoxical
they chant holy verses.
He has a big
sedimentary belly
formed from offerings.
He heals the insane,
rustics say,
patting on their crests
or tying black cords
around their
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Categories:
holy man, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
The Holy Man
He knew the Holy Books
He was a Holy Man
He spent his Holy Time
Roaming o'er the Land
He visited the sick in hospitals
Brought comfort to those in jails
Gave one and all a blessing
To tip the Heavenly Scales
He utilized every second
He never
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Categories:
holy man, cry, god, inspiration, journey,
Form: Narrative
Holy Man
Holy Man
What causes the sound of
a crude sewing machine?
Its needle in contact
with its teeth or the
pedal or its wheel? A
tailor once said to me
that God listens to us
by wearing one of His: a
robe of piety, a sandal
of
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Categories:
holy man, wisdom,
Form: Ballad
The Holy Man
There was a cryptic message
about a demise at the roof top
of a tree.
Blue sky would whip it up to a cock
on an ornate cloud of an ego
for a free fall from the moon.
Give leverage to the silence of a cudgel
to uproot the bristle from a face
of a fear; there was an ominous warning.
Ancestors of jar
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Categories:
holy man, adventure, allegory, angst, animals,
Form: I do not know?
The Holy Man
There was a cryptic message
about a demise at the roof top
of a tree.
Blue sky would whip it up to a cock
on an ornate cloud of an ego
for a free fall from the moon.
Give leverage to the silence of a cudgel
to uproot the bristle from a face
of a fear; there was an ominous warning.
Ancestors of jar
...
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Categories:
holy man, adventure, allegory, angst, animals,
Form: I do not know?