Long Bethany Poems

>center>Jaime was such a lonely boy and this he couldn't understand?
                    He didn't possess one harmful...

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Jesus was beginning His Jerusalem trip
now getting close to Bethphage village
He sent two disciples ahead to go there
giving them instructions for this early stage

They would find a colt tied never been ridden
untie it and bring...

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Through the breeze 
that blows in time,
the precious weave
in leaves of thyme


——–


Arriving in nowhere
getting up to her knees,
and saw for herself
a wonder of peace


A woman of beauty
that shimmered all time,
the radiance of stature
glowed from the...

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WAVE DANCER

In
the 
stillness
the sun smiles 
spanning wide her
golden yellow teeth
blowing wind is shadow quiet
she is waiting     waiting   waiting....
Waiting and feeling..

slowly the stillness trembles!
It is disturbed...
little waves begin to creep...

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The Resurrection of Lazarus

The Saviour arrived in Bethany east of Jerusalem,
Four days late to save Lazarus from dying;
To be met by bereavers gathered and following.
And Jesus saith unto Martha (the sister of Mary
And brother of...

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Bethany swum for Ireland in London’s Paras, 
Her teacher dad used to be a church minister, 
She enjoys the Christian Fellowship Church, 
And raises her hands to praise god after races. 

She has an intellectual...

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I’m facing a challenge and I’m taking bets
That I can remember the names of my pets

There’s Tommy and Jonnie and Sally and Barry
The one over there I believe might be Harry
Tiddles and Wriggles and Bruno...

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Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon
When a woman with an alabaster flask in evidence
Would anoint Jesus with ointment as expensive as diamonds
Making the disciples incensed with the extravagance

Jesus’ disciples claimed this should...

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May a star be-speckled sky
be the road that lights your way, 
as a comet’s tail protects you 
and surrounds you everyday


may the moons of ages past 
cast a brilliance on your life
may motherearth hold the...

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My friend
Lazarus of Bollongre died
In an accident.

He shook it more than twice
When he peed on the fence of Nehru park,
And it cost him his life when a truck
Rammed him from behind.

All of us,
His bereaved friends,...

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Beach Blanket Bingo (The Fab Five)

B etty Lou, beautiful Katherine, and
E leanor, Nellie Sue and Bethany
A ll playing Bingo, on blankets in sand,
C hatted away, happy girls by the sea,
H eaven-sent sun beaming high in...

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I had this best friend you see
she was always there for me.
She went away, there were sad goodbyes
then she came back with a strangers eyes.
Time had changed her when she ran away
I miss her so,...

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Emily Dickinson: Drove He Knew Haste

It was like a day like no other,
a day like so many before this,
college bell rang like a high school bell,
a bell like so many that bother.

Cornelius a friend, Bethany,
his...

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Lost in the divine languor of deaths sleep
Somewhere distant he heard the call of his name…

Barely sensing the avidity of life’s gift
Recalling the auger of the messiahs promise…

He rebuked the plea under the swathe of...

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I wish my dear aunt had lived long enough
To see the fine lady I have become
She took her life; life must have been tough
The pain was too great; her feelings were numb

I wish my dear...

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Death - the still air stagnant with his death 
I see the lady, shattered on the floor, no breath. 

Dare I touch her, reach out? I can’t - I do, 
Cold eyes, a blank stare,...

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In Bethany, a truly tragic tale unfurled
When Martha and Mary, lost their whole world.
For their brother Lazarus, so warmly dear-heart-ed,
Fell ill and died, leaving all hope lost and departed.

When news arrived of Lazarus' plight,
Jesus set...

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Invisible though you may be, I see
That look of ever yearning in your eyes
Your voice in utter silence calling me
Your presence always lurking at my side

Resisting you with every breath I take
Defying what I know...

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Butterflies and flowers danced
     to the happy humming of the breeze;

Even the bumblebee, busy as can be,
     bounced around so beautifully

To the merry-making, swaying green
  ...

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A blessed evening by sin unspoiled,
Cleansed by blood not by sin tarnished
Upon the accursed tree of Calvary,
Shed by one by his own people banished.

I'm grateful for the Blessed Nativity
At the cowshed of Bethlehem,
And for the...

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A blessed evening by sin unspoiled,
Cleansed by blood not by sin tarnished
Upon the accursed tree of Calvary,
Shed by one by his own people banished.

I'm grateful for the Blessed Nativity
At the cowshed of Bethehelem,
And for the...

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