The Hopeless Case
...A mother
left crying
alone in her pew
Begging the Lord
for a miracle
new …
The only thing
he was good at
was being bad
Bus stations
train stations
corn maidens in drag
He came a...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
saint jude, grief, mother, son,
Form: Rhyme
Ghosts
...In a dismal old fashioned cell at our ancestral home,
Wherein coconuts, new and old, heaped like a hillock dome;
Kid-butterflies, we're often asked to pick some for curry,
Finding phantom-forms we...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
saint jude, body, evil, psychological, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
To Saint Jude
...The square root of an Epiphany
—is hope
(Villanova Sacristy: March, 2021)...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
saint jude, hope,
Form: Free verse
Dutiful Discipline Drives Devoted Diligence
...Dutiful discipline drives devoted diligence...
Quotidian dedication describes
das deft dude,
his promising passion
with English language
within recent past dim sum
might notice he brewed
p...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
saint jude, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Political Verse
A Passion For Drowning
...Saint Jude himself couldn't stop
the spinning chariot wheels
of all my lost causes,
but I have this self-help book
that I keep at my elbow;
one day I'll read it.
Occasionally I take a trip
i...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
saint jude, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
Amidst Swirling Eddies of Fate
...Amidst Swirling Eddies Of Fate...
Negligible power prevails
no matter one jock or nerd
feverishly hollars, fumes
decries, berates... absurd
fickle finger (middle phalange
doubling up as
fl...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
saint jude, blue, dad, death, depression,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Saint Jude
...Up before the alarm
again, throat dry,
head full of nails
each tagged with
a recipient soul,
keeping it together.
You've never noticed
the pensive man
eyes on the back
of your he...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
saint jude, life,
Form: Free verse
Saint Jude Thaddeus
...True relative of Jesus and Virgin Mary
St. Judas Thaddeus, a Cousin to Jesus Christ
Aiding mankind
For hopeless and desperate cases
12182011...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
saint jude, education, faith, family, people,
Form: Clerihew