Christian Sheep Poems

The Great Shepherd

Keep me Lord, on the path you made
Keep my feet from stumbling
Take me Lord, through the narrow way
And I will follow humbly. 
For...

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“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want…”*
Such is true to me, His sheep triumphant.

As ewe led to pasture for great nurture
I feast on...

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Jesus speaks here of a door
that was only open to His sheep
for the shepherd leads them
Jesus said I'm the door of my sheep

This good shepherd...

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Various Heresies 11



The beauty of the flower fades,
its petals wither to charades...
—Michael R. Burch



the U-turn poem
by michael r. burch

Life so defaulty,
Life so unfair,
why do wee...

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Let your ears hear, you are safe and sound 
From Yaldabaoth crowned 
Barbelo protects you all-around 
You are safe and sound 

Rest with the white...

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Our current political identity
is not exclusively red conservative
or blue liberal atheist/humanist

We are also
pissed off sheep
who have gone astray
of richly green domesticated economies,
instead red enslaved,
blue judiciously...

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All the wondering places
My mind could go, it wonders today
Over into many dividing valleys
Where the flock of sheep go stray
seeking a shepherd to guide their...

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The sheep field had been empty for a while
And then one day I saw them from the bus
All lined up on the hilltop by the...

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May I bestow upon you my spirit:
exemplifying meekness purity
championing benevolence-sweetness
verily epitomized by Christ 
Who is “the Lamb of God*.”

Cognizant of the phrase, “sacrificial lamb”
you are...

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I've got Jesus's face on a wallet insert
by Michael R. Burch

for the Religious Right

I've got Jesus's face on a wallet insert
and "Hell is for Queers"...

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The Good Shepherd lost one of his sheep
and searched over the mountain so steep.
   Then when it was found,
   with friends...

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Wild Sheep

Hero of the people I stood tall.
Yet by my wicked hand my flight did stall,
and so shame struck like a musket ball.

Rattled of mind...

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" Lord I woke this moring with the words lost sheep on my mind "

" OH! what do you think it meant? "

" well I...

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