Short Esau Poems

Esau birthright was
Sold for a bowl of porridge,
Grasp of conflict pass.
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Such morsel of meat,
Esau sold his true birthright,
Cause the plunder hate....

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Here lies a young gunfighter named Esau
Fast on the trigger but slow on the draw

9-13-18...

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His birthright for a bowl of stew;
He didn’t count the cost.
His hunger got the best of him;
He came, Esau, he lost.
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Esau married a hot Ishmaelite;
To get back at Isaac in spite.
The town is all buzzin’;
He wedded his cousin,
But they say that the kids are alright....

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Isaac was blind
  He couldn't see
That Jacob, not Esau
  His blessing received

Esau had sold his birthright
  For a bowl of bean soup
Some might consider him
  An utter nincompoop

But when you are hungry
  You're too blind to see
That your actions right now
  May affect Eternity...

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Rebecca and Isaac had twins
As different as different could be

A hunter was Esau, a man of the field
A scholar was Jacob, a dweller in tents

The same mother, the same father
the same education, the same home
Yet one stayed put, while the other roamed

The lesson seems clear, for eyes wiling to see 
Environment takes a backseat to heredity...

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When nothing true you world torment
And brother unlike brother contend
To debase your hunger, and no relent
To snatch at grace when all offend
You met him trembling in his wide fear
Submitting all he thought you wanted
And gave him hugs, kisses, and your tear
Who did the birth priesthood supplanted
So let me be constant when met again
With barren thy ridicule, no virtue is vain...

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Teeter-totter , seesaw , up and down all day 
Peter, Paul, and Esau, working hard at play
Penny, Pam, and Patti, swinging as they sing
Hear their lovely voices, ringing as they swing 
Up the ladder climbing, a little boy named Clyde
Has such perfect timing, gliding down the slide
The artist’s name is Brandi, in the box of sand
Her castles’ fame is dandy known through out the land...

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Did I not give you my vote?
Twelve long years you begged for it
Tales of your bravery the elders recite
Truly in you I thought I saw some light
Theirs; like Esau my brothers traded
Moved by you resilience
It is for you this time around
I headed for the village square
Eight hours’ standing
The sun’s scorching
Brothers’ bashing
Was it all in vain?
Are you too there for the gain?
Oh! Not again...

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On a blustery Sunday in May
  an odd little message came my way
on a whispering wind from the west
  in the strangest code it was dressed

Abel, Cain, Jacob, Esau, Samson, Delilah, it said
  Single or married, we're all cut down in the end
Madame Curie, Einstein, Enrico Fermi, Christianity
  Science's gleaming Cross wreathed with rosaries

Once the meaning I grasped, I inhaled to gasp
  when struck dead by Cleopatra Philopater's asp...

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    Esau, a fierce hunter; Jacob a Torah scholar
       Isaac had to make a difficult decision

    To blend Abraham’s kindness with 
       Jacob the scholar or with Esau’s strength… 
           
     Elderly Isaac's tears blinded him at length 
       For he’d made an egregious mistake

     Choosing brute force over scholarship
        His frail body began to shake… *



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      *See Genesis 27:33
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Forced by angry Esau to leave home
  Jacob had no choice, so he ran
To his mother's brother in Haran

The sun set quickly that afternoon
  So Jacob set twelve stones by his head
And lay down to sleep, the ground as his bed

In the morn, twelve stones had turned into one
  Momentarily perplexed and stunned
Jacob sought meaning in what had been done...

Twelve sons would he sire in Haran
  Each one a gem on his own
Together, they'd form a happy home...

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They say in his old age, Isaac was blind
    yet like his father Abraham, unusually kind

  Rebecca, his wife, came from a family evil and cruel
    her brother Laban tried to rob Eliezer of all of his jewels ... 

  Isaac loved his 'hunter-son,' Esau, a chip off Laban's block
    in Esau's brother Jacob, her pure son, Mother Rebecca put her stock -- 

  Foiling Isaac's plan to give his blessing to Esau, one so cruel
    ~ Love that is blind must not be permitted to rule...

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