Short Herod Poems

       

         the ends justify the means
     it is not in Machiavelli's The Prince
       but it appears in Ovideo's Herod...

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King Herod was such a big dummy
For armies must march on their tummy
Why would he crucify
A "FREE FOOD & WINE" guy
Who could make Army chow quite yummy?...

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Salome just loved gingerbread
But Herod misheard what she said
Who wants a dead head
To bounce in their bed?
So she dashed to the John instead


*Title inspired by Special Character, Ilene Bauer...

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Three wise men
Were not kings
But Herod-sent

Three musketeers
Were four, not three
But one for all
And all for one

Blyton’s famous five
Including the dog
Had kids’ adventures
That were popular
All good in the end
...

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The wise men came to WORSHIP him.
They worshipped and GAVE to him.

The shepherds came to SEE him.
They saw him and REPORTED what they saw.

Herod attempted to KILL him.
He FAILED in his attempt.

120322PSCrest, Bite Size Poem no56. Line Gauthier...

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Az Salome's dance
          front
         Herod
           she
With hern mitts up
        sinuous
   with seductive
      Hern firm
      Petitioned
         mine 


    I breathed in
         Deep

        Shook
 
         then 
       bid her
       shalom...

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He is loved by the class
his words emit holy fire
of inspiration and hope
but he is a silent rodent
that eats the roots of life
of the innocents he has
king Herod of ancient
but a weird one of today
determined not to kill
but eat the chickens slowly
and their mothers as well...

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Not Damascus road but the burning bush
Or where the ships for Tarshish dock
Find me swaddled in the bulrush deep
With neither rod nor sight I shall hide
Only where you cleft your side for me
And as your witness pursue hell's Herod
Beyond my brimming wilderness, for I
To your service pledge my life in praise...

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as the plane descended
I saw a bit of hell alive
where Christ passed first
before ascending to heaven
I closed my eyes quickly
I wept and kicked dust
my ears blocked rapidly
true I had descended into hell
80 years I recorded its video
but to whom shall I replay it?
everyone has it, with one in denial
King Herod!...

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Trump is a president
Who likes to speak his mind
His thoughts are rather jumbled
And his words are never kind

He reminds us of King Herod
Who never could divine
Why Jesus should be crucified
For making water wine

And so Trump's power crumbles
Like Sodom and Sadam
A fading star of Ego
Where no one gives a damn!...

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When the star was seen high overhead
Both the wise and the low there were led
But the wise men detoured
And with Herod demurred
So they took the long way back instead

But the low ones went straight to the place
And there gazing upon his bright face
Having felt quite a stir
Strong aroma of myrrh
They were shepherded home in his grace...

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who, US?
by Michael R. Burch

jesus was born
a palestinian child
where there’s no Room
for the meek and the mild

... and in bethlehem still
to this day, lambs are born
to cries of “no Room!”
and Puritanical scorn ...

under Herod, Trump, Bibi
their fates are the same —
the slouching Beast mauls them
and WE have no shame:

“who’s to blame?”...

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In the river Jordan
you baptized the people,
some were brood of vipers:
pharisees, sadducees -

hey sanna hosanna,
king Herod you opposed.
You were his prisoner -
his servants cut your head.

In spirit you survived,
bashing black pharisees
even in red cassocks.
White cassock will not save

the one with black soul
and be it the vengeance,
hey sanna hosanna -
just punishment of God....

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EPIPHANY - Acrostic

They came from the East, the three wise men, 
Following a star that Prophesied a King,
A Shepherd of Israel Immanuel his name, in a
Stable in Bethlehem Precious gifts and adoration.
'I'd like to worship!', Herod declared.
Until in a dream the Astrologers were warned.
God’s gift of love for New Year, as foretold,
is Christ the heart of Yuletide and light of the world.

by Jean McLoughlin...

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He came down on earth
through a miraculous birth.

All He talked about was Love,
even to souls we don't fave.

Many people were healed,
and empty souls filled.

His parents had a hard time with Herod,
who didn't know He is the Son of God.

When He returned from Egypt,
Man's fate changed its script.

He was crucified on the cross
to cleanse us our flaws.

The Son of God died
so that we could be freed....

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OH JESUS CAME IN SWADDLING CLOTHES
KING HEROD NOR 
THE REST OF HIS COULD'VE 
UNDERSTOOD OR COULD HAVE KNOWN 
THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE RISEN AGAIN 
FROM HELL'S DEATH SWORD
OH SWADDLING CLOTHES LITTLE DID WE KNOW 
THAT GOD WOULD SEND HIS SON JESUS 
TO SAVE HIS SINFUL WORLD
ACCORDING TO GLORY
WE RECEIVE HIS RICHES TODAY
THE RICHES OF THIS NEW BORN BABY
BORN THE VIRGINI MARY
OH NOT HAVING ON
A PAIR OF JORDANS 
BUT WRAP IN SWADDLING CLOTHES?...

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When Jesus was born in Bethlehem,
in the days of Herod the king.
Behold there came three wise men,
from the east with great gifts to bring.

The star the wise men followed,
from the east so brightly had shown.
To a stable these wise men it guided,
finally resting above God's very own.

On this night, crisp and cold, in a manger,
the Christ child lay asleep in the hay.
With this wondrous event this gift of life,
God, provided for man's sin today....

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His glorious throne He left
for this unruly world of theft
A great sacrifice He offered
for the world He suffered
Into this world He was born
The sewage of sin He had to burn
Gifts they brought
His life Herod sought
The erudites swore
Crown of thorns He wore
Oh!
He died then, though alive
Halleluiah!
He's resurrected, yes He has
The precious lamb of God has
risen to life
Three days in the grave, yet back
to life
The power of death He has
thrown into the eternal sack
The sacrificial lamb...

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