Short Impute Poems

By Christ’s imputed righteousness*
I’m adopted with God’s holiness.

*Romans 4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

July 28, 2019...

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We impute to the animal kingdom
    human thoughts and emotions
  My kitty licks herself, so I assume
    she's a cleanliness bug

  Yet when a big kitty, like a tiger
    is eyeing me to eat
  I presume that she's starving
    when I'm just a real taste treat...

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May the beneficent and infinitely omnipotent
Name of Jesus Christ the Son of God
Eternally impute blessings lofty and  abundant
Upon the blessed memory and legacy so bold,
Of my beloved dad, revered and eminent,
Reverend Samson  Singi who when seventy years old
Was called to be with his Master still humble and repentant!...

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Promises 






Your promises that I had all trust in
lay quiet as logs of unbreathing woods,
Till wantings of my soul rose as fierce storms
to impute life into the forgotten,
Today you walk with me in moonlit night
as longings lay absolutely tranquil.






Written May 27th, 2016
In Iambic pentameter
For contest by John Lawless...

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The poet strings his words on feet,
While the songster sets his to the beat.
Are they similar or the same?
Are they different in more than name?
The singular of feet is foot.
A boot is where our feet are put.
The singular of beats is beat, 
But that’s not where we put our feet.
And so it is, without dispute, 
A beat to a foot we can’t impute.
An accent can’t go on a boot -
Except with accordion or flute.
Instead, the accent’s on the beat,
And that is also true with feet....

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