Short Parishioners Poems
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The homily
At the church entrance
Beggars line up when the sermon is over
The parishioners in the warm feeling of faith
Give beggars coins.
God’s work be done.
The cripple gets up and leave
An ancient tone-deaf vicar named Fred
His parishioners he loved to wed
When he starts to sing
The bells they would ring…
For his voice would awaken the dead!
Jan Allison
7th April 2016
Masquerading in a church full of dreams,
all parishioners in their pews
The preacher straightens his mask and starts,
a sermon old renewed
Hellfire and brimstone come roaring out,
words to torch and burn
His face staying hidden as the nightmare unfolds
—the congregation’s dreams left spurned
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)
I accidentally let one loose
Sipping the communion juice
The priest looked down
With a disapproving frown
Some parishioners gasped
Mothers, their babies clasped
The sexton's voice rasped:
Via the air displaced
We are all disgraced
The Lord's name debased ...
That would've been the end
But then I did it again ...
A little louder this time
~ To highlight the rhyme
Jesus loves the young people in Zambia.
His message they should hear.
A mission to this country?
This far less to fear.
Roanoke, Zambia news anchors aren't shot
I don't believe there is such a place
Charleston Zambia churches aren't attacked
And parishioners aren't laid to waste.
The children of Zambia need lessons.
From God almighty word
The time is now the land is ripe
The gospel to be heard
In Boca Raton, the Catholics go
to church,
and leave,
before the host has barely
touched their lips.
Why
are the parishioners
in such a rush
to get to the parking lot?
The priest crosses himself;
too many are already
crossing the threshold
of the church grounds,
waving goodbye
to a restful Sunday,
heading for trouble
with a sanctimonious grin.
Hope they stop
to look within.
My observation: stunned!!!!!!!!!
SOROBON BEACH
Hallelujahs rise above Sorobon sand,
knees dip in crystal clear waters. Sea grass
like instrumental chords, darken the turquoise hue.
Windswept choral psalm of windsurfers ~ rise and fall.
Resound! Resound! The pleasant panorama
of parishioners, positioned in the shallow pews.
Arise! Arise as seagulls glide, wings stretched wide,
cloaked in Christian white, soaking in the Caribbean light.
1/10/2018
Tumultuous tale told and taught throughout time
Chiding cheers and chants and church bells chime
Parishioners of pastors who've past their prime
Claims of cunning conquers and cryptic crime
Daunt deeds to deviants dying for a nickel and dime
Grieve for the gains gone-by who grovel in grime
Sent forth by a sovereign who sought sublime
Messengers now muted no more than mime
Rue the revered who suit to rewrite the rhyme
Cast off couriers contrary to who create the crime