Short Raphael Poems

Urbino's Raphael
died so young big unwell
Son of a painter/poet
who this genius did beget...

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May Angels of healing mercy
May Angels of loving care
Spread their wings around you
And lift you up from all despair...

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Raphael the younget of three
in Renaissance an infant prodigy
Considered an equal to Michelangelo
with many an exhibit solo...

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Jean Auguste Domiique Ingres
a suptreme draughtsman everyone says
An advocate of Raphael
his style never changed truth to tell...

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Arty stuff No 6

That renaissance-ish artist Raphael,
Was sketching while sat in a gale,
A gust took his pad
Which made him quite sad,
As his subject was Jonahs'  great whale!...

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Raphael aka Rafaello Sanzio
was a child prodigy you know
Sadly dying far too young
but his art* never stayed unsung

*https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_a_Cardinal_(Raphael)...

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Raphael well known for his frescos
philosophy therein he did sow
Plato&Aristotle ideas therein lie
in powerful perspectives* to the eye

*https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_of_Athens...

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Close to the Pre-Raphael sect
All proposals to wed,she did reject;
Her fame excels in retrospect-
A spinster,quiet,pious and chaste
Such talents were,not left to waste.



Tribute to Christina Rossetti...

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PRAYER
Prayer before meal
Prayer after meal
Amen
Archangel Raphael
Give us direction to our journey
Protect us from all evil or darkness
May he present our humble petition
To be blessed by Eternal God
Amen...

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St. Raphael the Archangel:
Archangel, St. Raphael please give me/us direction to my/our journey to where we're/I'm heading and protect us from darkness or evil. O Father Christ may he who stands forever praising You at Your throne present my/our humble petitions to be blessed by Eternal God. Through Father Christ our Lord Your Eternal Son. Amen....

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As Michael slay the dragon under God's command
Reni and Palumbo outstretched their hands
As that ancient serpent was finally cast away
Young Jacopo the dyer painted all the day
As the seraph vanquished the devil forever
Raphael began his draught board endeavor 
Finally the mighty spear had met its principal foe
And the brush met the canvas for Giordano...

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Today’s parents creatively name their children names we have no hope of pronouncing
Mee-ah is My-ah and also Mwyah are all three spelled the same way
But pronounced totally differently
And of course, they have all been assigned to the same classroom.
How much sense does that make?
About as much as assigning Ralph, Ralphie and Raphael to the same class.
And yes, they are in there too....

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Unseen like the wind
Angels came by
Leaving on every child’s face
A smile

Called in a crisis
They comfort and guide
Life’s boat gently 
To harbor

Who is like God?
Warrior St Michael
Fought Lucifer's pride
And won

St Raphael gave Tobias
Wealth and a wife
That filled with joy
His life

Angels to shepherds
Came Christmas night
Will they announce to us
Christ second coming?...

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Call on Archangel Michael or Archangel Raphael
If I did not do it, would I be heading toward hell?
I did not try, for did not think they cared about me.
Until I ended up in the colosseum with lions, three.
Help Archangel Michael! Help Raphael! Please save me.
They came in a unit, angels in a loving group of three.
Not to worry, they said. We are here to do what we can.
To show you the way to the promised land…....

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I last-touch
the tiny giggle
of the hand that carelessly lets go
a moment of a horizon-less lifetime.

And she lifts her head
encoppered curly hair
framing the face
that uncle Chagall will want to possess on canvas,
Raphael will woo with the charm of a Reborn man,
Renoir will gently daub in moving light.

I take away the giggle
and delicately arrange a small place
for it to nestle off to sleep
among the most gentle, manly words
I can release from my heart....

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Sign of the Cross
Our Father
3 Hail Mother Marys
1st Luminous Mystery

Our Father
10 Hail Mother Mary's
Glory Be…
2nd Luminous Mystery

Our Father
10 Hail Mother Mary's
Glory Be…
3rd Luminous Mystery

Our Father
10 Hail Mother Mary's
Glory Be…
4th Luminous Mystery

Our Father
10 Hail Mother Mary's
Glory Be…
5th Luminous Mystery

Hail Holy Queen
Prayer to Archangel Raphael
Litany of Blessed  Mother Mary
Litany of Divine Truth

Sign of the Cross...

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Sign of the Cross
Our Father
3 Hail Mother Marys
1st Luminous Mystery

Our Father
10 Hail Mother Mary's
Glory Be…
2nd Luminous Mystery

Our Father
10 Hail Mother Mary's
Glory Be…
3rd Luminous Mystery

Our Father
10 Hail Mother Mary's
Glory Be…
4th Luminous Mystery

Our Father
10 Hail Mother Mary's
Glory Be…
5th Luminous Mystery

Hail Holy Queen
Prayer to Archangel Raphael
Litany of Blessed  Mother Mary
Litany of Divine Truth

Sign of the Cross...

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It's been a while, 
It's taking too long
Instead of waxing away, 
It's getting too strong 

Memories are when I could still hold you 
But far away you are now
Broken is the inner most part,
Feelings becoming too ample to bear

Lonely is my note
Even when the pen is much around,
But of what use is the pen, 
When the ink is far away?

The moonlight keeps glowing 
The air keeps blowing 
The thoughts keep coming 
So does your smile keep haunting. 

©Kporho Raphael Oyeke....

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