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Short Sacristy Poems

Short Sacristy Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Sacristy by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Sacristy by length and keyword.


To Saint Jude
The square root of an Epiphany
—is hope

(Villanova Sacristy: March, 2021)...

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Categories: sacristy, hope,
Form: Free verse



Right After the Bell
The Baltimore Catechism,
mornings at eight
Sister Marcella,
don’t ever be late

Its message didactic,
the devil to run
Each question, each answer,
with God zero-sum

Who and what made me,
and why every day
Resistance was futile,
dissent not displayed

An altar boy’s memories,
his sacristy torn
Still missing the process
—where freedom was born

(Saint Thomas of Villanova Chapel: December, 2021)...

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Categories: sacristy, faith,
Form: Rhyme
I would like to again
We climbed into the church, which hangs behind the village on the edge of a ravine/quarry and a meadow with frozen alfalfa.
It opens its mouth at us with every incoming twilight.
Door like when the Helper swaps part of the cheeks and stretches the cheeks to the eyes, grin from Codex Gigas.
We admire the naked little girls and the drooping pygmies of the statues hidden in the drawer of the table left in the sacristy....

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Categories: sacristy, allusion, celebration,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things