Short Shibboleth Poems

defying death
  shibboleth
denied breath...

no more tingling
brothers ringling
  no coins jingling 

baraboo
now bare of 
  cheers too!...

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Jephthah the judge,from Gilead he came,
With this difficult word found long-lasting fame-
For those upon the losing side
He devised a cunning plan,
Asking of his enemy,to pronounce it if they can

Note Full story -Judges 12:6...

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Is hades your sheol,
Quietus' staging post,
A chasm to separate
Paradise from hell-

Will you await alongside the lake,
Resurrection's second death-
Or be named in the book of life,
A Christian shibboleth.


Full story@ Luke 16:19-31 & Rev 20...

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INTERLUDE 

When a short break is considered apposite
It could be to inhale and just take a breath
But no silence for too long, so keep it tight
As to walk away would be a kind of death
Aware when resumption staggers into sight
Music rules, dispelling any shibboleth
Treat it as an infill with relaxation
Applied with firm intent, not hesitation...

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Listen to poem:

Shibboleth for the Living
David J Walker

This Spring is for you
And for those who

 will know
For the first time 

what Spring means
The first sweet gasp of breath 

That some will know
and some will death

A shibboleth 
for the living 

I am thinking of moving 
to Holly Wood where

Everyone is dying
 and leaving a

legacy of  
short-lived hypocrisy...

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Oh, such amorous flamenco
A bailaora who whirls  fervidly
Nascent paltriness, a winged coo
Unruffled yet sways seamlessly

To grasp is to grin and bear it
To ace is quite an arduous drill
To master is to act with grit 
And delectate the peachy whirl

One oblique pennant of breath
Suchlike to humane multitude
Defiance from old  shibboleth
A vagueness of life’s certitude

09.23.17...

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