Clearly Written In Sky
...--- but as if patiently waiting
to be translated back into Earth again --- :
inscribed timeworn standing stone stelae
--- things in themselves ---
as if half-expecting that at any moment ...
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Categories:
stelae, faith, hope, humanity, image,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Semien Kingdom
...the Semienite kings erected stelae
to the kingdom of the wrestling with God;
Ethiopian hinterlands ruled with the iron fist of Judea,
the flag of Magen David swaying in Abyssinian winds.
Judit...
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Categories:
stelae, god, history,
Form: Free verse
At the Golden Dawn of Understanding Potd
...It was late in gorgeous springtime, and I was teaching my class,
A lesson in African history, and the events of time's hourglass.
My fourth graders were very attentive, as I recounted the glory,
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Categories:
stelae, africa, christian, education, history,
Form: Couplet
Stelae 7:30 Am
...True,
they have seen more
than their age.
But in the hazy,
half morning
field of “stelae”,
we, somnambulant
observers,
select our optimal view
between the pages of the Talmud.
Coded,
In...
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Categories:
stelae, places
Form: Narrative