Twelve men in the beginning
reporting unto God
Ten Commandments to proclaim…
devotional synod
Sacred by their nature born
each man immortal bound
Divinity in every word
salvations thorny crown
Choices come and choices go
judgment waits beyond
The weight incumbent, buried deep
embedded in a psalm
Nine will cloister, locked in place
the future theirs to choose
Decisions based on marble text
—Noah’s Ark in view
(Villanova University: June, 2022)
Categories:
synod, god, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
Don't vex your ex
When love from grace falls
Cos Semtex
Strikes love walls
Once so mighty, so sprightly
Stood proud to defeat any cumulus cloud
Which off balance slightly
Couldn't speak or spell aloud
In defence of the right
Love from her heart demanded
In a grip so tight
In a loud voice commanded
From Ben and Betty
As they strove hard
Despite little cash in the kitty
Covered in lard
As love began to dwindle on the spindle
That fastened the love Ben and Betty felt
For each other which a swindle
Jealousy dared to melt
As Ben 's heart stolen
From him in escapades on a grenade
Fallen
From Hades began to degrade
The love that shone
Throughout a dark period
Blown and torn
In a sentiment synod
Ben told
Betty not to vex
To withhold
Opportunities machismo muscles never again to flex
Or else to him love vowed never to return
Whether Ben laughed or cried
Until Ben made up his mind to burn
Ubris is love to him Cupid supplied.
Categories:
synod, poems,
Form: Free verse