July 7th Benevolence
Spies Flawed Sight in Tammuz,
Yiddens’ Tragic Hearing in Av,
Shemiras Einayim, impropriety removes,
3 Middos did Avraham have,
Good Eye, Humble Spirit & Generous Neshama,
Their counter moves:
Ayin Rah from a blind Lev,
Arrogant Spirit, Ala denial of Truth,
Greedy Neshama follow ingratitude does!
Yet thinking your answers give birth,
To the Emes, yields “Gaivahdik” shallows,
Better to grope! … say, “I don’t know!”,
20/20 can be an illusion,
Attending focus is by Anavah,
5 Tammuz 5771 was my stroke intrusion,
Closing my outer eyes is how,
My inner eye yields “Ruchnius” Fusion!
Echad = 13, Unison,
It’s the 13th Anniversary!
Categories:
tammuz, anniversary, giving, heart, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
Tammuz is mythical God of springtime plants.
Garden vegetables praises you in rants.
God of the flower,
God of most power.
Makes most pleasant Babylonian chants.
Categories:
tammuz, literature,
Form: Limerick
When I think on the hearts of men
And man’s worship of creation;
The glory of the immortal God
Exchanged for nature’s animation.
Such foolish hearts so darkened
In pretense of wisdom fair.
It surely amazes me how long
This type of worship God will bear.
From before the time of Tammuz
Reincarnation had its immortality.
Eagles, lions and man’s image
Have been worshipped in man’s creativity.
The God of all creation
Hasn’t taken a redeeming place,
But rather God’s creation—
Man still worships face to face.
Man is left without excuses
For God’s invisible qualities
Have been forever on display,
Amongst man’s pantheistic antiquities.
But is man now obedient?
Left his pantheism behind?
Never, no never—
For his disobedience remains blind
God created for man’s pleasure
And to sustain his soul,
But man heralded creation
As his worship goal.
Not heeding God’s judgment
Given over to lusts and impurity;
Foolish hearts remain darkened
By pantheism’s obscurity.
Copyright © 2009-2012 Maureen LeFanue
Categories:
tammuz, nature, religion, god, god,
Form: Rhyme
Over the lowered wings of angels
Ezekiel saw the sapphire throne;
Christ appearing like a man—
Through a rainbow radiant crown.
In the presence of such glory,
He fell face down.
“Son of man to your feet, he heard.”
In the Spirit he was found.
Ezekiel was to go to the Israelites;
a very rebellious nation.
He saw a hand holding a scroll,
Bound with lament and woe in portion.
He was told to eat the scroll;
It tasted very sweet.
Ezekiel was to prophesy,
but his words, Israel failed to greet.
Ezekiel’s message—
Was one of sword, famine and plague.
From the sapphire throne—
Not one detail was vague.
Idolatry in the temple—
such desecration.
How dare they mourn for Tammuz—
This rebellious, favored nation.
The cherubims’ wheels departed;
Whirling as they went.
Fire came from these wheels,
to tell of disaster sent.
The four creatures’ faces vanished;
The Lord’s glory departed.
The sapphire throne, no more to be seen;
Israel’s future prophesied and seated.
Featured in my book No. 1, "Poetry To Touch the Heart & Soul"
Copyright 2011 Maureen LeFanue
Categories:
tammuz, religion,
Form: Ballad