ABBEY PSALM

ABBEY PSALM

The use of space to mystify –
The tool of time to test –
The asymmetric corridors
The evening sun invest.

Like Gaelic Christianity
In primitive Ione –
Illumination’s handiwork
In Capitals of stone.

(20 June 2010, Limerick Ireland)

CHART PSALM

CHART PSALM

When North is East, and West is South –
When Up is Left, and Right is Down –
When curved geography is flat –
When Far is This, and Near is That –
At distance These, and Those are close –
When In is strange; and Out is home –
When Death is Breath, and Life is Pause –
Then Word is Thought; then Truth is clause.

(10 July 2010, London England)

FASTING PSALM

FASTING PSALM

Was spilt for me – most precious Blood –
Was torn for me – most gracious Son –
His Body kneaded into Flesh –
No Sip of Water to Refresh –
My being takes His Spirit’s Hand –
So real a Child can comprehend.

(4 July 2010, London England)

INTAGLIO PSALM

INTAGLIO PSALM (Ether 12:27)

Selfishness is evident
When circumstance is new –
Mirror can distort a face –
But countenance is true.

Selflessness is secretive –
An image may deceive –
A weakness may conceal a strength
That Godliness conceive.

(17 July 2010, London England)

SMITERS PSALM

SMITERS PSALM

One can feel the disapproval
As subtle as a stare –
But time nor place do not allow
The Luxury to care.

One can sense the cool resentment
As silent as a glare
But cannot change the temperament
Of those who shun repair.

An offering of Olive Branch
Intended to defuse
Can instigate ungrateful wrath
If enemies refuse.

The Prince of Please would not impose
An Amnesty by force –
The Bridegroom of the Armistice
Endured the cruel Divorce.

(19 July 2010, London, England)

MARKET SONG

MARKET SONG

I frame my eyes with rosy Hearts –
My glance with Valentines –
Protection from the Glazing-Sun –
My Portobelle Designs.

The whimsy of a childlike Joy –
A view of hidden Glee –
This Light indulgence in my style –
A Pink Accessory.

(19 July 2010, London, England, Portobello Street)

OFFERING PSALM

OFFERING PSALM

Here – the Broken charity –
Here – the Contrite boon –
Here – the blundered Recompense –
Here – the minored Tune –

While the perfect Failure smiles –
While Pretensions thrive –
While the hypocritic Boast
Bargains to survive –

All He bids for Sacrifice:
Taking off the Masks –
Humble deeds and meek regrets –
This is all He asks?

Dare we try to hide ourselves –
Shamed by grime and greed –
Then Perfection’s Future Tense
Meets our Present need.

(20 July 2010, London England)

FRATERNITIE PSALM

FRATERNITIE PSALM

Forgiveness is a letting go –
A setting – free of stains –
A springing breeze grants Terror’s court
A Libertie from pains.

Inequite incarcerates –
But Mercy steels the Key –
The Resurrection’s Gothic arch
Rebukes Conciergerie.

What seemed to be significant –
Inconsequent as Pride –
His Pardon is the only room
Where Freedom can abide.

(22 July 2010, Paris, France)

WATCH PSALM

WATCH PSALM

The little Clock
That has a Tock
Keeps Ticking in my Mind.
It has to Talk
Because a Cog
Keeps chiming when I Wind.

The tiny Bell
That has a Knell
Keeps Pealing in my Brain.
It has to Tell
Because the Tale
Keeps timing into Braille.

(13 July 2010, London, England)

DEEP BEAUTY PSALM

DEEP BEAUTY PSALM

I was born to be a Queen –
Elect – Of noble birth –
Beauty’s secret heroine –
Tale of trial and mirth.

Once upon a time the Test –
Challenge, grief, and laughter –
Blessings following the Quest –
Happy Ever After.

(27 March 2010, Provo, Utah)