POETICS PSALM
Our language has a trim ballet –
It has a pirouette –
A down plié – a revelé –
A tapping castenette.
Our language has a chapel quire –
It has a minstrel loft –
An evensong both short and long –
A hymn both loud and soft.
Our language has a music box –
A time that moves around –
An etiquette delirious –
A circular resound.
(30 September 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
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SHEWBREAD PSALM
SHEWBREAD PSALM (for James E. Talmadge)
“He was greater than the temple” –
Truer than the ritual –
More than counting steps for Sabbath –
He was Lord – Immanuel –
“God with us” – Anointed Maker –
Purer than the kosher Lamb –
More eternal than the altar –
He was Present – firm I-AM.
(30 September 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
“He was greater than the temple” –
Truer than the ritual –
More than counting steps for Sabbath –
He was Lord – Immanuel –
“God with us” – Anointed Maker –
Purer than the kosher Lamb –
More eternal than the altar –
He was Present – firm I-AM.
(30 September 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
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