Friday, October 16, 2020

The Poet/Poem's Charge


An unexpected day off means unexpected extra-poem time! 
Between more mundane mandates, of course 😀





But writing poetry is far more than easy, breezy rhyme time!!


The poet’s task 
Pours from a flask 
That holds a large 
Charter of Trust 
Thus, if we drink 
This sacred ink 
We bear a charge 
Most serious 

For poetry 
It seems to me 
Is more than mere 
Rhythm and rhyme 
It is the ilk 
Of malt and milk 
Poured through the sphere 
Of thought and time 

…for beck and call 
Of madrigal 
is more than paint 
With verbal laud 
A poem is 
A kind of kiss 
To reacquaint 
The heart with God 

© Janet Martin 

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] 
all in the name of the Lord Jesus, 
giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, 
do all to the glory of God.

 - 
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: 
in doctrine [shewing] uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,



love this song and this version!

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