“As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul longs after You, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, the living God.
When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
—Psalm 42:1,2—
“If you trap the moment before its ripe
The tears of repentance you’ll certainly wipe…”
—William Blake—
Poems from the notebook
(1793)
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[A NOTE TO THOSE READING ON PHONES:
You get the best page format for poetry by turning your
phone sideways and reading in landscape mode.]
Basic Pastoral Poetry:
Nature speaks truly in the court of Time,
with silent method, reason, and rhyme.
Some see brutal struggle and accident,
while others see symphonious intent.
Waving on ancient hills are ripe gold oats,
sniffed and eaten by wild wondering goats,
chased by lions, eaten among agates;
then the lion rots, eaten by maggots.
The aged deer finds a stream in which to die,
whose body feeds fish which man hooks to fry.
But few are accepted, most rejected.
In this a divine fact is reflected.
Christ once stood on the sea of Galilee,
and called out to many, “Come, follow Me
and I’ll make you fishers of men.” He calls
now, even now, to homosexuals!
He says, “Transcend yourself!
The kingdom’s now!”
He calls the prodigal beside the sow.
Though fallen Nature is sadly forlorn,
endless fruit will blossom from His crown’s thorn.
“Return to Me!” Yah begs Proud scavengers
feeding on death at night, for avengers
are ordained to hunt every lycanthrope!
Hear me! All you who still feel pain can hope!
By sin, the chord of Nature’s perfect bliss
has been suspended. But it groans to kiss
the Cosmic resolution of the end,
so follow the Conductor my dear friend.
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“But if once you let the ripe moment go
You can never wipe off the tears of woe.“
—William Blake—
ibid.
1 Corinthians 1:25
The foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
David Duke [not an endorsement]:
From this vantage point the world and even Nature herself appear serene. Yet, when I look closely at the scenic beauty of Nature, I can see conflict and war that far eclipses even the worst turmoil found in mankind…. Here on this mountain a never-ending struggle rages of element against element and species against species…. Indeed, in time this great mountain will eventually succumb to even the tiniest rivulets of water and the other erosions of Nature…. Most people see the seemingly serene vistas of Nature and never guess the war that rages underneath its aesthetic canopy. There are also those who are unaware of the racial and ethnic wars boiling both on and under the surface of humanity.Jewish Supremacism: My Awakening On The Jewish Question (2002)
1 Corinthians 1:21
Since, according to God’s wisdom, the world did not know Him through its own wisdom, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 1:23
…but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
1 Corinthians 1:27
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
NEW PURITAN 