Category: Poetry

Inconvienent Highways

And it came to pass in those days, 
that there went out a decree 
from Caesar Augustus,
that all the world 
should be taxed. 
Luke 2:1 KJV


The Government ordered all to be taxed

All

And so Mary and Joseph

Went
(obeyed)

His unlikely provision for our noel need 

He orchestrated 

The
Long 
Difficult
Arduous 
Unpleasant 
Inconvenient 
Uncomfortable

Trip



Their not sought for road 
Was/is

THE 

Highway of grace 

For us 

Their posture of obedience
Blessed the whole world

The

Whole

World


(What if they said no 
I won’t go 
The government can't tell me what to do 
I protest
I must protect
My rights
My freedoms
Horns blaring
Placards waving
What if)

I want to be on every inconvenient highway for grace you have for me Poppa

Every

One
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If

If I let You 

Order the day
Order my mind
Order my soul

Things go 

Better
Smoother
Easier

My heart doesn’t pound so
My mouth doesn’t snap so
My mind doesn't race so

As Eugene Petersen rendered so wonderfully well

I walk in the 

Unforced rhythms of grace1


Who wouldn’t want this Poppa

Who








1. Matthew 11: 20 - 30 The Message

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Back

Seminary papers have 
been happily consuming 
my writing energy
these past several weeks

Getting back at it now:)
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Tangled

Life

Meanders along just fine and

Unravels in a moment
(a second is all it takes to make a total mess)

Right?

Then begins the 

Untangling

Unraveling the


Slow

Tedious

Painstaking

Courageous

Work 

To become

Whole 
(ish)

Again
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Gargantuan

Tears tremble
Threaten to spill
At every remembrance

Of 

An old grief 
Yet gargantuan
(I should be over this by now)

I’m tired

Embarrassed
Overwhelmed 
Afraid
Ashamed

What if I start crying
Will I ever stop
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Coyote

Twice now
I’ve seen you
Standing stopped still

We interrupted 
(twice)
Lucy and I
Your morning and evening wanderings

Scourge to some you appear to me majestic
Your coat now thick and grown healthy with good hunting

You paused

As did I

We sized each other up

Considered

And then went our separate ways

You to your world

I to mine
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03.09.18

The day you left
The world
(my world)
Was torn asunder
And heaven
(my heaven)
Was made whole

See you soon dearheart
See you soon

Cause

(with the Lord a day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like a day)

Hurray
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Strange

Geese now flocking
But strange 
I find them
Sheltering under 
Unlikely trees
The water now too warm for their liking and 
At odds with
Ancient instincts



What have we done
What have we done
What have we done
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Whelmed

whelm

verb: engulf, submerge, or bury (someone or something).

noun: an act or instance of flowing or heaping up abundantly; a surge.

Over
Whelmed by this
Under 
Whelmed by that
Over 
Whelmed by this
Under 
Whelmed by that
Over
Whelmed by this
Under 
Whelmed by that

I pray 
(in its stead)

Peace under you
Peace over you
Peace around you
Peace throughout you
Peace through you
Peace in you
Peace

Breath them all in
God 
Jesus 
Spirit
They’re there for the asking
(they are)

Peace be unto you
Peace
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Poddle

Poddle
verb
To walk with slow, short, or unsteady steps; 
to proceed in a dawdling or uncoordinated manner



I might as well get comfortable 
With poddling through the day 
As poddling and dawdling 
Are more appropriate for my age

No longer 
Slick and sleek

But really rather slow
 
Meandering and
 Measured and 
Wobbly as I go

Oh
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