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The Rooster Crows Twice

Posted in Poems on Jan 5th, 2008

The Rooster Crows Twice
by
John W Frye
 
   
Holy fury like a javelin of lightning
            thrown by the hand of God 
                    strikes the good Shepherd
Hanging on blood-sticky planks 
           raised against blackened skies. 
 
Men, like panicked sheep, scatter
            like broken pieces of clay
                  as the Jar crashes
                      against the wall of death.

Cowards running for cover, seeking the shadows
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Other Christmas Mothers

Posted in Jesus, Poems on Jan 3rd, 2008

The Other Christmas Mothers
by
John W Frye
Whispers in dark shadows,
Mothers gossip, angry at Mary’s son.
Illegitimate from the start, they say,
Grieving for dead sons, their own little ones.
What child is this?! Conceived in sin?
Astrologers travel far to offer gifts.
Herod’s guard swing bloodied swords,
Infants die as wild-eyed mothers scream.
What child is this?!
Whose child is this?!
Mary’s boy, alive little [...]

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