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The Dread Virus Roberts

Since no one appears to be racing,
Not Giants, nor princesses hast'ning,
The myst'ry remains that we're facing:
Who catches the Dread Virus Roberts?

Inigo Montoya makes threatenings,
His enemies fear greater reckonings;
Like pirates in masks who are menacing,
We mask from the Dread Virus Roberts!

Good-natured Sicilians may poison,
And Buttercup's eyes may yet moisten,
While some doubt the problem is noisome,
The rest fear the Dread Virus Roberts.

Once shut in with naught to

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Musings on Selected Passages

On Matthew 7

Walking the walk
House on the rock
Walking astray
House blown away
"Everyone then who hears these words of mine
and does them will be like a wise man who
built his house on the rock." Matthew 7:24

On Mark 8:25

Jesus opened up those blind eyes
so the man could see things clearly.
Peter's darkened understanding
also felt the touch of Jesus
and he finally acknowledged
"You're the Christ," -- he saw it clearly! 
"But who do you say

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Occasional Poems for the Lovely Isobel

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A quiet evening by the seaside,
quite an evening by your side.
We hear the roaring waves, yet we don't
fear them -- we have all we want.
The sun retreats, a second ticks, and
One counts sixty years and six.
The route to wisdom, hair of silver,
roots in love and grows in her.

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A long happy day,
a stroll by the tide
along Heron Way
with me by your side.
A nest in the West
when you're sixty five.
A good time to rest,
a good place to thrive.

62
Just when you finally

A Miscellany of Verse
 

 
On The Ten Commandments
The first commandment clearly sets the pace:
When God is first the rest will fall in place.
Since there is only One whom we adore,
Before no idol bow down anymore.
Our heav'nly Father -- he of holy name --
Commands our words and deeds will speak his fame.
Six days God worked and then he took his rest;
When we pause once a week it's for our best.
Obey your parents' voice when you are small
And care for them