[237 B]. A Message From A Poem - Scenes From The Gospels - Part 2

[237 B]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - SCENES FROM THE GOSPELS - PART 2

They are here to enjoy! Scenes from the Gospels are very special to me. I love them. They have taken a lot of effort, and many, many months revision to get them as correct as possible with the difficult word limitations. Primarily they are meant more to be read aloud, than read silently as normal poems. They require voice flexibility and expression/intonation/varying speed.

I have placed commas in places where commas don’t normally go but they are there for a distinct short pause. The word before the pause has a more marked emphasis and the first word after the comma is emphasised on the very first syllable. It is like each line is in two short parts. There is inflection and expression in each line. For example –

See him sit, . . . . at Jesus’ feet.

Satan’s power, . . . . met defeat.

In his right mind, . . . . now discreet.

After a while you will feel a balance - I hope! There are twelve of these sections with 5 short scenes in each. The particular incidents are not named here but are done so at the end of my originals, in a table. I don’t think you will have much difficulty identifying them.

They are all written in two stanzas of six lines each with the rhyme scheme: A-A-A-B B-B. The same metre is used throughout: 7-7-7-6-6-7. I trust you will enjoy these and catch something of the excitement of these Gospel incidents.

The incidents written about are both parables and stories of Jesus.

{{Matthew 13:10-13 The disciples came and said to Him, “WHY DO YOU SPEAK TO THEM IN PARABLES?” and He answered and said to them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted, for whoever has to him shall more be given and he shall have an abundance, but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. THEREFORE I SPEAK TO THEM IN PARABLES because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.”}}

{{Luke 1:1-4 “Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word have handed them down to us, it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus so that you might know the exact truth about the things you have been taught.”}}

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[2]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - SCENES FROM THE GOSPELS - PART 2

SIX

Nicodemus, took his flight,

From the Jews, some secret night.

Came to Jesus, in his plight.

“You must be born again.

Believe in God’s holy name.”

Those words, from Jesus came.

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Moses lifted high, the snake.

“Look on it, and live,” he spake.

“Whole again, your faith will make.”

Upon the cross, they gazed,

With Jesus on it, raised.

Nicodemus stood, amazed.

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SEVEN

All manner, of temptations,

Fleshly, gratifications,

Even promise, of nations,

To the wilderness led,

While there, He was unfed.

O’er the devil, He conquered.

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Man lives not, by bread alone.

The devil’s part, not condone.

“Worship, and serve God,” we own.

Put not God, to the test.

He always plans, our best.

Every need in Him, will rest.

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EIGHT

A boy set off, one morning,

Near when the sun, was dawning,

With food, for hunger’s gnawing.

Barley loaves and fishes,

In a pouch - no dishes.

Enough, for one boy’s wishes.

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A little, in the Lord’s hands,

Miraculously expands,

All to feed, in the surrounds.

Just a little given,

Will cause much, to happen,

When blessed by God, in heaven.

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NINE

Where was He, from out the tomb?

Is He in some, other room?

Mary asked, in mourning gloom.

Gardener, where is He?

This is a mystery.

Jesus, she had come to see.

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Jesus stood there, all alone.

He replied, in gentle tone,

Words that Mary, now could own.

“Raboni,” she replied.

Her joy, she could not hide.

Clung to Jesus, at her side.

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TEN

Seed was thrown, all around.

Fell, on every type of ground.

Now would harvest wheat, abound?

Alas, that scattered seed,

Grew among thorn, and weed,

And fell on paths, where birds feed.

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Some ground was, the very best.

Passed the very, strictest test.

Fertile land - not like the rest.

Crops grew, in abundance.

Wonderful, profundance.

“Hundredfold!” the reaper pants.

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Done around the third quarter, 1997

Metre: = 7-7-7-6-6-7 AAABBB