Neighbors Like These

Posted on 05/27/2014 by Greg Wright

My neighbor snuck up behind me
And tried to steal my cloak
I said Here, take my shirt too
He did, he and his buddies

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For Jenn

Posted on 05/23/2014 by Greg Wright

The time just seemed to be right.
The pull-rope brought the ladder down
And I ascended through the trap door.
That was some time ago now.

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Posteriority

Posted on 05/17/2014 by Greg Wright

Do you know the man really likes you?
Jesus likes you. He really likes you.
He’s got something in mind for you.
Aren’t you curious about that?

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Dialogue

Posted on 05/09/2014 by Greg Wright

Follow, and walk not in darkness
For I am the Light of the world

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The Wordless Wonder

Posted on 05/09/2014 by Greg Wright

It’s hard to know what to write
     And would it matter if I did?

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United Affront

Posted on 04/20/2014 by Greg Wright

Jesus didn’t show, did he?
Is it that he thinks he has
better things to do—or a
rendezvous with a demon?
Oh, but then he arrives this
morning, adds the misery
of chastisement that endures.
He’ll keep it up—forever!

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Minority Report

Posted on 04/20/2014 by Greg Wright

There’s trouble down
With the junior highs
Buses full, curbed
Teens watch as the vice
Principal manhandles two boy
Thugs bloodied
By their barefisted
Brawl off a wooded path
Somewhere down Brummer’s

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Ode to Ministry

Posted on 03/28/2014 by Greg Wright

How wonderful and pleasant ’tis
     Or so that I have heard
When brothers live in harmony…
     And walnuts split in thirds.

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Worst Things First

Posted on 03/28/2014 by Greg Wright

It was inevitable that I should come.
“Bring one of the children here,” Jesus said.

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Poser

Posted on 03/14/2014 by Greg Wright

fetch to the sea for a sole
what, do you think, you are like to find in its mouth?
drachmae for the temple tax?

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