Dr John Celes Poems

O Queen of Heaven, Star of Sea!
Our dear Annai Vailangkanni!
So many met a grave, watery!
Could you not stall the Tsunami?
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Standing on its hind-legs,
Wagging its long tail,
Panting with its tongue out,
Without its fore-legs!
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God’s love made man the best of all
Creatures on earth, made from same soil;
Blame sin and misery for fall
Of Adam, Eve, and Satan’s spoil!
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Show me a hand that’s scarred by giving alms;
Show me an arm that helped others life-long;
Show me a face of greed that always calms;
Show me a voice tired by divine song.
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A father loves his children,
More than words can say;
Dad’s the head of family –
This was so till today!
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When dogs and cats can get along so well,
And sleep together, taking peaceful rest,
And play with each other like friends, when young,
Unmindful of their natural enmity…
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praying together
dispels darkness
bringing God’s grace-lit newer dawn
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God ushers in new shepherds
in such mysterious ways
to tend to His flock
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virtues, a battered sack of seeds
strewn by the wind
grow into myriad useful plants
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let mind and heart of man
control the body parts
not vice-versa
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