Dr John Celes Poems

Queen Esther prayed to God for help,
With unkempt hair and ash on head,
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In reward for his great service,
Haman, son of Hammedatha,
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Pluck not the bud that’s just the babe!
Crush not the flower, that’s the child!
Abuse of children- that’s a crime!
Misuse not youth, anytime!
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When mind tells me, ’I am punished enough,
And it were better I followed the world, ’
My inner voice cries, ‘Patience, tho’ ’tis tough’.
This extra-suffering makes my heart cold.
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There was a famine in the land,
Governed by Judges at that time;
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Her daughters-in-law wept aloud;
Orpah kissed her mother-in-law
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A man of wealth great was Boaz-
A kinsman of Elimelech,
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The grief of bereavement is great;
Three women lose their husbands fast;
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God chooses persons for missions,
Divine in nature, quite strangely;
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Chapter I:

To Jonah, came the word of God,
The son of Amittai,
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