gershon hepner Poems

HOW VENERABLE ARE THE BRITS TODAY?

Although they used to call St. Bede the Ven-
erable I wonder if today most British men
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PERFORMANCE ANXIETY


The North Koreans moved from blast-off to a bloomin' blast
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PITY THE BEAUTIFUL


Pity the beautiful, said Dana Gioia,
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This night’s different from the rest!
matzo, bitter herbs, charoset;
of all memories the best,
limestoned hardier than Dorset.
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When Mark Twain was invited to one of the noshes
in the White House his wife begged him: “Please,
I beg you to not wear your winter galoshes:
but show both your trouser legs up to your knees.”
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BEING GRASPED BY WHAT WE CANNOT GRASP


Being grasped by what we feel we cannot grasp makes us
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He sent twelve men to spy the land
to learn if it were strong or weak,
and whether there were giants and,
if so, did they respect the meek.
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“Build Me a tabernacle, ” said the Lord,
“so that amongst you I shall be allowed
to dwell.” This order was the Lord’s award
to Israel who had dwelt beneath His cloud
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How nice to have a sister who is older
to care for one from birth until one passes
into another world, where blood is colder
and madding crowds no longer throng in masses.
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Of all the miracles and mighty deeds
that God performed to save the Israelites,
just one, the splitting of Sea of Reeds,
inspired them to sing with flights
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