Saint Eule Poems

Take my hand, walk with me.
Listen to the wetlands and the sea.
A sandy cove full of wild life and flora.
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Pain comes and goes from our head to our toes;
Fear it stays and lingers - chews on our fingers.
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Translated from Hebrew to Greek,
Every jot and tittle to seek.
Translated from Greek to Latin,
on print like silky satin.
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Left in the elements through the winter,
Often unremembered but for a splinter.

Yet in the summer the family will have a need,
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Light in the darkness is easy to see,
But light in the daytime is heavenly.
Like the Star of Bethleham she let her light shine,
Even though the angels would greet the love of thine.
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Why does the willow weep?
Her arms so wide, but roots not deep.

Even with all the rain collected,
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The Apple was always the favorite child,
Even in the beginning Eve took a bite.
Ben Franklin said it could even keep away
the doctor if you had a daily diet.
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All the other trees had shed their leaves
and already quietly gone to bed.
Except a little blue spruce still waiting
for the snow to fall upon its head.
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We landed in the small plane, along side the sugar cane.
Who gets off here in this desolate place?
Me said I, with a grin upon my face.
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If it were only a story but sad it is true,
Of a miserly man of whom I once knew.
His name was Francie in a big house on a hill he did live,
He sold papers on the street corner for the nickels we'd give.
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