Barry Blander Poems

Fingers of snow
Flicker silvery
In the nascent night.
Somewhere apple blossoms shimmer,
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Find myself in woman
Lose myself in women

Plough earth
Watch the ocean's rebirth
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Nailed to splintered wood of the Sacred Cross
Your fathomless eyes wept a sea of blood
Each falling tear weaving a dance of loss
The world, now virgin, out of earth-swept flood;
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Under a billowing canopy of stars
As pale as the drifting snow
Dawn disrobes her wedding gown
Steps ankle-deep into a river
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In a canoe of bark are my daughters of chastity
As the warbling lark, swiftly they paddle down
The running waters of rhapsody;
How they flew down the frothy river's rapids.
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Dimly, shrouds of mist part and a speckled faun
Dances up to the brides-maid's kiss; in a clearing
Of deep, green forest the mellifluous tones of an ivory harp
Float in the shimmering twilight; the songs unravel,
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Saul mounted the horse with his band of men
Strong-minded in his mission of conquest
Going forth from gates of Jerusalem
Chastiser of the Cult, he'd be the best.
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Oh Lord,
Hide me amongst
The roses strewn
Along your wrist
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Spirit, fire, water
Immaculate daughter
Whom God chose
Incline thy ear
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Paid for by a ransom
Beyond mans' capacity to know
Our sins washed snow-white
By the Blood of the slain Lamb
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