Brother Jonathan Gardner Poems

I saw God today, as I left the train.
A teenager helped a stranger carry a shopping bag,
He took the strain.
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Into the void His word went forth.
What was not. Is!

Light and life accompanied His utterances
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Wonder sees beyond the physical world,
With eyes beyond eyes.
Wonder makes us still and tremble in awe
As we consider our lowliness and humility of heart.
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Praying night and day, from her being, her core,
Poor, poor Hannah cried out.
Praying out loud, until hoarse, until she could verbalise no more,
Persistently, she continued.
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Invisible barriers of silica stand,
Between luminescence and me.
Nickel oxide and cobalt, too,
Bathe many carbon bundles in waves of blue.
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The city bears the name of a goddess with an owl near,
And she assisted Jason, Heracles and others of old.
She's sometimes seen with helmet, shield or spear,
This matronly, patronly, petrified leader is quite bold.
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A word of advice from our master below
You should not be complacent, junior djin, nor go with the flow.
The war is hurting some,
but more needs to be done.
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This marble capital to guess is, from two brothers, born.
Queen Victoria eyes Caesar's,
Awfully Painful corns.
A mnemonic of seven mounds sieze hers.
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The young couple came to the Jerusalem Temple that day.
No lamb for the slaughter like the rich, brought near.
But turtle doves like the poor; to give thanks for the birth,
And brought with contrite hearts and holy fear.
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The ghosts of Christmas visit you each year.
Known or unknown to you, they are forever near,
The ghosts whisper.
But do you hear?
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