Tell Me What Poetry Offers! Poem by Denis Martindale

Tell me what poetry offers, the young Prince asked the fool.
So the fool spoke of the scoffers and those thought fit to rule.
The ones who loved the Book of Psalms and those who didn't care.
Psalm Twenty-Two, how it alarms, for prophecy's found there.
Psalm Twenty-Three, its counterpart, Good Shepherd, Lord of all.
The fool explained the loving heart of Christian Brother Paul.
He wrote of love. How great it is. Beyond a pretty face.
Beyond the sharing of a kiss. Beyond a warm embrace.
For Brother Paul was scholarly and wrote of Abraham
And preached of Christ through poetry, the Saviour and God's lamb.
The fool then spoke of holiness, as perfect as a dove.
The Holy Spirit's chance to bless the saints God guides with love.
The plans of God for future crowns bestowed as great rewards.
While sin abounds yet grace abounds, through Christ, the Lord of Lords.
The prince kept silent for a while, then clapped and clapped with glee.
He hugged the fool and gave a smile now both loved poetry.
No more the fool of ignorance, no more the prince he was.
The day that he found eloquence, the day he found Christ's Cross.
A Christian prince from that day on, the kindest ever known.
Forgiveness came and shame was gone once Bible truths were shown.
And thus this poem told his tale, how he was saved from Hell.
My name is Denis Martindale. Now I bid you farewell.


Denis Martindale. August 2020.