Psalms and hymns plus

This blog chiefly contains metrical versions of the psalms based on the NIV text but also poems I have written down the years

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Alffi

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I've never written an eclogue But if I did, I know, I would write it about our dog - In Autumn fog, in snow, In Summer sun or Spring tim...
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Limericks

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There was a young man from Cwmbran Who said 'Listen, friends, I've a plan - I really can't stay, I 'm going away. I'll m...
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Song of Songs 2:3-6

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An apple tree among the trees, So my loved one, I see. In his shade I'm fully at ease, His fruit tastes good to me. Bring me to your ban...
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Wet hands

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When I was a child, My mother's hands were always wet - a thing I didn't get. But now there's no regret, Perhaps they're eve...
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Sad Haiku,

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As I passed the house, The undertaker arrived. It was Christmas Eve.
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Wintry Haiku

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The snow descending, I feel warm and snug indoors. How soon will it stop?
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Davy Jones had too many bones

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Davy Jones had too many bones So this is what he did - He cut off his hair, For he didn't care. He cut off his hair, And left his head b...
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Prunestones

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I loved a soldier. I said, make me your bride. But he went to war, and oh how I cried. He left me alone, no man by my side. I loved a sailor...
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Butterflies

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Last night I dreamt of it again - My brother he was five And I was coming up to seven, So glad to be alive. We all into the garden went, The...
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Humility

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Watch a seagull fly, Eye must not cry. Feet webbed to the earth, I sometimes overestimate my worth -  Remember good works on three fingers, ...

On the dangers of dancing

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Dance! Dance! Dance! Like a tiger on the loose Dance! Dance! Dance! Like a gawky gliding goose Dance! Dance! Dance! Like a body on a noose.
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Psychology

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Sigmund Freud Would get annoyed If your feet were on the couch - He was always such a grouch! Carl G Jung Once took a bung They gave him lot...
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Miztli

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In the land of Monteczuma Miztli, strong black puma, Went hunting far and high and low, Seeking his deadly foe. Quezelcoatl, and at his side...
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Music

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I'm in love with music, Music, music, music. It's really such a thing - But I can't sing.

Days

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How I long for, O how I dream, Of days that are now past Days that now are gone forever Days that did not last. All I see now, yes, all I fe...
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Gary Brady
Welsh pastor [born '59] at Childs Hill Baptist, London ['83ff] husband to Eleri ['88ff]; father to 5 sons [b '89-'01]; 4 daughters-in-law ['09ff]; 9 grandchildren ['14ff] author: several books, many blogs.
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