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

20210327

Exception

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It's an exception to be an exception But we're the exception that proves the rule. It's an exception to be an exception But we...

Twenty-six

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I wrote this when I was twenty six The twenty-sixth summer's almost gone Half of those summers spent in the Lord Yet there's still s...
20200725

She sometimes wears ...

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She sometimes wears the colour green, In green she looks serene. When clothed in green her beauty's seen, In green she is the queen. She...
20200626

Catechism 7

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Questions 42-52 CM And so what is the first command? No other gods but me. What is taught by this first command? To worship God only. What a...
20200417

Haiku Imagining

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She brushes her dark hair He closes his eyes (Even here he sees her).

When I write

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When I write the book about my life Gonna have a part where I meet you, girl! When they film the film about my life There'll be a bi...
20200415

Structure

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It struck the strict man, he could not strike The stricken child, not since the stroke. Instead he loves her left hand to stroke And say ...

To the girl in the reflection

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To the girl in the reflection I know it's wrong to stare While I gaze in your direction, Just pretend that I'm not there. I im...
20200414

Gardening

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The allotment meant a lot to Lancelot Lane, But his greenhouse was just a pain. How he dug the tool of his trade, his garden spade, Give ...

Lyric for my latest lay

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As he lay down the law, how he lied. Behind a layer of lies this leering, learned layman led us on in pride. He was no lawyer, just a lia...

Hear us O Shepherd

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Hear us, O Shepherd, Hear your own. Come now, awaken Your great might. Hear us, O Lord God, From your throne. Shine forth and dispel ...
20200413

The widow's cruse

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The widow's cruse was real good news, A providence from God, A vivid signal of his care Of which to be aware. The Widows cruise ...
20200401

Preaching

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I stand here bold, alone, My voice is heard. Between earth and God's throne, I preach God's word. Lonely, not lost, I stand,...
20200331

Fat Slob

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He's as large as he is lonely, He's as mean as his gut. He tries hard to appear happy But his life's in a rut. He so so l...
20200330

Seventies style Marriage Lines

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She's putting her foot down About him putting his foot down On the accelerator. She wonders if there's grounds In the sink f...
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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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