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

20210701

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...
20210409

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.
20210407

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...
20210329

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...
20210327

Music

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https://tidal.com/album/86934426 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...

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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Dan Bøțan danutzuzu, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons To the girl in the reflection I know it's wrong to stare While I gaze in your direction,...
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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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