HOPE
man’s
commonality
yet pauper
still
without
substance
til wed to
FAITH.
commoner and
king
whose
firstfruit,
LOVE
begat
LIFE,
the blossom of
creation.
jfrancis©
february 16,
2003
Witness
(two kings of Salem)
History’s Man
of Sin will
rule the
world,
for twelve
sixty.
Not so
Jerusalem.
Power and
Might
by G-d’s Word
fill the
streets
and hearts of
two
who witness of
majesty
and G-d’s
Kingdom
denying
antichrist
rule
where G-d
placed his name.
Armed with miracles
and fire
His two,
witness
and prophesy
the closing
age
where Grace
and Redemption
offer Freedom
and Life
as hatred
awaits
the appointed
time
and permission
to slay
judgment
unaware of
disaster
for the risen
Son of
Destruction
comes
with holy ones
to visit His
enemies.
jfrancis©
february 23,
2003
S*N*O*W
(and the Mayor of
Jerusalem)
Joy comes
with angel flakes
from Heaven’s
storehouse
of unexpected
gifts
to smother
anxiety
and lift the
heart.
His Honor
Lupoliansky
mused with
reflection
‘it is good for
children
and snow birds
to enjoy the
G-dly gift
of frozen
blessing
with parents’
Such words of
Wisdom
fitly spoken
is lovelier than
fine wine
in the silver
chalice.
jfrancis and
etgar
lefkovits(paraphrase)
february 27, 2003
THE TRUMP
(before us)
Six: not the
perfect number
of dice or
wars
but
no worse will
this earth
endure.
China
Asia/India
the Arab
lands
all fuel the
firestorm.
Two billion
souls
stand at the
precipice.
The L-rd
giveth
The L-rd
taketh away,
blessed be
His name.
Revelation
9:13-16
jfrancis©
march 2, 2003
The Pale Horse
(through prophecy)
His normal gait:
a slow walk,
save the startling
periods of harvest
when his gallop
through history
leaves plague,
holocaust
and nuclear light
in our world.
Now poised for flight
to the four corners
of our earth
taking
the third part of man
into
judgment’s storehouse.
jfrancis©
march 9, 2003
The Last Sup
My heart breathes
the fragrance
of your spirit’s
blossom
and the light
of His nurturing
power,
the husbandman
of Eden
from creation
to Calvary
to Armageddon’s
final benediction
the L-rd sups
only
with all who
hunger.
jfrancis©
march 9, 2003
Patriotism
(in full dress)
She wore the
uniform well.
Marine, Sailor,
Soldier
or Wings of Flight?
Her spirit high
was light
shining from the
center
of a soul
bright with life
and patriot fire.
jfrancis©
november 24, 2002
Heart of War
A wrenching oxymoron
opposing:
quality of compassion
(human need for
goodness)
against
brutality laid bare.
The former:
rising from man’s
connection
with G-d.
The latter:
man’s baser nature
always on parade
in the human street.
Victory is not always
the beating heart.
jfrancis©
march 21, 2003
WAR
is death and life.
Death comes with
a bullet of chance.
Life carries the memory
of death’s choice.
SHALOM.
JFRANCIS©
MARCH 26, 2003
SHACKLED
Beneath our
veil of color
or blue of
blood
lies the
image of G-d
wrapped in
humanness
and free
will,
a divine
creation
built on
personal knowledge
and G-d’s
eternal
unchanging
character
stamped
on
Calvary’s rugged face.
jfrancis©
april 3,
2003
Day Eight
Liberty is not immune
to misfortune
and American lives
become sacrifice
to friendly fire’s
fog of war.
The Day’s dawn
holds Egypt
to gathering defeat
and grievous pride,
not unknown
to Arab worlds.
And but for the Golan,
Israel’s Six Day War
may have ended four
as darkness finds
the final front
held hostage
to Soviet intimidation
and war room ambivalence.
(to be continued)
Day Nine
The shadows of Mercy
fall over Golan;
so too
blood of IDF bravery,
soaking the high soil
with Jewish lives.
Syria fought well
and Israel paid deeply
for Quietness under the Golans.
(to be continued)
Day Ten
(to the brink)
of brinksmanship
by postage stamp Israel:
author, publisher, printer.
David before Goliath.
Mighty is His name
and greatly to be feared.
The world ranted
and rattled their sword
taken by David
to slay the giant
of Golan’s Height.
(to be continued)
Fallout
(of hatred)
Never
in the time of man
has man witnessed
so great a blessing
so great a curse
in six
risings and settings
of this Heaven’s
sun.
jfrancis
june 12, 2003
in real time
Poetry is life
in
full dress
with
fragrance
and
flowers.
Color
of endless hue.
Passions of silk
in
finest fashion.
A
garment we wear
with
unconscious emotion
exposing our past
to
the future,
casting Love
on
the waters
of
Reason and Hope.
jfrancis©
april
24, 2003
Guiding the Light
(and Jerusalem)
Remember Lincoln?
Many times
a failed politician,
not yet seasoned
as the rail for splitting.
Driven by G-d
through wilderness
and defeat,
his final leadership
led a nation
to the threshold
of power
where
not the metal of man
rather
the pressure of the day
and crucible Jerusalem
alloy each for greatness
and a journey
up the high road.
jfrancishill©
april 20, 2003
Forewarned
(of sweetness and light)
Life is not always kind
to the fallen of time
and comes with warning
of brevity,
levity,
chaos and pain.
Beauty is sweet
and we drink
of this vaporous mirage
####### kisses
of a siren song
piped with guile
by the prince
of our world.
jfrancis©
april 6, 2003
Fog of
War
Death’s hurried rush
rolls in on dusty tracks
and sleepless minds
with unparalleled speed
to Victory and Creed.
jfrancis©
april 10, 2003
Inspiration:
the father of success.
God:
the father of inspiration.
do you know him?
intimately?
personally?
he is closer than
the whispered prayer
of a humble spirit,
our roadmap to Peace.
jfrancis©
april15, 2003
(where)Does G-d Exist?
G-d is Spirit and Power,
even Majesty
in a momentary flower,
rules with rhythm
in a fragile world
driven by cadence
and the way
of cosmic care.
He takes notice
of the dying day
and wraps it’s form
in history
and the mind’s eye.
His breath of life
fuels our spirit
and delivers this body
to the appointed time
at death’s
judgment door.
©jfrancis
may 11, 2003
The Harvest
(of Litle)
G-d’s power:
beyond imagination;
taking a fragile flower
gathered while radiant
of beauty and fresh,
scattering seed
to the fertile
Jewish
heartland
soil.
The harvest will come
as mourners were drawn
by this Haifa bloom
watered with grief
in gardens of unbelief
jfrancis©
flinttexas usa
may 15, 2003
This
G-d/Man
He came to us
walking on water
turning it to wine
dining with sinners
dying with sinners
reaching to all humanity
himself human.
He
who being the exact image
and likeness
of his Father,
chose to walk among
the sons of earth
revealing
the Son of heaven.
jfrancis©
flinttexas usa
june 27, 2003
Life and the Dead Sea
Creation anomaly:
death and treasure
buried in the cradle
of ancient theology.
Life flowed a desert place
in to the plain of Sin.
Recompense,
where death at Sodom
and
a newborn sea
mark the dead
for the living.
jfrancis©
june 29, 2003
Gazaland
Long
a Philistine stronghold
of trouble and punishment
for the Hebrew,
a rod of direction
for the nation’s vacillation
between little gods
and the G-d who is
“I AM”.
And still
a people of grief
for Israel’s wandering.
Yet
from this ancient land
came Messiah
in the fashion of Samson
to save his people.
jfrancis©
july 4, 2003
Anything but Death
Love,
a many splintered emotion
pushing the envelope
of human attachment
to spontaneous
intoxication
of the heart,
leading us
beyond hope,
beyond reason
even
to poetic expression
of a bond forged
between strangers
alloyed by Spirit
into the lineage
of our Lord.
Boaz begat Obed
Obed begat Jesse
Jesse begat David
and David, the Christ.
All
from a lowly
Moabite widow,
whose Love for Naomi
endures
beyond death.
jfrancis©
july 6, 2003
Portrait of a Day
Words of Wisdom
and Kindness
paint your portrait
on the face
of each new day
creating loveliness
for the way.
Steel has much strength
from the forged fire
but warmth and tenderness
will break the heart
of stone
and return favors
among thorns.
jfrancis©
flinttexas
usa
july 9, 2003
Silver and Liquid Gold
The music of life
played well
on the silver fiddle
of Harmony and Grace
sounds sweetest
through a veil of tears
shed by the multitude
of friend and foe.
jfrancis©
flinttexas
usa
july 11, 2003
Shalom to Noam
in the #######
of assassin’s fire
her transport,
from
earth’s fallen face,
to Heaven’s
lush perfection,
complete.
Seven was her time
Noam Leibowitz,
a wandering butterfly
passing through
redemption’s portal
to kingdom citizen.
The tragedies of death
in tender years
break the heart
of G-d and man.
While
tears of separation
flow vacant wadis
of hope,
one day soon
the valley Kidron
overflows with Grace
and the fruit
of G-d’s sacrificial
Lamb.
jfrancis©
july 13, 2003
Statement of Accountability
(disclaimer for preceding poem)
From conception to age of personal
accountability
each child is covered by the redemptive
act
of Jesus Christ on the cross,
then each must accept or reject him
at the exercise of their free will
to enter the Kingdom of G-d, or
not.
jfrancishill
july 13,2003
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