When Jonah Preached To Nineveh

When Jonah preached to
Nineveh, God repented
Of His wrath. Know this.
When there are miracles of 
Foresight, failed words are mercies.

The Snow; Tanka Plus Haiku

One of my favorite 
Things is to see the bright light
When a winter storm's
Fourth-million lumens spray from
The purity of the snow.

Never is there so 
Much light than the winter's sun 
Off a fresh-laid snow.

Like Calculus; A Tanka

One can measure the 
Sermon on the mount, and like
Calculus, measure
That Golden Ratio to
Calculate and find Jesus.

Ethos; A Tanka

I've heard a Pedant
Snob say it's the part you play.
"It is not," I said,
"Ethos is your inner-borne
"Character, and nothing else."

Original Sin; Tanka + Haiku

Hell cannot hurt you

If you have never once sinned.

Original sin

Is not a sentence to hell.

Rather, it is why we die.

But who, once knowing

What is right from wrong has not

Some sin? Not a soul.

Willows Send a Strong Scent; A Tanka and Haiku

Willows send strong scent

To waters beneath their roots.

If the willow’s boughs

Splintered into a thousand

Trees, the rivers would run dry.

Therefore, success hurts

The one who’s gained the world;

Plant one tree a bough.

My Literary Theory

Every single book

Requires a different kind

Of analysis.

Do read a book as it was

Intended to be read. Please.

The Magic

All the magic gone,

All I can see, clearly now,—

All was a daydream.

I still believe in Jesus.

He’s the only miracle.

To See the Dream Nigh; A Tanka

To see the dream nigh
And to know providence’ hand;—
My hands are faulty.
So much worse when others stop
The strong builder’s wise levy.

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