A While in Space

A while in space is long and thin
As the stars shine light without
And the distance has the clout
To knock you on the chin

The great though measurable size of things
That go in circles as they run
It does seem like so much fun
To skate on Saturn’s rings

And a journey of such mystic sense
Reaching the ends of the universe
Studying that entropic curse
As we sleep so, under tents




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Joshua Fahey

Weak Riddle

One whose legs are weak is pushed
And is glad, though he is bushed
Him I had as he sat in the corridor
Of white while antiseptic smells
Through night until the vigils’ bells
You need no more, to find what am I
Your mind apply


Answer linked to here


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Joshua Fahey

Cookies!

That a cookie would crumble

On my tongue

As my tummy rumbles

My meal'd be done

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Joshua Fahey

Sadness haiku

Sharp green cream

Crumbling cocoa cover

Cookies are gone

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Joshua Fahey

Great Price

If to get this pearl

You had to sell

Everything you had in the world

Would that be swell?

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Joshua Fahey

Noble Elements

Noble fire of the stars
Guiding us from afar
Graceful water of death and life
Dancing to the magic fife
Divine air that liberty sings
And with a bell lets freedom ring
Humble dirt, lowly clay
Who formed the Son of God one day


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Joshua Fahey

Burn my Soul

Burn my soul, like a wick

When my God teaches light

Purge that which does not do right

Burn my soul, mighty quick

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Joshua Fahey

St. George Limerick

A man whose deeds were brave
And respite from dragon gave
Can now be found
Under the ground
In a Christian martyr’s grave



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Joshua Fahey

Riddle me this!

Flying mice of doom
For fruits and bugs
Inspires smack and boom
For twisted thugs
What am I?



Answer posted here and the thought was inspired by this one



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Joshua Fahey

Rufus

Hairy pest controller

Guardian of my den

Unmoved while I sleep

Til I wake up again

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Joshua Fahey

Invisible

If invisible the cause and invisible the effect
And finite are the powers at our call and beck
Can we know for sure what has happened then?
How much can we gather about what was done and been?

If invisible the spirit with no weight or vector
How much can we know by experiment and lecture?
Poor mortals such as we have no means to know
Save by faith in the grace of reason He bestowed



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Joshua Fahey

Dandelion

Lonesome flowering weed

With color yellowing mild

That flies a pure white seed

Granting wishes of a child

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Joshua Fahey

One Man Walking Down a Road

One man walking down a road
Saw another with heavy load
Condemned the man with burden great
And continued with a light stepped gait

A man was walking down the road
With greying hair, had gotten old
He still had a lively step and pose
As he continued condemning those

An older man was walking by
Hair of white and burden high
Pretending to step as light and free
As he used to pretend to be




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Joshua Fahey

Goose

Down and down the downy wings flap

On that avionic graceful chap

Up and up the feathered bird flies

To the moon, to the sun, to the skies

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Joshua Fahey

Bright Orange Haiku

Wind, a wall’s caress
Bright orange of daylight’s end
The geese greet


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Joshua Fahey

Streamlined Riddle

Weightless are my scales
Silver-lined my tails
And though
The dead go
With the flow
I shall go upstream
To fulfill my dream
What am I?


Answer linked to here


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Plonk

Early morning dew

Tasting river air

For a nice fish stew

I'll say a prayer

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Joshua Fahey

String and Cast

String up your rod and place the worm
Avoid the hook and cast out firm
Now you must wait and wait and wait
For a fish to taste the bait

Patience advises the old man smiling
A calm heart does more beguiling
Than all the energy of youth and vigor
You need the passion of self-disciplined rigor

And while we wait on waters edge
For the fish to make a pledge
We keep our suffering calmly pent
Patience at one hundred percent



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Joshua Fahey

Terrible sketch of plant-like things

What if Johnny Appleseed was actually the sower? Then we'd be eating apple pies at church, hmm maybe it's a good thing it was a sower of grain...

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Joshua Fahey

Have you ever ever seen?

Have you ever ever seen a farmer planting seeds
After digging furrows and ridding all the weeds?
Have you ever seen a farmer doing these humble deeds?
Then you may know
How God might sow

Have you ever ever seen a farmer praying for rain
Or walking slowly across his irrigated plain
Or working day to day to forget his aching pain?
Then you may know
How God might sow

Though we have seen this world as a walking path
Choking on our vices or snatched by demons’ wrath
He showers out his grace, drowns us in such a bath
Because He knows
Our highs and lows




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NaCl

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Salt of the Limerick

From the table is the element Chloride
A poisonous gas when applied
But when combined with NA
There is no dismay
When it covers potatoes pan-fried



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Joshua Fahey

Invisible Riddle

A mortal symbol, left unseen
By you that lives and breathes
And when you’ve passed on, I remain
A soulless rattling empty frame
Surrounded by the dirt and leaves
That covers those that have been

Answer at wikipedia

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Joshua Fahey

Chimera

Forget flying ponies. I want a flying sheep-goat thing.

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Joshua Fahey

Pelt and Pall

Pelt and pall, the kingly drift
Rock and wave, the lunar shift
Smoke and soot, floating hearse
Lilting light, the sirens’ verse

Naiads dance the king to sleep
Wine is poured for those who weep
Praises sung of victories past
With painful cheer do memories last


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Joshua Fahey

Yoke

Light is the sorrow on the narrow path

Easy the guidance to paradise

The cross guides any to a grace-filled bath

The reward for the price

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Joshua Fahey

Why my King?

Why, my King, do I disobey?
Why do I not give every breath to pray?
Why does my love for you not dry my tears?
These are my fears

My faith, O King, is weaker than Peter’s
My hope guides me but millimeters
My love is even darker than dim
Can I even let you in?

So, I ask, again, my Lord, my King
Creator and Sustainer of everything
Father, Son, Spirit, three in one
Please guide this feckless son





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Joshua Fahey

Thirteen Stars

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July Night Haiku

Sharp sulfer
As darkened air passes
Fiery flowers



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Joshua Fahey

Riddle

Rosy is the air around
Internal eternity
Noisy is the Church bell’s sound
Guess your name for me.

Traveler’s find my distance long
Whether from chapel or Middle Earth
Join posies in a fertile song
An eternal promise, that I’m worth

The answer from wiktionary

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Joshua Fahey

Sitting

Just some time

To sort out thought

Make my words rhyme

As they ought

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Joshua Fahey