River

In the parched land a river runs

A graceful river of magic and life

That runs from all the setting suns

And promises the weary relief from strife

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Joshua Fahey

Grotesque Frame

Such a grotesque frame
For a beautiful feast
Transformed into beauty
Greatest from least

O man of the cross
Why did you die
So horrifically for us
That e’en the guilty shall cry?

My eyes shall not rise
Higher than your feet
Why? I surmise
My pride is replete



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Joshua Fahey

Fly

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Joshua Fahey

Nervous Haiku

Stomach butterflies
Aged and evolving into raptors
Now I am gutless


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Joshua Fahey

Riddle

I do not rise when greeting
Rather I place the morning in perspective
So that if you orient on me you are un-oriented
What am I?

Answer is here

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Joshua Fahey

Noted

I put down my note

And with everything I've wrote

I feel like I've exploded

Now that is also noted

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Joshua Fahey

Luminous Arrow

Luminous and crooked arrow
Caught the unexpected sparrow
In a plasmic blast
That didn’t last

The ear canals exploded
When the power was unloaded
In the midst of wet
Do not forget



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Joshua Fahey

Sand

In the shifting sand, a rock

Where I may rest to take stock

In the arid heat, my life will renew

O Lord when I meet you

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Joshua Fahey

Will You Use Your Key?

Will you use your key St. Peter
To lock the gate before me?
Will you fish me out St. Peter
While I’m sinking in the sea?

Will you guide me dear St. Peter
Through the morass of my life?
Will you pray for me St. Peter
For my self-afflicted strife?

Will you lift me up St. Peter
With the ringing of your bell?
Will you use your key St. Peter
to keep me out of hell?



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Joshua Fahey

Warming Thoughts

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Joshua Fahey

Back to School Haiku

Ink permeates through

The feel of fresh paper

From new textbooks

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Joshua Fahey

I Eye a Riddle

I create a stilled point in time
Encapsulating the essence of a trip
Keeping loved ones enshrined
With every click, click, click
What am I?

Wikipedia page on the answer


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Joshua Fahey

O Pear

Munching pair

Much in pear

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Joshua Fahey

Ne'er Known

On the road to ne’er known
A place where doubt and lies are sown
And they’ll give you nothing as a loan
And strip you till the bone

I saw a man just lying there
As bruised as an o’er ripe pear
Left for dead without a care
To be food for bear

Would I have helped the helpless man
If not told by the Son of Man
Of the Samaritanal plan
Of giving him a hand?



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Joshua Fahey

Just a Little

Just a little scrap of grace

Just a little mustard seed

May remove from me all of sin's trace

Just a little and I'm freed

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Joshua Fahey

On the Holy Mountain

On the holy mountain the fires burn
All who love the Lord shall climb
They shall love and they shall learn
Of the eternal Love outside time

On the holy mountain are praises sung
Worship and thanksgiving are the rhyme
All in heaven round the man who was hung
The eternal Love outside time




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Joshua Fahey

Grave Digging

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Joshua Fahey

Dirty Haiku

Metal scraping earth

Moist loam underneath the feet

Work the graveyard shift

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Joshua Fahey

Ragged Riddle

There once was a remnant of wood
Whose attacks hurt as much as they could
And with the printing sink
Of drying ink
Was novel under the hood


Answer on Wiki


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Joshua Fahey

Noisy

Too many angels getting wings

Too many voices shouting out

Will get the noises and noisy things

Silenced with all my clout

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Joshua Fahey

Mental Block

A mental block, a hesitant soul
Must choose between sin, or being whole
Of the bridge of life, that’s the toll
Hell for the indecisive role

Commit an act or wait til you feel
A sensible man works for his meal
Walking toward God before it’s real
You cannot pray until you kneel



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Joshua Fahey

Just Gotta Walk to Jesus

Just gotta get out of the boat

Just gotta walk to Jesus

Just gotta ignore that I'm soaked

Just gotta walk to Jesus

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Joshua Fahey

Grape

From the table do I see

The fridge from which I chilled for thee

And then washed better than second rate

To be joined with my brothers which you ate

UPDATE: I forgot to post this yesterday. So it is posted today instead.

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Joshua Fahey

Where are you Lord?

The wind that cuts the mountains
The earth that cuts the air
Fire that dries rivers and fountains
Where are you Lord? Where?

The blood-drinking iron and lead
The lion, the tiger, the bear
The plots of resting for the dead
Where are you Lord? Where

A quiet, quiet whispering sound
Beckoning me from my lair
My heart leaps, for you I have found
There you are Lord, there!



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Joshua Fahey

Frigid Haiku

Light falls dark rises
And chill seeps to the bone
In summer fridge



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Joshua Fahey

Encased Riddle

My form is fixed, firm, and hidden at the edge
I surround the image, and secure the line
For to be unnoticed is my important pledge
Supporting from backstage is my art so fine

To be relied upon is silent thanks from those who make
Unyielding founding structure for creativity
When you notice let me begin by being frank
If you follow me around, at the end of me is me


Answer at the wiktionary


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Joshua Fahey

Cup

Water and light

In a cup delight

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Joshua Fahey

Fun to say

Slippery and sly as the nefarious fox
Fumed the fop with the furious frown
Beguiled grunts of sheepish shame
Drown the dourly dolt’s humor down
Grip the goon gagging on this garrulous game



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Joshua Fahey

Fish Basket

When we ask for life

While under the knife

Though our request is crude

You still give us food

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Joshua Fahey

Appear the Sight of God

Appear the sight of God and prove
Sustain, retain with force of will
Yet gentle is the grace you move
Toward body’s brim and heart’s fill

Fundamental is the shape you form
Beyond what lowly mortals see
Both raging sea and calming storm
Depend on you, just to be

I ask O Lord to ne’er betray again
My life extinguished ‘fore such is thought
And purge my heart of the sins of men
That I may love you like is ought


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Joshua Fahey

IHS

Light of truth shine your wisdom into our hearts.

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Joshua Fahey