Happy Halloween

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey

Halloween Haiku

Jack’s dear grin
Candle-lit mortal peril
Remember death’s smile

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Joshua Fahey

Riddled on Thick!

I transfigure like the Lord
I lie on an old oak board
Lo! Appearance as if new!
That’s just what I do
What am I?

Answer is here

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Joshua Fahey

Chilly?

Feeling a little chilly?

This will warm you up

A brisk run in the morning

And a full coffee cup

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey

The Camel

Given gold of gallant weight

Sitting on several silver plates
Enough wealth for the sake
Of the camel that lost his eye

Wetted worms woven well
Priceless porcelain pitchers fell
Into the ring of the exit bell
Which the camel did espy

Centuries have I sojourned to see
With the value of an ever vanished plea
Who cares for crooked cranks like me
After the camels die?

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey

Love is law's fulfillment

How can man be lawless

How could that be right

When love is law's fulfillment

When love makes day from night

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Joshua Fahey

Though the Rich

Though the rich own
As long as the poor
Eat rice off the floor
And have not a door
God will not condone
The rich keeping store
While others are sleeping on stone

Though the rich grow
As long as there are
People who starve
While begging on tar
God throws below
The rich keeping far
More than they need that they stow

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey

Shades

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Joshua Fahey

Uncanny Haiku

Orange lanterns

Gaze eerily down the street

Waiting for children

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Joshua Fahey 

Alien Riddle

This black unearthly earth
Has given eerie birth
Neath horseless carriage
To the uncanny marriage
Of banality and tarred mirth

Answer is here

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Joshua Fahey

Wallet

A woman who gives her last two pennies

Has given more than I

Though I have given tens and twenties

I keep some on the sly

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Joshua Fahey 

Scalding Thorn

Assaulted or seared with scalding thorn
My stubborn heart with stone adorned
Bashed by bricks by day, by night
My mind goes soft with stubborn might
How can I call on the Lord, God of all
If even I by my stubbornness am appalled

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey

Likeness

Whose likeness is imprinted?

On your soul engraved?

Render unto Caeser's what is his

And to God your soul that's saved

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Joshua Fahey 

Coins

Janus rears his ugly heads
Dent is making up his mind
Loki dances off his meds
While man continues his daily grind
The question weighing on the minds
Of the Pharisees little heads
Where to take the little dimes
To that the little lamb thus said:

Whose image is engraved on this
They agreed it was a man’s
The emperor whose iron fist
Had locked them inside their own lands
Jesus then said it is the man’s
And to give to him what is his
And give to God what is His
Thus to follow the Father’s plans

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey

Wooded Path

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Joshua Fahey 

Dream Logic

Weary do the trees flow in the autumn wind
Dancing oh so sleepily and graceful
Down the tempo moving slowly and determined
As I lie down and dream of cola by the case full

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey

Hard to Swallow Riddle

Amazingly I start murkily muddled might
Yet still am lastly of the ilk of white
And some may find myself a dream
But at my best I end every scream
What am I?

Answer is here

(btw if anyone ever wants me to explain these verbal contraptions, leave a comment, otherwise I'll assume it can be unraveled)

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey

A Dagger

Sharp jab to heart, blood of my soul

The discipline of angels, salvific goal

Burning bones beating, show I am prized

As a child of God, a friend baptized

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Joshua Fahey 

Sound of Praying

A religious parody of "Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel

Hello Mary my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
For a depression softly creeping
Within my soul has been steeping
And the thorn that was planted in my heart
Now takes a part
In the sound of praying

In restless dreams I walk alone
Far off the path your son has shown
But the angel took my hand and stayed
And kept awake until I obeyed
So that the demons wouldn’t have, my body, my soul, my all
Under thrall
Gone from the sound of praying

Under your patient care I am
Given to you by the lamb
While he hung dying upon the tree
He showed his everlasting love for thee
With every painful breath he gave you comfort ’til he died
With a last sigh
And the sound of praying

Though fool I am, I know, I know!
The love I have for him does grow
The words he spoke still do teach me
His miracles still do reach me
And even the pain from every one of my sins
Draws me within
To the sound of praying

When every knee and nation fall
Every voice with praise shall call
Upon the presence of the holy name
That freed us from the devil’s deadly game
Dear mother Mary, with your son beheld by all
Silence falls
Then starts the song of praying

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey

Generous

Generous and loving is the invitation

That goes to every soul in every nation

To be holy and to love one another

To join the kingdom of the God who is our brother

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey 

I Heard the King Prepared a Feast

I heard the king prepared a feast
For the wedding of His Son
Generous to great and least
The king invited everyone

Rumors fly of sumptuous wine
Of every kind of beast and bird
Prepared for this joyous time
At least, this is what I’ve heard

With regal invite in my hand
My hopes arise that they are true
But the vulgar state I’m in is bland
And the use of soap would be quite new

Perhaps he would not notice it
His heart happy with joyful song
Or not care about it one wit
Though the summons clearly states that’s wrong

I think that I will try and see
Though I have the time to become clean
With the soap that was provided me
For I tend to think soap is obscene

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey

Night Bridge

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Joshua Fahey

A Bridge at Night

Crossing a bridge at night
With star and electric light
Can be as fun
As under the sun
As long as you don’t take a fright

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey

Briny Riddle

Over caps and foamy breakers
My clout holds sway about me
A warrior of a treacherous craft
You’re out of your depths to name me!

answer to this riddle


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Joshua Fahey

The Sea

 

Raging fires of sorrowful fear

Drowning waters of despair

Tween death and life is here

Where fighting is only fair

To survive it's the only path

Despite the weariness, to laugh

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey 

Pre-Dawn

Ambient light from stars and moon

I see as I arise

The sun will wake up very soon

With gentle photonic sighs

I sit and breathe in the air

Moist darkness of pre-dawn

Euthymic state, so calm and fair

Enjoyed before its gone

First the pink, then the glare

Warmth embrace, yet stern

The sun shall greet me with light flare

With love I did not earn

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey

In the Church

In the church, on the rock

The enemy cannot breach the lock

Nor wait out our endless stock

Of the living water

The vines will grow

Sweet and low

Into the wine press go

Lovely wine and water

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey 

In Shelter

In shelter, in the vineyard, among the builders of the Lord

I see the stone, I see the son, he is coming for a stay

But if the builders have not listened and do not greet him in accord

Instead are plotting, blood on tongue, for a craven play

Then the owner, then the master, shall remove their craven hearts

And set new builders for his vineyard, for this rock

With assurance for the tasting of any wine from any parts

Ours the fullest and most robust around the clock

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey

Leaves

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Joshua Fahey 

Water Drops Haiku

Water drops dancing

In the air, from sky to ground

Meeting golden leaves

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Joshua Fahey

Sphere of Riddling

Heavenly halo, a victual ring

From kiln of the earth, hear the angels sing

Conveyance of red, yellow, and bread

Rounds the birth of a delicious thing

Answer linked to here

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey