Fitting

A time for every note
Every rhythm, every word
A place for every act
A pen for every herd
A death for every king
And end to everything.


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Joshua Fahey

Holy Family

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Joshua Fahey

Shelter

With the world and nature culling
Through chaotic maddening noise
A father's strength and a mother's lulling
Reveal a grace and poise
That sharpen against the world's dulling
Raising the spirits of girls and boys


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Joshua Fahey

Clarity

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Joshua Fahey

See the Laughter in the Eyes

The ringing of joy and pealing of glee
Announce, through my being, how I am free
Free to fall or to rise in pleasure or by grace
To nap or to steadily compete in the race

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Joshua Fahey

Unerringly

Dependably when searching in
A sea, I always find a marble bin
Which I had left behind

In certainty when traveling through
The dirges of siren's love making true
The longing for above

Yet shakily on narrow paths
I walk to roam to calm the wraths
And find myself a home


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Joshua Fahey

Merry Christmas!

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Joshua Fahey

Christmas Eve

Slowly being eaten by darkness of heart
Slowly driven to death
To us, in their song, the angels impart
Peace with the dawn's breath


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Joshua Fahey

O Emmanuel

Our Shepherd who gives
Us food fit for kings
Body and blood from
Our Savior who lives


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Joshua Fahey

Fourth Sunday of Advent

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Joshua Fahey

O King of the Nations

If I do not glorify Thee
I speak for naught
If I do not worship Thee
I act for naught
If I do not love Thee
I live for naught


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Joshua Fahey

O Dayspring

Singed, soiled, grimy, and grim
Under the shadow of humanity's sin
Speared by the path of daybreak's delight
No longer under the power of night

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Joshua Fahey

O Key of David

The key that can unbind
This wall of chains around
My eyes that makes me blind
My heart that makes me blind
But in your light I'm found


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Joshua Fahey

O Root of Jesse

Bone dry and bereft of life
A drop of joy from the sky
Color returns to the heart
Leaving the path of the dead awry


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Joshua Fahey

O Lord

Gazing deep upon the flame
Upon the Law, holy is His Name
Healed, are those, from His wrath
Who inscribe their hearts with the Ruler's path

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Joshua Fahey

O Wisdom

Lady speaking truth to our hearts
Proceeding from the Heart of Light
Grant us the light that He imparts
His grace on our path in the night


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Joshua Fahey

Third Sunday of Advent

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Joshua Fahey

Joy

Assurance without assurance is an odd thing
Faith when full of doubt, hope amid despair
When noise drowns all sound, I choose to sing
That silent assurance, draws me to prayer


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Joshua Fahey

Bus

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Joshua Fahey

Act

Between rocks and empty space
Beyond air and below water
The calm that lives in a sacred place
From the gardener, from the potter
Allows adaptations beyond the norm
To discover the divine form


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Joshua Fahey

Sparkles Falling

Sparkles falling, fluff collects
Fur a flurry out the door ajar
Wonderland in hopeful eyes reflects
Seeing each flake near and far
With a joy aflame that melts the snow
A fleeting loss that leads to play
Amid the splashes, banished woe
Another lovely fulfilling day


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Joshua Fahey

Melting Marshmallows

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Joshua Fahey

Around to Hear it

A fraction of the serenity within a frosted forest
Causes me to pause and listen for the faerie's chorus
And afore the clouded final breath revealed, my mortal hour
I marvel at the awesome silent splendor of His power


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Joshua Fahey

Second Sunday of Advent

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Joshua Fahey

Voice

With one height and mountain
One star to show the way
One voice cries to guide them
Straightens the hands to pray
Focuses the eyes to see
One dawn to start a new day
Flattens the hill and fills the valley
One Light, one Truth, one Way


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Joshua Fahey

Pumpkin

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Joshua Fahey

Walking Home

Blue and under grey
Listening to what the sparkles say
In their whisper on purple breeze
A remnant of a star says please
At least I read its red that way
As I clasped my hands to pray


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Joshua Fahey

To Err

A fleeting thought
And what's kept is lost
With not a lot
Of cost


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Joshua Fahey

Measure Twice

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Joshua Fahey

Mystery and Adventure

Mysteries of light, of stars, and of song
Illuminate the soul, simple as a bell
Mysteries of the beast, complexly blinded wrong
Building, secretly, down a room in hell
The mystery of love, that holds a heart so long
Upon a crucifix, of paradise will tell

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Joshua Fahey

First Sunday of Advent

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Joshua Fahey

End, Beginning, and Growth

A closing of a door
The opening of a window
Anticipation for
The seeds of grace to see grow


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Joshua Fahey

Clean Up

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Joshua Fahey

Brave or Brash

Slivers of courage
Enlivened by the spirit
Umbrella through hell


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Joshua Fahey

Few Endure

Few endure one's own wrath
Fewer still avoid one's own path
Letting the composer lead instead
Or the judge herd the living from the dead

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Joshua Fahey

Up Down Left Right

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Joshua Fahey

Warm Peace

Winter roses clear in the light
Frosted branches covering
A cove, a shelter where bells ring
Guiding souls through the night


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Joshua Fahey

Christ the King!

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Joshua Fahey

Taking the Form of a King

Pouring out one's soul until dry
In service to the unworthy and disgraced
By being lifted up on a cross, high
Calling home all who are displaced
Calling home all who are displaced

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Joshua Fahey

Home Away From Home

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Joshua Fahey

Happy Thanksgiving!

Fires that warm
Blood that heats
Food that sates
Grateful beats

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Joshua Fahey

Leaves

When little, the leaves become a bed
A bit older, upon new leaves are tread
Soon enough the thought the leaves are dead
Left unsaid
But ere when judged and stories pled
Leaves once more become a bed


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Joshua Fahey

Visitor

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Joshua Fahey

August Memento Mori

Festered rot left under moss
Hard wind and rain shows the loss
Crumble, tumble, slide, and fall
The fate of the mighty standing tall
Earth collapses and the waters dry
Remember, mortal, you too shall die


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Joshua Fahey

Star Fall

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Joshua Fahey

Heaven and Hell

In this world, that by God's grace
I'm not of, there's a phrase
That all good things will end
But in this ending, at this place
I'm standing in God's gaze
And that will never end


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Joshua Fahey

Bald Face

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Joshua Fahey

Simple Thought

Simple counting, simple composing
Simple lining, humbly closing
A simple construction on a simple rock
Far sturdier than any complex clock
Ending the day with a simple breath
Simply born twice, with only one death


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Joshua Fahey

Snow Falls

Sour wines drown dirty water
Fill the mind with obscure litter
Leave a soul dusty and bitter
Lady Wisdom, no one sought her
To seek a path to endure winter
Other than the perverted vintner


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Joshua Fahey

Fixed for Fur

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Joshua Fahey

Penumbral Pen

A word can shape the world at large
Twist the shadows and call the charge
A line can separate man from death
The hero's quip to the villain's last breath
A shade or highlight can show us more
Through responsible power. Excelsior!


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Joshua Fahey

God's Economics

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Joshua Fahey

Violet

Under a field of violet petals
Noble yields
Humility settles
Integrity beckons for rest and for work
Diligence warns not to shirk
In prayer for the fruits of the land
In peace in the palm of His hand


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Joshua Fahey

Lovely Cold Gift

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Joshua Fahey

Temporary Madness

Gripped in the terror of casts and cats
Driven upward toward the belfry of bats
But the bats taken care of by the feline paws
Allow the bell peals to settle the laws

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Joshua Fahey

Endurance

The greatest forces the shadows sent
Twisting light, vision bent
On destroying those who grow and thrive
Yet to day I'm still alive
Still upright, singing with joy and peace
The sun may set, but does not cease


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Joshua Fahey

Blotter Needed

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Joshua Fahey

Headache

Under a cracked head
I might wish I said
I'd like to be in bed
Without me being dead


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Joshua Fahey

Burnt Offering

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Joshua Fahey

Pretty Light

The pretty light, set above to guide
Takes all my strength not to hide
And keep around for another day
Or never again in its presence abide
Instead I'll kneel under it and pray


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Joshua Fahey

Light that Shines

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Joshua Fahey

Sacred Family

A family with a tendency
To pray for us and keep us free
Our family from up above
Filled toward us with heavenly love
The family of saints we pray
Will include us one day


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Joshua Fahey

Militia of Man

A war of demons, angels, and men
From highest peak to dankest den
Souls and spirits in eerie lights
Burning through the darkest nights
Hell and Heaven come to task
Warriors behind a mask
Demons scourge and angels heal
Until the morning church bells peal


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Joshua Fahey

Lantern

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Joshua Fahey

Running Away with Myself

Thoughts like a shotgun spread
Like the hairs on an old monk's head
Pulling out the stone inside
Leaving a candle almost dead
And all the lightbulbs fried


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Joshua Fahey

Open Your Eyes

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Joshua Fahey

Running Blind

The blind man runs fast and far
Straight into a deathly fall
"Why run?" replies "I gave up the war
And feared bumping into a wall."
He stops. "Who's there? Who asked me that?"
"Why care if you have given up?
Why hope again to step to the bat?
Will you not join me to sup?
Will you not willingly pick up your cross
And walk with me a while?
Or have you given in to loss
And refuse to smile?"
"Lord, my Lord, please let me see"
"Then see, then rise, then follow me"


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Joshua Fahey

Warmth

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Joshua Fahey

Light Haiku

Feast of light
Turning, storing, growing
Stillness of life


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Joshua Fahey

Pride and Pain

With great pride I raise my head
Lower my eyes, smirk instead
Of laugh. My innocence tossed
Consumed by darkness, my soul is lost
My freedom paid by God's own blood
Lies there sullied, covered in mud
My pride refuses to bend the knee
Yet my heart wavers and begs of Thee
To grant the grace and humble hope
To fall with Thee on Calvary's slope
For my soul to rise, my pride to fall
To embrace the cross, and heed the call


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Joshua Fahey

Building Block

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Joshua Fahey

Awful Choice

An awful choice to lose a hand
Or lose one's life, but where I stand
Is to cut off the hand and keep the life
And offer up the resulting strife


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Joshua Fahey

Taste and See

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Joshua Fahey

Sacrifice and Glory

In pain and illness
Offered for another
That salvation may come
For sister and brother
The cross is firm
The blood flows down
That many might rise
Receiving His crown



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Joshua Fahey

American Hack

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Joshua Fahey

Scarce

Never as much do I have
As I thought I had last night
More than I think I have now
But the budget will be tight


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Joshua Fahey

Empty Space

In the mostly empty night
Stars so small, and so bright
Stars that have overwhelming might
My existence seems so light


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Joshua Fahey

Put a Pin in it

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Joshua Fahey

Underwater Ruins

Underwater are the ruins
Of a most fearsome city
Salt erodes the doin's
And joy that made it pretty
Leaving a tomb, haunted
By creatures humble, unvaunted

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Joshua Fahey

I Beg You! Make it Look Easy

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Joshua Fahey

What is Selfless Love?

What is selfless love?
The giving over whole and entire
To another, to hold Him above
Without holding back, within His fire


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Joshua Fahey

Spotty Play

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Joshua Fahey

I Need my Teeth

I need my teeth, brown or white
Dull or sharp, to take a bite
Talk and chew and grin so bright
I need my breath, I'll brush tonight


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Joshua Fahey

It's a Poem if it Rhymes, Right?

Fool's gold for a fool's heart
An early end to a late start
The devil's unity breaks apart
Pride shoots a curious dart

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Joshua Fahey

Fiddle me This

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Joshua Fahey

Knowledge is Power

I know a lot
And I know
The lot I know
I do not know

I know a lot
But what I know
Does not grow
Who I know

I know a lot
But it is low
To all to know
To my woe

What I ought
Is believe in God
Hope in God
Love my God


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Joshua Fahey

Hardening of Hearts

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Joshua Fahey

Surrender

If the guard over my soul
Lowers to you and I show
The part of me, fractured yet whole
A tender seed yearning to grow
Then I have placed into your hands, your heart
Something entirely me, though also a part
Giving my being, leaving a hole
For you to fill and know


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Joshua Fahey

Portable TV

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Joshua Fahey

Sense of Battle

Roar of the Griffon
The thunder of steel
Odor of iron
Taste of raw miel
Vision of victory

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Joshua Fahey

Unfilial Son of Heaven

Sounds under empty cages
Erasing words from ancient pages
A darkness from betrayal's wages
Always how the enemy engages


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Joshua Fahey

Outline

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Joshua Fahey

Autumn

A leaf colored in the gaiety of grace received
Splits from the tree to which it had cleaved
Starts to turn brown, feeling bereaved
Gathered in pillows as the children perceived

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Joshua Fahey

Give em a Hand

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Joshua Fahey

Cut Out My Pride

Is there a need for any thought
That veers a soul from what one ought?
Is it useful to have a mind
If evils it seeks the flesh to find?
Would that my heart instead would cry
Out the Truth and prophesy
His Spirit of love for you and I
Rather than a banal worldly lie
Thus bless me Lord with humility
Joining my voice with the free


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Joshua Fahey

Stop to Look

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Joshua Fahey

Spicy Haiku

A burrito's weight
Tying destiny with mine
Warming up the tongue


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Joshua Fahey

Dawn's Tree

Bent between the gaps of thread
Eighteen eyes close in ahead
And gaze upon a simple tree
Floating on a profound sea
A million crimson petals fall
A thousand songbirds give a call
A shock enough, my breath, to take
For the greeting at day's break

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Joshua Fahey

Work Ready

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Joshua Fahey

Beyond Thunder

I gaze upon the stars and wonder
What it's like beyond the thunder
Behind the twinkle, in the silence
In that quiet, steady defiance


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Joshua Fahey

Smashing

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Joshua Fahey

Fortitude

Knowing the limit of one's courage
Gives humility, for it is never enough
The finitude of a heart's storage
The pettiness of its fluff
Lead many away from the direct path
Lead many on toward's God's wrath
A humble man when the road is rough
Could call for grace, a marriage
Of human and divine will to buff
Any obstacle that might disparage


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Joshua Fahey

Patience is a Virtue

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Joshua Fahey

Baptism

Placed with the grace to walk
Forty years or more
Understanding the sand will pour
A dying heart unlock
Before reaching the other shore


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Joshua Fahey

Stumble

Sadness and regret cannot bring
Back the time and choice spent
On evil things nor hold judgement
I've crucified him again today
With Peter's pride and away
I ran in wretched dismay
Yet find myself on my knees to pray
For the humility it takes to bring
Me back to Him to sing

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Joshua Fahey

Preserve My Life

Save the servant who trusts in You.

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Joshua Fahey