Dec 20, 2017 | Advent, Bible Story, Corona, Gus Stevens, Letters to the Churches, Sonnet, Victorian Sonnet
Those blood-bought names he never will blot out. Long have been the years of our pilgrimage and the herds have withered in the drought. Still the shepherd leads and calls for courage. He leads them to an uncrossable sea and standing upon that desolate shore he...
Dec 19, 2017 | Advent, Bible Story, Corona, Gus Stevens, Letters to the Churches, Sonnet, Victorian Sonnet
A secret white stone bearing a new name for those who keep no secrets with Jezebel. Wise as serpents they do not try to tame the Great Dragon with tongues nor ancient spells. Of such “knowledge,” be innocent as doves and mind what you allow into your bed....
Dec 19, 2017 | Advent, Bible Story, Corona, Gus Stevens, Letters to the Churches, Sonnet, Victorian Sonnet
Hold fast to what you have until I come. You have the look of one who is alive but the tips of your fingers have grown numb and leprous white; you are dead. Now strive to wake from this unfeeling ruined dream. You slumber though a thief is at your door whose fiery...
Dec 18, 2017 | Advent, Bible Story, Corona, Gus Stevens, Letters to the Churches, Sonnet, Victorian Sonnet
Though the poor suffer, they receive a crown. But others wear their crowns today in Rome and sit upon the thrones of your grey town where Balaam and the idols make their home. My children, build no temples here of stone but live instead as lightly as a bird who...
Dec 17, 2017 | Advent, Bible Story, Corona, Gus Stevens, Letters to the Churches, Sonnet, Victorian Sonnet
Those who have ears to hear, let them hear. A boy saw his young neighbor steal his bike so he followed him home to put the fear of God in him. But the house was much like his own, only it seemed colder, no coal for winter, and the man who opened the door made his son...
Aug 31, 2017 | Gus Stevens, Humor, Irregular Rhyme, Multi-Syllabic Rhyme
**Play this Audio while reading** Also don’t read if you care about SPOILERS. The rebel lords of this place must call me “your grace” And let me replace a dragon to the throne, see how they’ve grown. You hear the hooves, I make the moves with...
