From Lynda’s Journal

“Ancient Texts”

Adonai lives in the beginning line

Brings sacred revelations

Composed of words that

Dwell among the holy places

Elohim – psalms reveal messages

From first mark or final brush stroke

Guided by alphabetical order

Hebrew songs of sorrows and praise

Inspired writings – Alpha to Omega

Journeys to bring us together

Kyrios focused on the pilgrimage

Letters form sounds  to guide us

Mnemonic reminders of mystics among us

Names of God on our forehead

Omega –  It is finished!

Prayers, Hymns, and Psalms

Quietly moving symbols down the page

Respectfully writing my poem with

Successive letters from A to Z

The modern abecedarian is

Usually presented without

Verses and end rhymes

Words shall set us free to dance

X is an artifact of ancient Greek

Yeshua is always with us

Zion.  The sacred composition is complete.

 

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Note:  This is an Abecedarian Poem.

Copyright June 18, 2021.

Lynda McKinney Lambert

 

 

Recently Published:

Mingled Voices 6, Proverse Poetry Prize Anthology.

Editors: Gillian Bickley and Verner Bickley, April 2022.

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Backstory:

_Ancient Texts _
I wrote this poem from my thoughts on the word, “ancient.”  I thought of the Biblical stories in the Old Testament and the names of God.   I chose to use the ABECEDARIAN form because it is a logical progression of the alphabet from A to Z.

Look down the left side of the poem and you will see the alphabetical order from top to bottom of the poem. When I came to the “X” I was so delighted when I remembered that is is a symbol for Christ.

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