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Baptized God

Poetry Notebook
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1 min readMar 24, 2020

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A triplet haiku on the beginning and the end

Creation’s parched womb
‘There he is!’ And ‘there he is!’
Forerunner wading

Winnowing fork — fire!
Sundered head and trumpets sound
Cleanse his threshing floor

He draws near to us?
Fruit to bear, no fleeing snake
Brooding dove’s bright wings

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Poetry Notebook

A novice, for the love of poetry, as a parish priest in Austin, TX.