Jakob is in prison until the age of 106.  This is his poetry.

Eternity

For Richard Goding

shine! water droplet

clinging still upon the Branch

all encompassing

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Forbearance

Sonnet XIX

For Cherry Thomas

Prōcess in triumph, Captain, in The Vale! (a)

Lead Thou Thy foes as captives from the fight,

taken that Thou shoudst banish from Thy sight

those pow'rs and princes gathered to assail,

embroiling Israél in Great Travail ——— (b)

wouldst make of him a sacrificial rite

whereby their bonds be smashed, their burden light' ——— (c)

Avenge Thyself! Thine enemies must quail! (d)

How I wouldst look for Thy Great Day to come! (e)

Yet, Thou hast taught me patience that I bear

offenses, slights and injuries by some

that know'st Thou not; for, 'tis to be my pray'r

Thou mightst impart them quickening, that from

death, to Thy Kingdom Come, Thy bliss they share! (f)

(a) Joel 4:1-2

(b) Jeremiah 30:4-7

(c) Psalms 2:1-3

(d) Isaiah 63:4-6

(e): ''Oy to you —— longing for the Day of Adonai! What would it be for you? The Day of Adonai will darkness and not light.'' ~Amos 5:18 TLV

(f): ''The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some consider slowness. Rather He is being patient toward you —— not wanting anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance.'' ~2 Peter 3:9 TLV

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Thy Favour

Sonnet XX

Still under arms, bound by his oath;

  though ye

dismiss thy knight, thus exiled, from the folde,

rescinding thou thy favour, e'en though he

proved firm through battle, stalwart, brave and bold.

'Twas only from his weening was he bent,

unable to express affection true,

perceiving not how tutelage had lent

him li'ble to offend, and to eschew

accepted normal conduct.

  For, in truth,

was he not set apart from all his peers?

That thou shouldst choose him doth suggest, forsooth,

thine own apportionment by tender years.

Though he prevail;

  surrounded by a host,

shall ye, assailed, surrender him as lost?

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Castaways

Sonnet XXI

Behold our vows, now flotsam in the foam

strewn o'er yon rocky shoals 'pon pebbled beach;

our ship is wrecked, and it's abortive tome,

our sojourn's log, is shred.

  I will beseach 

thee to consider that this cursèd gale,

this turbulence, this catastrophic drought

was wrought by ''it'' which ever should prevail

against our covenant to bring to naught.

Yea that I dropped the boom to come about;

ye pushed the rudder in untimely way;

neither would trust Our Pilot's Charted Route;

yet, from our wreck He'd prove He is Our Stay.

Therefore, watch still!

  Tho sundered on this bight,

He comes, THE Rescue, to His Haven Bright!

10 Octobre 2020

Jakob 

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Stand Count!

For my celly, Telly 'Memphis' Johnson, my brother

''Stand Count!'' his duty sergeant cries,

while onward, upward, in the skies,

triumphant o'er this worldly plane,

caught up in his Messiah's train,

the pris'ner locked in Earthly bands,

the captive took from foreign lands,

is hale and whole, no broken heart,

no heaviness nor sorrow start,

for 'tis Yeshua's Jubilee!

It is His Time of Liberty!

Look not for me in lonely cell;

mourne not for me as if I fell.

In comfort with my Lord above,

forever tended by His Love

shall I e'er be, who formerly

had my debt paid upon a tree.

My Blessèd Lamb's Blood, stained and sown

for ransom, proves I am His Own.

Now unto Judah's Lion bring

tribute and praise befit my King.

''Stand Count!'' do I before His Throne,

until Prince Michael's Trump be blown.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

Isaiah 61:1-3

Revelation 19:6-9

Sola Dei Gloria!

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Game On

raw shuffle for phones

brown rapping jaw jiving jams

'n hardened gray crib