Category Archives: Devotional Poetry

Here We Come a-Wassailing

Posted on December 17, 2024 by bobjanisdillon

Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green; Here we come a-wand’ring So fair to be seen. Love and joy come to you, And to you your wassail too; And God bless you and send you a Happy New … Continue reading →

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Three Vignettes from the Richest Man in the Whole World

Posted on December 17, 2024 by bobjanisdillon

I. When the cat – who is, by affiliation, YOUR cat –bounds toward the door from a high tree,looking for all the world like glory,(and there was a moment there, as usual, you worriedhe may have been a goner, but … Continue reading →

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Give Thanks

Posted on December 16, 2024 by bobjanisdillon

give thanksif you canyou never know ifsomeone else might need them the cook, the childor even justthe forest waiting to receiveyour offering of light

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My Usher

Posted on November 25, 2024 by bobjanisdillon

Mystery is my usher,I will never miss the show. She sits me down in the good seats,She waits quietly until intermission. She restores my soul: she leads me from one act to the next,in a plot much larger and granderthan … Continue reading →

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The Armies of Everyday Salvation

Posted on July 14, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

Three or four women, at least,have rescued me from the jaws of death.Maria pulled me from trafficwhen I had wandered, garrulous, into Albany.Emilie cupped my skull in her hands, just above the steps of the altar,and just before the stone … Continue reading →

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Whose are you?

Posted on July 5, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

I belong to my alarm clock and the six am shufflethat since my childhood has been a queer calling.I belong to the coffee machine,and the aroma of the Sierra Nevada highlandsthat I have only seen with others’ eyes and hands.I … Continue reading →

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Possible side effects may include

Posted on July 1, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

Possible side effects may includedizzy spellsfatiguenauseaa debilitating sense of wonderdry mouthactually getting excited about vegetablesor at least trying really hard tothat feeling of melancholy that comeslike the tide, washing your feetand then recedingbut also soaking into the skintree envychillsthe seasons … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: Earth TV

Posted on June 13, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

Relax, because the alienswatching you on Earth TVmust be into stripped-down, artsy,not-overly-dramatic cinéma verité,if they’ve been watching you, faithfully,thus far. So you can do without the car chase,and just swallow, with a slight furrow of the brow,that cutting remark of … Continue reading →

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Arjuna at Antietam

Posted on June 1, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

At Antietam,Arjuna looked across the sunken road,at his brothers and his teachers,gathered for the slaughter.And he turned to chariot driver, and asked,“Great teacher, show me America.” And Uncle Sam pulled down his beard,and in the gun barrels of his eyes, … Continue reading →

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Losing Faith

Posted on May 24, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

First, we lost our faith in the old man in the big chair,and then we lost our faith in God. We lost faith in the New York Yankees,the military-industrial complex,progress,and the Electrolux microwave oven. We lost faith in the absolution … Continue reading →

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