Category Archives: Devotional Poetry

Your Monday Blessing

Posted on November 3, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

& the letters not written & the words that didn’t find mouths & the kindnesses not enacted & the reconciliations not achieved & the embraces not extended & the drawings left unfinished on the counter & the apologies not made … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: Halloween edition

Posted on October 27, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

There may come a time in life’s journey when thine own self rings as hollow and false as an old fool in an usurper’s court. Fear not. Well, OK, fear a little, but wonder, too. Pick up your plastic pumpkin … Continue reading →

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“The Red Leaf” (video)

Posted on October 23, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

This is a video of yesterday’s poem, “The Red Leaf”, starring the very leaf that inspired it.

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The Red Leaf

Posted on October 22, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

A boy cradles a leaf in the palm of his hand. It’s a red leaf, found on a hillside among its colleagues, the already fading output of growing life, now brought to wondrous reverence as the beauty upon which the … Continue reading →

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Rattle the tin cans

Posted on October 2, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

Shake the drum, rattle the tin cans. Strike metal on brass, Make the loudest pots sing for dear life. Turn a field of cows into commotion. Lean on your horn, Sound trumpets in the midst of the city. Scream like … Continue reading →

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Hurry

Posted on September 23, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

God wants you to hurry! Hurry! HURRY! Drop what you’re doing! The bell has rung, come running! This is too good to miss. Quit your dawdling, now now now! There’s no time to waste, put down everything, and if you … Continue reading →

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The prayers of the reluctant lawn mower

Posted on September 15, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

The prayers of the reluctant lawn mower are answered by the rain. Another day for reading books inside, to live in peace, excuses falling from the sky as grace. I ask forgiveness from the summer hands who clasp at straws, … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing (on the occasion of the poet’s birthday)

Posted on September 8, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

May wrinkles find their way into your face, and may your hair turn white. May your gait become a tottering challenge, and may the noises of the world retreat further and further from comprehension. May words fail you. May you … Continue reading →

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Jesus at the parade

Posted on August 30, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

Later there were mutterings at the bar, and throughout the law courts, that Jesus only showed at the gay pride parade to love the jewel, but not the quality, to love the potluck, but not the food, to love the … Continue reading →

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God is It

Posted on August 29, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

A lot of people play hide-and-seek with God. I play tag. It’s not easy. God can cover a lot of ground, and chasing after Her will get you nowhere. So I wait, go about my business, build temples out of … Continue reading →

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