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Open Poetry #3

Judith

H. Arlequin
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since 1999-08-23

Posts 210

0 posted 1999-10-27 04:43 PM

Judith

What does a Hittite know
if good the trade or bad,
Beeri knew he must show
that Esau had been had,
for who had not? Lamb stew
against his birthright share,
that bargain one could not undo.
Appeasement from despair...
an oxen yoke, one bow of yew,
a tent of camel hair,
ten beca gold, bride-price too,
for Judith's nagging fare.

Elon next to say he won
in barter with Esau,
after which Hagar's son
newest father-in-law.
Judith first, hence matriarch
of Edom's fractious lot,
of three wives, she the spark
that kept its turmoil hot.
From marriage bed there arose,
such awesomeness describe,
Judith did her will impose
on history of that tribe.

--H. Arlequin
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Women of the Word
Poems From the Goober Tree http://nathoo.wustl.edu/goober_tree.htm

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

1 posted 1999-10-27 06:05 PM

Wonderful, again, H.A.! (sometimes the bible reads like a soap opera, huh? Not much has changed in all these years!)

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Nan

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since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

2 posted 1999-10-27 10:07 PM

Yep - Only technology changes - People don't...

Watcher666
Senior Member

since 1999-10-13

Posts 1606

3 posted 1999-10-28 12:14 PM

Well done!!

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Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you.

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