Syriac Ephrem

Make me formal,
keep me light,
free of boast
and captious carp,
Syriac Ephrem,
saint of old.

Nearly normal,
barely bold,
I ask you, harp
of the Holy Ghost,
Syriac Ephrem,
help me write.





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Written on 2023-01-11 at 07:56

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jim The PoetBay support member heart!
Like Joe I was sent to Wiki, and I wonder if there are any contemporary writers of faith who are leaving their marks on theology or philosophy such as St. Ephrem and many others did, two thousand years ago.

Re: the poem: tight!
2023-01-12


josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
Thomas, your sensitive and elegant petition has produced a wander for me among the maze of Wikipedia where Ephrem resides in detail. You chose a poetic saint as your intermediary!

It seems that your entreaty has been answered in these tightly written two magnificent stanzas
2023-01-11