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Joseph's Dilemma
Joseph, you are right to face this day with fear.
Not everyone has dreams like yours --
a rolling quaver in the night that shakes you
to your roots
a shadowed voice from heaven’s heights that
then commands:
“Go now, go against your will
and take the prim adulteress as your own.
Make the coming child who is not yours
the bearer of your name!”.
What fame will cling to you for this?
What shame?
Small whisperings behind your back
that you’re a fool?
The hand of God is leading you?
Fat chance.
So tremble, go ahead and quake.
And remember as you make your way
to take her to your home
that all of this is to be done
for the wagered sake
of an intangible.
So are you brave enough
to wear the cuckold’s horns in an exchange
for such a paltry thing
that’s known as righteousness?
Published 26th Nov 2022
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28th Nov 2022 9:45pm
I've just been told by J- that my words here are "terrible".
"Baldwin, read your poem, JOSEPH'S DILEMMA with its terrible words, you will know who used bad words against righteousness. Joseph-Zenieh"
But of course, when asked to point out which ones deserve that description, he hasn't the cojones to do so. Does anyone here feel J-Z has a case?
"Baldwin, read your poem, JOSEPH'S DILEMMA with its terrible words, you will know who used bad words against righteousness. Joseph-Zenieh"
But of course, when asked to point out which ones deserve that description, he hasn't the cojones to do so. Does anyone here feel J-Z has a case?
29th Nov 2022 9:54am
Dear Baldwin,
I don't agree that a shadowed voice from heaven would say such bad things. I think that voices from heaven always say something holy and pleasant. And a voice from heaven is asking me to be a good friend with you.
I don't agree that a shadowed voice from heaven would say such bad things. I think that voices from heaven always say something holy and pleasant. And a voice from heaven is asking me to be a good friend with you.
"Dear Baldwin,
I don't agree that a shadowed voice from heaven would say such bad things. I think that voices from heaven always say something holy and pleasant."
Where on earth did you get the idea that the narrator here is a voice from heaven? He is referring to what is stated in Matthew 1:18-20 -- which you apparently have never read.
"This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[d]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife"
And as to voices from heaven always being all sweetness and light, I take it that you haven't read much of the biblical prophets, let alone Revelation.
Once again you show that when it comes to matters Biblical you are woefully uninformed.
"And a voice from heaven is asking me to be a good friend with you."
When are you going to obey it and renounce your habit of addressing me with ad hominems?
Now instead of telling me what you do and do not believe about what voices from heaven sound like, perhaps you'll actually comment upon how and why my submission does (or does not) display literary art.
I note that it meets all of your criteria for what a writing has to have for it to be poetry even if the reference to the what the angel says to Joseph in Matthew 1 is not what you think the angel should have said to him.
I don't agree that a shadowed voice from heaven would say such bad things. I think that voices from heaven always say something holy and pleasant."
Where on earth did you get the idea that the narrator here is a voice from heaven? He is referring to what is stated in Matthew 1:18-20 -- which you apparently have never read.
"This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[d]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife"
And as to voices from heaven always being all sweetness and light, I take it that you haven't read much of the biblical prophets, let alone Revelation.
Once again you show that when it comes to matters Biblical you are woefully uninformed.
"And a voice from heaven is asking me to be a good friend with you."
When are you going to obey it and renounce your habit of addressing me with ad hominems?
Now instead of telling me what you do and do not believe about what voices from heaven sound like, perhaps you'll actually comment upon how and why my submission does (or does not) display literary art.
I note that it meets all of your criteria for what a writing has to have for it to be poetry even if the reference to the what the angel says to Joseph in Matthew 1 is not what you think the angel should have said to him.
29th Nov 2022 11:36am
Dear Baldwin, Perhaps, you are right, considering my knowledge of the Bible. I should read Biblical materials much more than l have ever done. However, l am a great believer and lover of Jesus Christ. As a man, He is the best Man That has ever existed on the earth, considering His acts and teachings. And no one can deny Him as a God. Who could come with His teachings and behaviour, in addition to His miracles and resurrection? I.am a great lover of Jesus Christ.
What this has to do with your claims about my submission, let alone my request that you outline how and why my submission is (or is not) poetry, is beyond me. But then again, since it is your habit to respond to my questions and requests to you with red herrings, I suppose I should have expected such a response.
29th Nov 2022 3:33pm
"Dear Baldwin, Perhaps, you are right, considering my knowledge of the Bible. I should read Biblical materials much more than l have ever done."
There's no "perhaps" about this especially given how, when you "quote" from it, you have misrepresented and distorted what it says.
There's no "perhaps" about this especially given how, when you "quote" from it, you have misrepresented and distorted what it says.
