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The Moses Soliloquy |
And it began in the wilderness With a voice calling out to me in the night Calling me by name from a bramble For that is all that grows there It was as if it was consumed in flame For it was lighting the darkness And I have come to know the voice As the Lord I Am who charged me And laid this mission on me To lead the tribes of his people Israel But I was afraid and told him so To let him find another but he would not I am changed somehow by this task I no longer am the man I once was But somehow I am uplifted By the tasks the Lord has asked As if I have climbed a lofty mountain And have left the normal world I am transformed by what I do And no longer watch the flocks In the night and no longer do The bidding of Pharaoh and his court and For all the wonders the Lord has done This change is the most miraculous For what I Am has asked I have done When he said extend your hand My hand was extended and When he said raise your rod It was raised and Pharaoh and his Magicians were confounded As I now am confounded by The workings of my God Who rains meat for our pots And grows bread for our table And pours water from the dry Stone of the desert at my command. by Doug Tanoury This poem is © Copyright 2001 |
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Doug Tanoury is primarily a poet of the Internet with the majority of his work never leaving electronic form. His verse can be read at electronic magazines and journals across the world.
The greatest influence on Doug's work was his 7th grade poetry anthology from Sister Debra's English class: Reflections On A Gift Of Watermelon Pickle And Other Modern Verse (Stephen Dunning, Edward Lueders and Hugh Smith, (c)1966 by Scott Foresman & Company) He still keeps a copy of it at his writing desk.
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