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John XXIII

A POEM

By “Julian Norwich” | May 1986

The bait of his goodness brought sinners in shoals,

He guided men gently to hope once again —

This sharp-eyed old peasant, a shepherd of souls,

In the Fisherman’s following, a fisher of men.

To Phoebe*

Phoebe,

Gentle handmaid

Of us all,

Who assisted Paul

And others

Of the early church,

…

Befuddled

A slow befuddled winter fly

With 747 abandon

Has trundled from my window sill

And…

Bones of Contention

(Militia est vita hominis super terram. — Job)

Why in me, Sir, do you…