ray pool

THE HOLY GHOST

by ray pool

Tuesday 30th October 2018 10:11 pm

Amongst those I admire most

must surely be the Holy Ghost.

Indefinable, unfathomable,

a lesson to us all

in how to remain invisible

yet unfailingly enthrall.

With a presence compulsory

though indescribable to most.

Yes, amongst the Ones I much admire

must be the holy Ghost.

Something you will never meet

except on a lost horizon;

nevertheless its place is assured

being universally adored

from simple shack to spired edifice

always at his post (her post)

is the much admired

never expired

ineffable Holy Ghost.

🌷(7)

◄ HUNTER'S MOON

THE HOUSE OF USHER ►

Comments

raypool

Wed 14th Nov 2018 20:21

Thanks for your comment Jennifer - go back as far as you like! Rhythm and rhyme, use them all the time.

Ray

jennifer Malden

Wed 14th Nov 2018 14:11

Comment better late than never! Loved the rythm of it.
Jennifer

raypool

Sun 4th Nov 2018 21:23

Rightly observed Mark - a comedy classic. Cheers.

M.C. Newberry

Sun 4th Nov 2018 14:28

I love - and always laugh at - that tale from the late lamented comedian/story-teller Dave Allen - about his
childhood graveside memory of hearing "into the hole he goes" for the words "and the Holy Ghost". Magic stuff!

raypool

Sun 4th Nov 2018 11:28

Thank you for the comment John. That's a very salient point you make. Fear has its part to play sadly. It seems so unfair being expected to adopt the full blown trappings of belief at that age. Good that you have emerged still with your own intact! A friend of mine endured torment from being gay with the same expectations of him to conform.

All the best, Ray

john short

Sun 4th Nov 2018 02:42

Hi Ray,

As a small child I was taught to say bedtime prayers but couldn't bring myself to say "Holy Ghost" as it was too scary. Now as a lapsed Catholic since age 14 I prefer to just meditate on the great spirit - the life force that moves us all. I reckon I'm a Taoist these days.

I liked the line: From simple shack to spired edifice.

raypool

Thu 1st Nov 2018 22:09

Hi Mark, I doth tremble at the prospect! Thanks for reading.

Glad it worked for you Taylor , thanks!

Thanks Hannah, appreciate your comment.

Brian, you have the answer there, unless of course God is invisible as claimed. Of course invisible doesn't necessarily mean non - existent, except in an existentialist sense. Know wha' I mean?

Cheers David. Glad you enjoyed this. The word ineffable just seemed to fit the essence, and now I have looked it up I see what you mean. There are many grandiloquent words attached to the mysteries, how would it be otherwise. I loved the clip - so right. Barbed and brimming with truth.

Tom, Big Sal, Jon and Anya, I'm grateful as always for your interest.
Thanks folks all. Ray

<Deleted User> (18980)

Wed 31st Oct 2018 10:05

I'm not a believer myself, but if I were I would have to have great faith in a holy ghost, holy spirit...call it what you will. How else could God be on every believer's shoulder whenever needed? It must be comforting.

<Deleted User> (18118)

Wed 31st Oct 2018 09:17

Great poem Ray.
Very clever and amusing too.

Hannah

Taylor Crowshaw

Wed 31st Oct 2018 06:36

Love the rythm and rhyme of this poem Ray..?

M.C. Newberry

Tue 30th Oct 2018 22:55

Neatly constructed with a nod to our human fallibility -
Followed with a blind devotion
That surrenders logic to emotion.
But it seems that (near or far) fate
Will see us meet the devil incarnate!

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