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    Variations on Some Psalms
    Variations on Some Psalms
    Variations on Some Psalms
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    Variations on Some Psalms

    By Kamala Moore

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    This is a book of my original Psalms inspired by selected verses of the Biblical Psalms.They are written in the Spanish Glosa style in which the poet takes a few lines of a poem and uses it for a take off point into her own poem.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKamala Moore
    Release dateFeb 6, 2012
    ISBN9781465802941
    Variations on Some Psalms
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    Kamala Moore

    Kamala has written poetry off and on throughout her life. Now, she is finally giving herself permission to do what she loves; to write the poetry that flows from living life. As one of her favorite poets, Rumi says, "Let the beauty you love be what you do"

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      Variations on Some Psalms - Kamala Moore

      Introduction to the Glosa Poetry Form:

      The Glosa was used by poets of the Spanish court and dates back to the late 14th and early 15th century. From the limited information available it is learned that the traditional structure has two parts. The first part consists of the first few lines or the first stanza from a well-known poem or poet. It has become permissible to use lines from a less well-known poet, or even from one's own verse.

      The second part is an expansion on, interpretation or explanation of the text. The formal rule describes the Glosa as consisting of four ten-line stanzas, with the consecutive lines of the text being used as the tenth line Furthermore, lines six and nine must rhyme with the borrowed tenth. Internal features such as length of lines, meter and rhyme are at the discretion of the poet.

      As with most poetic forms, poets have taken the liberty to vary the format. In addition to the Glosa’s traditional ten-line stanzas, one will find 4-, 5- and 8-liners. They will be found written in free verse, with meter, and with rhyme. You will find variations in which the first line of each stanza (taken from the original text) repeated again as the last line – added as a refrain.

      For my purposes I have adapted the form to my variations on the Psalms by taking each of two or three verses of a Biblical Psalm in turn and elaborating on the meaning each has for me and then ending with the biblical verse. The only rhyme comes in toward the end where the last word in my Psalm rhymes with the last word in the Biblical Psalm.

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      salm 1

      2. Their delight is in the law of the Lord

      and on his law they meditate day and night

      3.They are like the trees planted by streams of water

      which yield their fruit in its season

      and their leaves do not wither.

      In all that they do they prosper.

      As the sun and the rain allow the trees

      to blossom and fruit;

      the truth allows the followers of God

      to grow into their true inheritance

      of peace, joy and abundance.

      Because they love God’s law,

      they are giving and loving;

      thereby attracting like actions to themselves.

      The word is implanted in their hearts,

      as a compass to guide them.

      they have been given an inner light.

      Their delight is in the law of the Lord

      and on his law they meditate day and night.

      Having plumbed depths of their hearts;

      your followers know the truth which cannot be said;

      for it was placed in the very cells of their bodies.

      They understand that they are not separate

      from this inner knowing.

      It gives them peace and nourishes their spirits.

      Their roots grow deep to tap the eternal spring;

      the common ground of being.

      With their individual expression they praise the skies.

      They are a channel joining heaven and earth.

      And inside their hearts they carry a sacred alter.

      They are like the trees planted by streams of water

      which yield their fruit in season

      and their leaves do not wither.

      In all that they do they prosper.

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      salm 6

      2.Many are saying to me, There is no help for you in God.

      3.But you Lord, are a shield around me, my glory and the one who lifts up my head.

      4.I cry aloud to the Lord and he answers me from his holy hill.

      Many are lost in the valley of commerce.

      They are slaves to the masters of production.

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