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On Jesus's Tales :

On Jesus's Tales:

Belief,

What I Ever Meant Of This Mere Natural Phrase ?,

What did I ever mean by this simple natural phrase?

To Chase The Mere Mortals Or His Morality To Caress,

To pursue mere humans or to cherish his goodness?

For The Nature To Dress With His Embrace,

For nature to be adorned with his hug,

With Leafs,

With leaves,

With Stalks,

With stems,

With Shallow Tangled Vineyards To The Mortal Loss,

With shallow tangled grapevines leading to human loss,

With Breeze Enough To Sweep The Very Human Ghastly Gore,

With a breeze strong enough to sweep away human horrors,

Love To The Midst To Strangle The Abhorrent Show,

Love in the middle to choke the horrible display,

So Pure To Purify The Impurities Of Such Impudent Smiles,

So pure as to cleanse the flaws of such bold smiles,

For The Stakes Called To Divine,

For the stakes called to the holy,

For The Divinity To Shine,

For holiness to shine,

In The Mines Of Those Dreads Once Dug To Reconcile,

In the mines of those fears once dug to make peace,

For Those Endangered Abstract Eyes To Foresee What Lies,

For those endangered abstract eyes to foresee what lies ahead,

In The Kingdom He Seeks,

In the kingdom he seeks,

To Glance The Mere Mortal Needs,

To glance at mere human needs,

Faith,

What Faith Was To This Sanity Ever ?,

What was faith to this sanity ever?

He Spoken To It,

He spoke to it,

The Very Ballad Of His Realm Never,

The very song of his realm never,

Ever To The Broken Stones,

Ever to the broken stones,

The Teared Grass,

The torn grass,

The Broken Smeared Gentle White Tars,

The broken smeared gentle white tars,

In The Very Blood,

In the very blood,

The Wine Of The Very Earthly Cast,

The wine of the very earthly cast,

In His Kingdom He Seeks,

In his kingdom he seeks,

The Broken At This Feets,

The broken at his feet,

The Blind To See What Lies Beneath This Drowsy Little Breaths,

The blind to see what lies beneath these sleepy little breaths,

The Leprose Be Pleased To The Very Earthly Nile,

The lepers to be pleased by the very earthly Nile,

For His Whimsical, Ghastly, Dear Father To Smile,

For his whimsical, ghastly, dear father to smile,

Faith,

Was Just His Dearest Preached Orchestra ,

Was just his dearest preached orchestra,

To This Mere Mortal Terra,

To this mere human earth,

To Believe His Belief,

To believe his belief,

For The Sake Of Believing The Impeccable Immaculate,

For the sake of believing the flawless pure,

The Heart Of Clay That Brimmed To Breath,

The heart of clay that brimmed to breathe,

The Breath Whisked With Gentleness With Each Dearest Erst ,

The breath whisked with gentleness with each dearest first,

The Very Smile He Ever Laid To Someone's Face,

The very smile he ever laid on someone's face,

The Very Light His Smile Ever Bowed To The Disabled,

The very light his smile ever bowed to the disabled,

To Be Truthful To The Heart Wrenched Galland Gales Of Whisky Brisky Galls Of Twisted Truths,

To be truthful to the heart-wrenching brave winds of whiskey brisk gales of twisted truths,

For The Bruises So Shallow Edged With Raw Laughs,

For the bruises so shallow-edged with raw laughs,

The Very Gentle Spirit Of The Holy,

The very gentle spirit of the holy,

Graciously Cradles Those Very Coughs,

Graciously cradles those very coughs,

Faith Is His Charter To Seek A Man,

Faith is his charter to seek a man,

To Witness The Truth With Cursed Meticulous Ballads,

To witness the truth with cursed careful songs,

To Believe His Being To Beings Conscience,

To believe his being to beings' conscience,

To Treat The Very Wrath With Gentleness Sweeped Gracious Smiles,

To treat the very anger with gentleness swept gracious smiles,

To Love,

To love,

To Live A Beautiful Drastic Lie,

To live a beautiful drastic lie,

With Busted Souls,

With broken souls,

With Wrenched Fouls,

With twisted fouls,

Treachery's Moulds,

Treachery's molds,

In The Man's Terra,

In man's earth,

The Bustling Busted Trenches Of The Man's Wine,

The bustling broken trenches of man's wine,

A Horde Of Those Delicate Lies,

A horde of those delicate lies,

In The Fathoms To Dine ,

In the depths to dine,

The Blood And The Crimson Skies,

The blood and the crimson skies,

To This Bespoken Teared Braised King He Called,

To this spoken torn braised king he called,

To His Unspoken Treacherous Manly Realms,

To his unspoken treacherous manly realms,

The King Sinful Of His Dearest Battered Stacked Sins,

The king sinful of his dearest battered stacked sins,

The Sinner Of Those Sins He Was Destined To Be Sinful Of,

The sinner of those sins he was destined to be sinful of,

Not The Very Sin He Sinned To,

Not the very sin he sinned to,

The Gluttony Of Him To Praise The Lord,

The gluttony of him to praise the Lord,

The Orchestrated God He Hymned To

The orchestrated God he hymned to

Abhor,

The Facade He Trenched To Brine The Very Souls In The Wine Of Cana,

The facade he trenched to brine the very souls in the wine of Cana,

In The Withered Shredded Bearded

In the withered shredded bearded

Greased Lazarus's Plaza,

greased Lazarus's plaza,

He Was But A Faith To The Cultist Of His Culture Of The Revered Endangered Foreseen Lord,

He was but a faith to the cultist of his culture of the revered endangered foreseen Lord,

A Lord Speaking In Ornamented Material Parables He Called,

A Lord speaking in ornamented material stories he called,

To Seek His Preached Treacherous Realm Of Man In The Words Of Mortal Gods,

To seek his preached treacherous realm of man in the words of mortal gods,

To Damn The Damnation Of His Calls,

To damn the damnation of his calls,

He Chose,

He chose,

The Broken Sheep,

The broken sheep,

The Old Bended Twisted Intaken Shepherd,

The old bent twisted taken shepherd,

With A Very Loved Hall,

With a very loved hall,

Just Spoken Of An Unwithered To Understand,

Just spoken of an unwithered to understand,

To Seek That Ritualized Abhorrent Something,

To seek that ritualized horrible something,

Which Is Something To The Damnation And To Their Inverse Invasive Incumbent Seeking,

Which is something to the damnation and to their inverse invasive incumbent seeking,

Seeks To Be That Manifested Groaned Something,

Seeks to be that manifested groaned something,

Not That Bruised Impeccable Something When Being Seen To The Withered Shredded Piece Of That Very Oconee Bell's Leaf,

Not that bruised flawless something when being seen to the withered shredded piece of that very Oconee Bell's leaf,

Unsheathes To The Heath Of Something,

Unsheathes to the heath of something,

He Ever Tried To Seek,

He ever tried to seek,

His Tales,

His tales,

Impeccable Immaculate Drooled To This Mortal Fools Of This Weathered Grass,

Flawless pure drooled to these mortal fools of this weathered grass,

They Seek To The Flower Of Heinous Blooded Brass,

They seek the flower of heinous blooded brass,

To Seek The Shimmering Starving Crippling Of Fools,

To seek the shimmering starving crippling of fools,

The Mere Astonishing Abolishing Scrutinous Divine Tools,

The mere astonishing abolishing careful divine tools,

To This Mortal Realm Of,

To this mortal realm of,

The Luscious Blooded Grass,

The luscious blooded grass,

The Cold Blooded Hay,

The cold blooded hay,

The Stillness Of That Wining Past,

The stillness of that winning past,

The Blood Dread Soothing Deaths Ever Cheering Hearts,

The blood dread soothing deaths ever cheering hearts,

The Little Belittle Unveiling Lord He Said

The little belittled unveiling Lord he said

To Errand,

to errand,

Too Fragile,

Too fragile,

Too Shriveled,

Too shriveled,

Too Blatantly Blandly Vigorously Shredded To The Forsaken,

Too blatantly blandly vigorously shredded to the forsaken,

The Man's Indisputable Indispensable Slithering Shuttering,

The man's indisputable indispensable slithering shuttering,

Too Twisted To Understand.

Too twisted to understand.

Explanation

The poem 'On Jesus's Tales' is a complex reflection on the teachings and influence of Jesus, exploring themes of faith, morality, and the human condition. It uses vivid imagery and metaphor to convey the struggle between divine ideals and human flaws. The poem begins by questioning the meaning of belief and faith, suggesting a tension between the pursuit of mortal desires and the embrace of divine morality. It describes nature as being adorned by Jesus's presence, symbolizing purity and the potential for moral transformation. The poem also addresses the challenges of faith, portraying it as a guiding force that seeks to reconcile human imperfections with divine aspirations. The imagery of brokenness, blindness, and leprosy highlights the transformative power of faith, while the references to wine and blood evoke the sacramental aspects of Jesus's teachings. Ultimately, the poem suggests that faith is a charter for seeking truth and understanding, despite the inherent contradictions and complexities of human existence. The language is rich and ornate, reflecting the depth and intricacy of the themes explored.

Word Dictionary28

Word	In English	Plain (English)	Pron.
Belief	faith, trust	confidence in something	bi-leef
Caress	gently touch	soft touch	kuh-res
Embrace	hug, accept	to hold closely	em-braas
Vineyards	grape farms	places where grapes are grown	vin-yahrdz
Ghastly	horrible, terrifying	shockingly frightful	gaast-lee
Impurities	flaws, contaminants	unwanted elements	im-pyur-i-teez
Divinity	godliness, holiness	the quality of being divine	di-vin-i-tee
Reconcile	make peace, resolve	to restore friendly relations	rek-uhn-syle
Realm	kingdom, domain	a field or domain of activity	relm
Leprose	leprous, diseased	affected by leprosy	lep-rohs
Whimsical	playful, fanciful	unpredictably playful	wim-zi-kuhl
Orchestra	musical group	a large group of musicians	awr-kes-truh
Impeccable	flawless, perfect	without fault	im-pek-uh-buhl
Galland	brave, noble	showing courage	gal-uhnd
Graciously	kindly, politely	in a courteous manner	grey-shuhs-lee
Meticulous	careful, precise	showing great attention to detail	muh-tik-yuh-luhs
Wrath	anger, fury	extreme anger	rath
Treachery	betrayal, deceit	betrayal of trust	trech-uh-ree
Facade	front, appearance	a deceptive outward appearance	fuh-sahd
Ornamented	decorated, adorned	embellished with decorative elements	awr-nuh-men-tid
Parables	stories, fables	simple stories used to illustrate a moral lesson	par-uh-buhls
Manifested	shown, displayed	made clear or evident	man-uh-fest-id
Immaculate	spotless, pure	perfectly clean	ih-mak-yuh-lit
Astonishing	amazing, surprising	causing great surprise	uh-ston-ish-ing
Scrutinous	careful, detailed	thorough and detailed examination	skroo-tin-uhs
Forsaken	abandoned, deserted	left behind or given up	for-say-kuhn
Indisputable	undeniable, certain	impossible to doubt	in-di-spyoo-tuh-buhl
Slithering	sliding, gliding	moving smoothly over a surface	slith-er-ing

Poet & Context

Poet—

EraContemporary

The poet of 'On Jesus's Tales' is unknown, and the work appears to be a contemporary piece reflecting on themes of faith and morality.

WhenUnknown

WhyThe poem reflects on the teachings and tales of Jesus, exploring themes of faith, morality, and the human condition. It delves into the struggle between divine ideals and human flaws, using vivid imagery and complex language to convey its message.

FormFree verse

Themes & More

Themes

FaithMoralityDivine vs. HumanRedemptionSpiritual Journey

Literary devices

Metaphor: The poem uses metaphors to compare faith and belief to tangible elements like nature and music.Imagery: Vivid descriptions of nature and human conditions create a rich visual experience.Alliteration: Repeated consonant sounds, such as 'whisky brisk gales,' enhance the musical quality.Symbolism: Elements like wine and blood symbolize sacramental and spiritual themes.Personification: Abstract concepts like faith and belief are given human-like qualities.

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On Jesus's Tales :

Original Poetry

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On Jesus's Tales :

On Jesus's Tales:

Belief,

What I Ever Meant Of This Mere Natural Phrase ?,

What did I ever mean by this simple natural phrase?

To Chase The Mere Mortals Or His Morality To Caress,

To pursue mere humans or to cherish his goodness?

For The Nature To Dress With His Embrace,

For nature to be adorned with his hug,

With Leafs,

With leaves,

With Stalks,

With stems,

With Shallow Tangled Vineyards To The Mortal Loss,

With shallow tangled grapevines leading to human loss,

With Breeze Enough To Sweep The Very Human Ghastly Gore,

With a breeze strong enough to sweep away human horrors,

Love To The Midst To Strangle The Abhorrent Show,

Love in the middle to choke the horrible display,

So Pure To Purify The Impurities Of Such Impudent Smiles,

So pure as to cleanse the flaws of such bold smiles,

For The Stakes Called To Divine,

For the stakes called to the holy,

For The Divinity To Shine,

For holiness to shine,

In The Mines Of Those Dreads Once Dug To Reconcile,

In the mines of those fears once dug to make peace,

For Those Endangered Abstract Eyes To Foresee What Lies,

For those endangered abstract eyes to foresee what lies ahead,

In The Kingdom He Seeks,

In the kingdom he seeks,

To Glance The Mere Mortal Needs,

To glance at mere human needs,

Faith,

What Faith Was To This Sanity Ever ?,

What was faith to this sanity ever?

He Spoken To It,

He spoke to it,

The Very Ballad Of His Realm Never,

The very song of his realm never,

Ever To The Broken Stones,

Ever to the broken stones,

The Teared Grass,

The torn grass,

The Broken Smeared Gentle White Tars,

The broken smeared gentle white tars,

In The Very Blood,

In the very blood,

The Wine Of The Very Earthly Cast,

The wine of the very earthly cast,

In His Kingdom He Seeks,

In his kingdom he seeks,

The Broken At This Feets,

The broken at his feet,

The Blind To See What Lies Beneath This Drowsy Little Breaths,

The blind to see what lies beneath these sleepy little breaths,

The Leprose Be Pleased To The Very Earthly Nile,

The lepers to be pleased by the very earthly Nile,

For His Whimsical, Ghastly, Dear Father To Smile,

For his whimsical, ghastly, dear father to smile,

Faith,

Was Just His Dearest Preached Orchestra ,

Was just his dearest preached orchestra,

To This Mere Mortal Terra,

To this mere human earth,

To Believe His Belief,

To believe his belief,

For The Sake Of Believing The Impeccable Immaculate,

For the sake of believing the flawless pure,

The Heart Of Clay That Brimmed To Breath,

The heart of clay that brimmed to breathe,

The Breath Whisked With Gentleness With Each Dearest Erst ,

The breath whisked with gentleness with each dearest first,

The Very Smile He Ever Laid To Someone's Face,

The very smile he ever laid on someone's face,

The Very Light His Smile Ever Bowed To The Disabled,

The very light his smile ever bowed to the disabled,

To Be Truthful To The Heart Wrenched Galland Gales Of Whisky Brisky Galls Of Twisted Truths,

To be truthful to the heart-wrenching brave winds of whiskey brisk gales of twisted truths,

For The Bruises So Shallow Edged With Raw Laughs,

For the bruises so shallow-edged with raw laughs,

The Very Gentle Spirit Of The Holy,

The very gentle spirit of the holy,

Graciously Cradles Those Very Coughs,

Graciously cradles those very coughs,

Faith Is His Charter To Seek A Man,

Faith is his charter to seek a man,

To Witness The Truth With Cursed Meticulous Ballads,

To witness the truth with cursed careful songs,

To Believe His Being To Beings Conscience,

To believe his being to beings' conscience,

To Treat The Very Wrath With Gentleness Sweeped Gracious Smiles,

To treat the very anger with gentleness swept gracious smiles,

To Love,

To love,

To Live A Beautiful Drastic Lie,

To live a beautiful drastic lie,

With Busted Souls,

With broken souls,

With Wrenched Fouls,

With twisted fouls,

Treachery's Moulds,

Treachery's molds,

In The Man's Terra,

In man's earth,

The Bustling Busted Trenches Of The Man's Wine,

The bustling broken trenches of man's wine,

A Horde Of Those Delicate Lies,

A horde of those delicate lies,

In The Fathoms To Dine ,

In the depths to dine,

The Blood And The Crimson Skies,

The blood and the crimson skies,

To This Bespoken Teared Braised King He Called,

To this spoken torn braised king he called,

To His Unspoken Treacherous Manly Realms,

To his unspoken treacherous manly realms,

The King Sinful Of His Dearest Battered Stacked Sins,

The king sinful of his dearest battered stacked sins,

The Sinner Of Those Sins He Was Destined To Be Sinful Of,

The sinner of those sins he was destined to be sinful of,

Not The Very Sin He Sinned To,

Not the very sin he sinned to,

The Gluttony Of Him To Praise The Lord,

The gluttony of him to praise the Lord,

The Orchestrated God He Hymned To

The orchestrated God he hymned to

Abhor,

The Facade He Trenched To Brine The Very Souls In The Wine Of Cana,

The facade he trenched to brine the very souls in the wine of Cana,

In The Withered Shredded Bearded

In the withered shredded bearded

Greased Lazarus's Plaza,

greased Lazarus's plaza,

He Was But A Faith To The Cultist Of His Culture Of The Revered Endangered Foreseen Lord,

He was but a faith to the cultist of his culture of the revered endangered foreseen Lord,

A Lord Speaking In Ornamented Material Parables He Called,

A Lord speaking in ornamented material stories he called,

To Seek His Preached Treacherous Realm Of Man In The Words Of Mortal Gods,

To seek his preached treacherous realm of man in the words of mortal gods,

To Damn The Damnation Of His Calls,

To damn the damnation of his calls,

He Chose,

He chose,

The Broken Sheep,

The broken sheep,

The Old Bended Twisted Intaken Shepherd,

The old bent twisted taken shepherd,

With A Very Loved Hall,

With a very loved hall,

Just Spoken Of An Unwithered To Understand,

Just spoken of an unwithered to understand,

To Seek That Ritualized Abhorrent Something,

To seek that ritualized horrible something,

Which Is Something To The Damnation And To Their Inverse Invasive Incumbent Seeking,

Which is something to the damnation and to their inverse invasive incumbent seeking,

Seeks To Be That Manifested Groaned Something,

Seeks to be that manifested groaned something,

Not That Bruised Impeccable Something When Being Seen To The Withered Shredded Piece Of That Very Oconee Bell's Leaf,

Not that bruised flawless something when being seen to the withered shredded piece of that very Oconee Bell's leaf,

Unsheathes To The Heath Of Something,

Unsheathes to the heath of something,

He Ever Tried To Seek,

He ever tried to seek,

His Tales,

His tales,

Impeccable Immaculate Drooled To This Mortal Fools Of This Weathered Grass,

Flawless pure drooled to these mortal fools of this weathered grass,

They Seek To The Flower Of Heinous Blooded Brass,

They seek the flower of heinous blooded brass,

To Seek The Shimmering Starving Crippling Of Fools,

To seek the shimmering starving crippling of fools,

The Mere Astonishing Abolishing Scrutinous Divine Tools,

The mere astonishing abolishing careful divine tools,

To This Mortal Realm Of,

To this mortal realm of,

The Luscious Blooded Grass,

The luscious blooded grass,

The Cold Blooded Hay,

The cold blooded hay,

The Stillness Of That Wining Past,

The stillness of that winning past,

The Blood Dread Soothing Deaths Ever Cheering Hearts,

The blood dread soothing deaths ever cheering hearts,

The Little Belittle Unveiling Lord He Said

The little belittled unveiling Lord he said

To Errand,

to errand,

Too Fragile,

Too fragile,

Too Shriveled,

Too shriveled,

Too Blatantly Blandly Vigorously Shredded To The Forsaken,

Too blatantly blandly vigorously shredded to the forsaken,

The Man's Indisputable Indispensable Slithering Shuttering,

The man's indisputable indispensable slithering shuttering,

Too Twisted To Understand.

Too twisted to understand.

Explanation

Word Dictionary28

Word	In English	Plain (English)	Pron.
Belief	faith, trust	confidence in something	bi-leef
Caress	gently touch	soft touch	kuh-res
Embrace	hug, accept	to hold closely	em-braas
Vineyards	grape farms	places where grapes are grown	vin-yahrdz
Ghastly	horrible, terrifying	shockingly frightful	gaast-lee
Impurities	flaws, contaminants	unwanted elements	im-pyur-i-teez
Divinity	godliness, holiness	the quality of being divine	di-vin-i-tee
Reconcile	make peace, resolve	to restore friendly relations	rek-uhn-syle
Realm	kingdom, domain	a field or domain of activity	relm
Leprose	leprous, diseased	affected by leprosy	lep-rohs
Whimsical	playful, fanciful	unpredictably playful	wim-zi-kuhl
Orchestra	musical group	a large group of musicians	awr-kes-truh
Impeccable	flawless, perfect	without fault	im-pek-uh-buhl
Galland	brave, noble	showing courage	gal-uhnd
Graciously	kindly, politely	in a courteous manner	grey-shuhs-lee
Meticulous	careful, precise	showing great attention to detail	muh-tik-yuh-luhs
Wrath	anger, fury	extreme anger	rath
Treachery	betrayal, deceit	betrayal of trust	trech-uh-ree
Facade	front, appearance	a deceptive outward appearance	fuh-sahd
Ornamented	decorated, adorned	embellished with decorative elements	awr-nuh-men-tid
Parables	stories, fables	simple stories used to illustrate a moral lesson	par-uh-buhls
Manifested	shown, displayed	made clear or evident	man-uh-fest-id
Immaculate	spotless, pure	perfectly clean	ih-mak-yuh-lit
Astonishing	amazing, surprising	causing great surprise	uh-ston-ish-ing
Scrutinous	careful, detailed	thorough and detailed examination	skroo-tin-uhs
Forsaken	abandoned, deserted	left behind or given up	for-say-kuhn
Indisputable	undeniable, certain	impossible to doubt	in-di-spyoo-tuh-buhl
Slithering	sliding, gliding	moving smoothly over a surface	slith-er-ing

Poet & Context

Poet—

EraContemporary

The poet of 'On Jesus's Tales' is unknown, and the work appears to be a contemporary piece reflecting on themes of faith and morality.

WhenUnknown

FormFree verse

Themes & More

Themes

FaithMoralityDivine vs. HumanRedemptionSpiritual Journey

Literary devices