Student Poetry This Project WR245 More Home		The Tale of Job A rhythmic imitation of if everything happens that can't be done by e.e. cummings Linda Appel Though over and over Job asked for aid, for justice and succor from God on high, there was no response from his deity, a God kind, great, which made friends insist “There has to be some way you’ve sinned.” Though Job listened well he kept arguing he was not to blame for he had not sinned and God could not have any reason pure to inflict hard correction upon so pious and guiltless a man. But things just got worse and though Job lashed out no one and no thing came to help to solve the myst’ry of God’s unfeeling default which left Job cry- ing out once again “Oh, why won’t Jehovah respond?” The Lord thundered forth from a whirlwind and roared, “How, then, can you question my justice hard? How can you condemn Me, so sure you’re right? Can you do, know, one tenth of what I create, undertake, for mankind? The seas, great behemoth, leviathan, too, can you match my power? And where were you as I laid foundations for earth and lit stars? Now must you, Job, who’ve questioned my rule, respond to these questions I’ve posed.” Job said in reply to the Lord, “I know how You far surpass me, how weak I am, how little I understand. I recant. With my ears, eyes, my being entire I will seek to learn, I’ll repent of pride.” It came then to pass that all Job thought lost was given him twofold again. He lived in awe of his God, life once more grew good, and when old in contentment he died. Amen. Linda Knowlton Appel was born in 1939. Raised in Alabama and Massachusetts, she has lived all around the United States. After many years as a science and business librarian, she has retired to concentrate on writing poetry. She has two children, two grandchildren and lives with her husband on the Willamette River in Oregon. You can read more of Linda's classroom poems by following the graphic link below.
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