Sukkot

by Noel Joshua Hadley | February 1, 2026 | New, Noel Joshua Hadley Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

Sukkot by Noel Joshua HadleyTHE last anyone thought to look at the time it was seventeen minutes past midnight, and so far as I can tell, no one is eager to tether their silver chord to the transistor radio of dreams. The fire plays her usual duality...

1 Chronicles 29:10-20: The Last Prayer of David

by Noel Joshua Hadley | January 29, 2026 | New, Pamela Glasgow Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

I Chronicles 29:10-20 The Last Prayer of Da’ud by Pamela GlasgowAnd Da’ud did barak ath-YAHAUAHA, the EVER-LIVING, to the eyes of all the gathered assembly, and Da’ud did declare: Bara’uk are You, O YAHAUAHA, ALAHAYA of our fathers, From ancient times And...

Tears

by Noel Joshua Hadley | January 27, 2026 | Laura Robinson Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

Tears by Laura RobinsonGently it creates a way for more to follow Flowing down anyway and anywhere it wants Staining the skin with its rich taste Leaving the memories and all the pain To be seen by others passing by From deep within like a volcano erupts Ready to...

Tea Time with Rivqah and Teddy

by Noel Joshua Hadley | January 25, 2026 | Noel Joshua Hadley Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

Tea Time with Rivqah and Teddy by Noel Joshua HadleyANY minute now, my three-year-old daughter will announce from her end of the hallway, “Daddy, TEA TIME!” And I am telling you now, I will drop what I am doing, stopping everything the very moment she calls my...

Spit in my face, you Jews (Holly Sonnet 11) by John Donne

by Noel Joshua Hadley | January 19, 2026 | Poetry, Poetry Christian | 0 Comments

Spit in my face, you Jews (Holy Sonnet 11) by John DonneSpit in my face you Jews, and pierce my side, Buffet, and scoff, scourge, and crucify me, For I have sinned, and sinned, and only he Who could do no iniquity hath died: But by my death can not be satisfied My...

Hounds On Parade

by Noel Joshua Hadley | January 18, 2026 | Noel Joshua Hadley Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

Hounds on Parade by Noel Joshua HadleySPREADING my palms wide for a Hollywood committee, I will propose the plot of my yet unproduced movie about long-eared droopy-eyed hounds howling mayhem through a small American town. “Picture the opening act if you will,”...

Canticle of the Sun, by Saint Francis of Assisi

by Noel Joshua Hadley | January 17, 2026 | Poetry, Poetry Christian | 0 Comments

The Canticle of the Sun Saint Francis of AssisiMost High, all-powerful, good Lord, Yours are the praises, the glory, the honor, and all blessings. To You alone, Most High, do they belong, and no man is worthy to mention Your name. Praised be You, my...

Mary’s Song

by Noel Joshua Hadley | January 16, 2026 | Poetry, Randy Conway Poems | 0 Comments

MARY’S SONG by Randy ConwayWith a mother’s eyes I beheld You, With a mother’s arms I held You, With a mother’s heart I loved You With a mother’s soul I died with You. I nursed You, I dressed You I held Your hand when You were afraid. I fed You, I taught You I...

Rain

by Noel Joshua Hadley | January 16, 2026 | Laura Robinson Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

Rain by Laura RobinsonIt falls down your face mixed with tears from pain and sorrow As it pours down on you and beats into your skin, let it wash away the stains from unwanted blood and fears It creates a feeling of pleasure you desire more than love, because you know...

Summer Shunshine

by Noel Joshua Hadley | January 4, 2026 | Pauly Hart Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

Summer Sunshine by Pauly HartPlay hours all day sun; play, play, play. In the summer sun, warm and shiny. Summer sunshine, summer funshine. Smiles and glistens, warm and friendly. Shimmer and glimmer, warm and nice. Hot and funny, play sun, play. Play on lakes, and...

John the Beloved

by Noel Joshua Hadley | January 1, 2026 | Poetry, Randy Conway Poems | 0 Comments

John the Beloved by Randy ConwayI am confused My emotions surging My emotions battling, Battling for prominent position. I stand alone, I am surrounded. I am stone, I am liquid. Anger rises A rage builds. Angry at the soldiers, Angry at the Religious...

The Weary Wayfarer: A Pilgrim’s Progress Retold in Rhyme

by Noel Joshua Hadley | January 1, 2026 | Books, New, Poetry, Vicki Joy Anderson Poetry | 0 Comments

Late into the autumn of 2025, we initiated our very first Unexpected Poetry Night and were pleased to welcome Vicki Joy Anderson into the TUC family. Some of you may already know her as the author of They Only Come Out at Night, an incredibly researched expose on the...

Various Times

by Noel Joshua Hadley | December 29, 2025 | Pauly Hart Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

Various times by Pauly HartMore often than not, Have I ever once thought, I would be in a place such as this. And at various times, With the wind through the chimes, I could love you so much more than this. Though you knew me the same, Knew my faults and...

Jesus Northstar

by Noel Joshua Hadley | December 21, 2025 | Pauly Hart Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

Jesus Northstar by Pauly Hart Guide me ever-onward Father Touch me with your wondrous might Pull me like you pull your compass Treat me like you treat your children Jesus Northstar, guide me onward Electric Life, I'm charged with your...

The Dark Night of the Soul, by Saint John of the Cross

by Noel Joshua Hadley | December 21, 2025 | Poetry, Poetry Christian | 0 Comments

The Dark Night of the Soul By Saint John of the Cross I. In a dark night, With anxious love inflamed, O, happy lot! Forth unobserved I went, My house being now at rest.II. In darkness and in safety, By the secret ladder, disguised, O, happy lot! In darkness and...

Hymns on the Samaritan Woman, by Saint Ephraim the Syrian

by Noel Joshua Hadley | December 19, 2025 | Poetry, Poetry Christian | 0 Comments

Hymns on the Samaritan Woman by Saint Ephraim the Syrian (303-373 AD)Blessed are you, o woman,drawer of ordinary water,who turned out to be a drawer of living water.You found the treasure,the Source from whom a flood of mercies flows. The spring had dried up,but it...

Down In a Hidden Garden

by Noel Joshua Hadley | December 16, 2025 | Pamela Glasgow, Pamela Glasgow Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

Down In a Hidden Garden by Pamela GlasgowDown in a hidden garden,In spring,At close of day,The rattle of spears fell silentWhen Yesu knelt to pray. Envy’s cry stood muted,Conflict passed away,Down in a hidden garden,In spring,At close of day. The hounds of hell ceased...

Psalm 142 from the Paleo Hebrew

by Noel Joshua Hadley | December 15, 2025 | Paleo Hebrew, Pamela Glasgow Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

Psalm 142 A Mashakayal of Da’ud (When he existed in the cave) A Hymn of Supplication My voice toward YAHAUAHA I will cry out. My voice toward YAHAUAHA I will incline. I will pour forth my quarrel Before His face Conspicuously, in the front part Of His face, I...

A new publisher of Christian Poetry: RAQIA is accepting submissions

by Noel Joshua Hadley | December 12, 2025 | Books, New, Poetry | 0 Comments

VICKI Joy Anderson, Randy Conway, and Pauly Hart. These are just some of the phenomenal poets whom you'll find here. The woman to launch a thousand ships, however, is none other than Pamela Glasgow. Her beautiful translations of Psalms from the Paleo-Hebrew is what...

As Dead as a Dodo

by Noel Joshua Hadley | December 11, 2025 | Noel Joshua Hadley, Noel Joshua Hadley Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

As Dead As a Dodo Noel Joshua Hadley EVERYBODY knows that Charles Dickens famously employed the term to describe a Jacob Marley ghost sighting. Ebenezer Scrooge first observed Marley’s eyes, nose, and jaw fixed on the doorknob of his London...

Rowers Gliding Past Georgetown University on the Potomac in the Dim Light of Dawn

by Noel Joshua Hadley | December 10, 2025 | Noel Joshua Hadley, Noel Joshua Hadley Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

Rowers Gliding Past Georgetown University on the Potomac in the Dim Light of Dawn Noel Joshua Hadley 12/9/25AFTER scribbling this poem’s title in a notebook I reclined in a swivel chair and chewed on my pencil feeling rather satisfied with myself. I...

Back Alley Dealers

by Noel Joshua Hadley | December 8, 2025 | Noel Joshua Hadley, Noel Joshua Hadley Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

Back Alley Dealers Noel Joshua Hadley 12/8/25 JUST the other day, President Barrack Obama and Senator Mitt Romney were two hands debating policy from a literal world stage rather than a Shakespearean one, and now this. How did that old Indian parable go again?...

Biblical Cosmology

by Noel Joshua Hadley | December 7, 2025 | Edgar Trollip Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

Biblical Cosmology Edgar D. Trollip Do we live on a ball? Or is my head just spinning? Spinning with spells cast from school Toddlers eye telly-Lies, masonic actornauts grinning. Yahuah told us the truth Read Bereshit - in the beginning. Sweet teachers...

My Hand Is To the Plough

by Noel Joshua Hadley | December 7, 2025 | Poetry, Vicki Joy Anderson Poetry | 0 Comments

MY HAND IS TO THE PLOUGH Vicki Joy Anderson My hand is to the plough no turning back. Though I know not how to keep on going-- planting, tilling, reaping, sowing-- my hand is to the plough, no turning back. My face is set like flint ...

The Ancient War

by Noel Joshua Hadley | December 7, 2025 | Poetry, Randy Conway Poems | 0 Comments

THE ANCIENT WAR Randy Conway This is the story of an ancient war. It began somewhere in eternity long before Adam or Eve walked across Eden’s floor In another dimension an unearthly shore It is a time and place we cannot comprehend, with...

Psalm 151 from the Paleo-Hebrew

by Noel Joshua Hadley | December 7, 2025 | Paleo Hebrew, Pamela Glasgow, Pamela Glasgow Poetry, Poetry | 0 Comments

Psalm 151 A Halala’uYAH of Da’ud I existed insignificant among my brothers, And youngest among my father’s sons. And—present, ready—I became a shepherd For him, And a ruler over his goats. My hand fashioned a pipe, And my fingers a kinnor,...

The Mother’s Lament at the Slaughter of the Innocents

by Noel Joshua Hadley | February 20, 2022 | Lost Books of the Bible, New, Poetry, Poetry Christian, Sacred Text | 0 Comments

An Irish poemThen, as she plucked her son from herbreast for the executioner, one of thewomen said: ‘Why do you tear from me my darling son,The fruit of my womb?It was I who bore him, he drank my breast.My womb carried him about,...

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