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This resource relating to Judges 4:1-7 provides a poem by Rachel Barenblat highlighting the leadership of Deborah and a poem by Charles Simic (1938-2023) highlighting a sense of evil symbolized by eery silence.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Judges 4:1-7
CLASSIC POEM:
Devorah
Rachel Barenblat
Beneath her palm tree, Devorah
(the honey bee, her sting intact)
judged the acts of the Israelites
the people came with gifts
of oil and flour and yearling lambs
and she answered them with justice
she sent for Barak in his leathers
words fell from her mouth like honey
and he yearned to taste her sweetness
come with me, he pleaded
I will relinquish my own glory
if I can have you by my side
nine hundred iron chariots thundered
the Infinite cast panic like a spell
and all Sisera’s army was slain
and Devorah slept, and dreamed
Sisera stumbles into a woman’s tent
Jael’s doors open wide to let him in
he drinks milk fermented in goatskin
he slides into sleep: her tent pin rests
at his sweaty temple: she drives it home.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Something Evil is Out There
Charles Simic
SNIPPET:
That’s what the leaves are telling us tonight.
Hear them panic and then fall silent,
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Judges 4:1-7
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Proper 28 (Ordinary Time 33)
Date:
Monday, November 13, 2023