Acrostics (1)

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Cloud Sky

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Cloud

Over

Mountain

Plateau

Above

Sky

Solid

Intense

One-fold

Nascent

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(based on Ex.34:6)

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Grown heavy

.

Grown heavy

Rain

Against

Crags

Intwined

Occident

Undoing

Sun

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(based on Ex.34:6)

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Sundown

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Sundown

Last

Obscured

White

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Transcendent

Orion

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A

Nothingness

God

Enters

Rest

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(based on Ex.34:6)

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At dawn

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At dawn a

Belt of stars

Our

Universe

Nature’s

Diadem

Incredulous

Naked

Generosity

.

Inbreath

New

.

Life

Obtained

Viva

Ever present

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(based on Ex.34:6)

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I

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Father

Abba

I a

Theme a

Host of

Fulfilment

Urtext –

Living

Numinous

Ecstatic

Silent

Serene

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(based on Ex.34:6)

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Incarnation

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Incarnation

.

Wake

Impressed

Last things

Latent

.

Beyond

Lex scripta

Exists a

Sacrament a

Shoot

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That lifts us

High –

Earthy

Medallion

.

.

This

.

This

Habitat

Eternal

.

World

Overturning  

Renewed

Destroyed

.

Branch of

Evergreen

Called

Anew

Music

Everlasting

.

Forgotten

Love

Emblazoned

Sufficient 

Here

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(First of six poems – John 1:14)

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Anthropos

.

Anthropos

Naissance

Darkened

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Dew a

Witness

Everlasting

Light

To be

.

Ambient

Moving  

Openness

New

Gift

.

Us

Sure

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(One of six poems – John 1:14)

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Yoked

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A

Night

Descends

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Wisdom

Enters

.

Blackness

Equivalent

High sky –

Eternal

Logos

Dei

.

Heart

Is

Sure

.

God

Loveliness

Ordained

Revealed

Yoked

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(One of six poems – John 1:14)

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Yeaned

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This morning

Hosts

Ease

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Galilean

Lilly

Occam’s

Razor

Yields

.

A

Succulence

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Orthodox

Familiar

.

Tribute of

Heaven

East

.

Our Lady

Named a

Lamb was

Yeaned

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(One of six poems – John 1:14)

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.

Avent

.

Blackened

Earth

Gold

Overhead  

Tears  

Thanatos  

Erebos

Nyx

.

Opportune

Fate

.

Trembling   

Heaven

Earth  

.

For

Advent

Time is

Here   

Eternity  

Recalled

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(One of six poems – John 1:14)

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Alabaster

.

Fire

Unceasing

Laodicean

Lithe

.

Ontological

Furrow

.

Gracious  

Reality

Abloom

Chalcedon

Equality

.

Alabaster –

Noted

Death

.

Transfigured

Real

Unutterable  

Trinity

Habitual

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(Last of six poems – John 1:14)

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Zoe

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Eckhardt

Noted

.

Abundance

Underlies

The

Other

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Zoe

Observed

Explained

.

Echoes

Nascent

.

King

And

I

.

He

Ebullience

.

Zenith

Observed

Earthbound

.

Ecliptic

Nature

.

Transformed

Optics

.

Peace

Holiness

Outside the

Soul –

.

Transfigured

Ourselves

Near

.

A

Nature

That

Holds

Righteousness

Our

Passivity

Our

Nothingness

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(Greek text of John 1:4)

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Elemental

.

Tabla

Harmonic

Envelope

.

Wind

Improvised

Noiseless

Decay

.

Beautiful

Labyrinth  

Origin

World

Surrendered

.

White

Hope

Eastern

Rain’s

Existence

.

I

There

.

Whistling

Inside –

Sacred

Host

Elemental

Syllables

.

(John 3:8)

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The Ocean

.

The

Ocean

.

Plays

Now

Early

Unifying

Matter

And

.

Here

Offering

Pleasing

Otherness

Until

.

Transformed

Hari Kari

Enticing

Loses

Everything

.

Post

Night

Eternal

I

.

(John 3:8, opening, Greek)

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.

iamb

.

Today

Hosts

Eternity

.

Today

Reflected –

Universal

Ecstasy

.

Life

Ignited

Great

Hailstones

Tumble

.

Tomorrow

Open

.

Philistine

Hero

Overcome

Sacellum

.

The

Offering

.

Atoned

Last

Entrance

To

Heaven

Iamb

Naturalis

Open

Necessity

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(The true light [John 1:9], English and Greek)

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.

Infinite

.

Kierkegaard

Attune to

Infinity

.

Trembled –

Existential

Nothingness

.

Passionate

Heroic

Ostentatious –

Necessity

Expecting

Need

.

Aesthetic

Undertones

To be –

Openness

Underlies

.

Against

Kant –

Obedience

Universal –

Expunged

Isaac

Secure

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(John 3:8 continued, Greek)

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Crossing

.

Across

Lake

Lightly

.

Oars

Ultramarine

Kilned

.

Otherness

Illusory

Deep

Another

Sound

.

Potential

Oblique

Tempo

Heart beat

Égalité

Maturity

.

Eisenstein’s

Rhythmic

Collision

Haematic

Energised –

Thesis

Antithesis –

Ichthyic

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(John 3:8 continued, Greek)

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Íte

.

Kilkeniensis

A codex

Inscribed

.

Pursued

Ordained

Underneath

.

High mountains

Youthful

Pure

Atop

Galtee

Eyed

Ita

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(Saint Íte or Ita, 6th century Ireland)

(John 3:8 continued, Greek)

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.

Portrait

.

Hawk

Overhead

Under

The expanse

Of

Sky

.

Eye

Sure

Tactile

Incarnate

Numinous

.

(John 3:8 continued, Greek)

.

Ghent Altarpiece

.

Peace

Agnus

Sacrificed

.

Halo

Old Flemish

.

God

Envisioned

Ghostly

Energised

Nimbus

Night

Emanating

Mercury

Ecce Agnus Dei

Notated

On the

Shroud

.

(John 3:8 continued, Greek)

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.

Paradise

.

Elysian

Kernel

.

Topography

Odyssey

Understands

.

Paradise

Honey-sweet

Earth

Under

Meadows

At

The ends

Of the world

Ships hasten

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(John 3:8 concluded, Greek)

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.

Remember

.

Evening

.

Rainfall

Odessa

.

Vespers

.

Smell of

Sea

.

Enlightenment

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(for Eve and Ross)

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.

Breath

.

Hebridean

Earth

.

At one with

God

Above

Pulsating

Existence

.

Marked

Acuteness

Kaleidoscopic

Rare

Oiled

Tactful

Handwritten

Yesterdays

Mirrored

Early

I

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(1 Cor 13:4, Greek)

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.

Liquid

.

Costless

Half-muted

Rain

Eyrie

Sanctuary

True

Enclosed

Under

Eternity

Transfigured

Amber

I

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(1 Cor 13:4, Greek)

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Fabric

.

Hand stitched 

Embroidery 

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Athena

Goddess 

Arachne

Plaids 

Enraged

 .

Offense

Utility 

Zoe

Elemental 

Layers

Out and

In

Host

Eternally

.

A

God

Abloom

Patchwork

Exploration 

Origin

Unspoken

.

Perceived 

Embraced

Religion 

Pure

Embroidered 

Real

Extended 

Universals

Echo 

Tyrian

Ancient

I

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(1 Cor 13:4, Greek)

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Revolution

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October

Undermined

.

Petrograd

Harbours

Yearning

Shortly

Insurrection

Opposition

Ultimatum

Tsentrobait

Assaults

Imprisonment

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October

Undermined

Kerensky

.

Artillery

Street fighting

Casualties

Hesitation

Estates

Made

Obsolete

November

Eliminated

Iconograph

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(1 Cor 13:4, Greek)

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.

Unforeseen

.

Our

Unforeseen

Kenosis

.

At one

Solitary

Cross

Holiday

Every

Moment

Old

New

East-born

I

.

(1 Cor 13:4-5, Greek)

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The Night

.

Outside

Understanding

.

Zechariah

Encountered

Loveliness

Oracular

Images

.

Turning

Away

.

Hope an

Emblematist

A solemn

Undertaking

The night

Eternity  

Symbolised

.

(1 Cor 13:5, Greek)

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Oceanids

.

Oceanids

Umbilical

.

Personifications

Assonated

Rivers

Oceanus born

Xanthous

Yolked

Nymphs

Eponyms

Their journeys

Apollo

Induced

.

(1 Cor 13:5, Greek)

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.

North

.

Oared

Umiaks

.

Lashed

Oil coated

Gendered

Intestine sails

Zen

Eastward

Tacking

Alaskan

Ice

.

Transported

Open

.

Kept

Attune

Keelless

Oogruk

Napping

.

(1 Cor 13:5, Greek)

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.

Twenty-fifth

.

Christ

House

Rain

Infills

Shadows

Tomorrow

Mastery

A

Savanna

.

.

Names

.

Life

Unbridled

Kind

Assured

.

Nimble

Ideal

Newness

Accepting

.

Thankful

One

Moment

.

Joyful

Acceptance

Child

Keen

.

Eternities

Visit

Existence

.

Room

Open

Shalom

Shalom

.

Joy

Assonance

Calling

Opening

Blessing

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Bright

Encouragement

Enters

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(based on each name – my children, their partners, and my grandchild)

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Atonement

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was is

is was

will be

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Heights

.

Consciousness

Leaps

Open

Under

Dazzling

Sky

.

.

Moon

.

Motion

Over

Openness

Nigh

.

.

Sky

.

Spirit

Keelless

Yahweh

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