Roy Herndon Smith
1
Adam and Eve
and the apple, the knowing
of love, life, and death.
2
Ruth to Naomi,
“To be is to be with you,
your home is my home.”
3
Job to God, “You play
with life and death, I mourn and
give life to the dead.”
3
Jesus watches his
mother leaven the flour and
make the daily bread.
4
Watching birds nesting
in a mustard bush, Jesus
forgets the cedars.
5
Canaanite mother
saves Jesus from the evil
of child sacrifice.
6
Martha to Mary,
“Without us who make the homes,
saviors die unsaved.”
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