The Power and the Wisdom
By John L McKenzie
A book I read at college long ago
Inspiring voice came off the page
Alive and fresh and vigour
A voice that I was searching for
Enthusiasm’s trigger
Today at mass the reading
Quotes Paul’s impressive phrase
Jesus the power and wisdom
The light of all my days
Foolishness to many
The thinkers of our age
But the way of life for any
Who will listen and read this page
McKenzie applied the gospel
To America at war
Condemning action in Vietnam
The folly and the scar
True student of the word of God
I honour him today
The boy from Indiana
Who lighted for me the way
Brian Fahy
26 August 2022
Erris Poetry 