A bible story re-visited
Father’s favoritism fuels family feuding
Fashionable fabric forfeits filial fidelity
Fascinating fantasy fervently flaunted
Falls foul of fractured fraternity
Fermenting ferocious friction
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Fragmented fellowship forces
frightened fellow faraway for fee.
Fares fine for Pharoah’s foreman.
For fending off flighty femme fatale
feels fury of framing fabrication.
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Faultless – flung from freedom
fearlessly foretells future
for favorless flunkeys.
Forgotten, forlorn, frustrated
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Finally finding favour
for fathoming frightening,
fatidical fantasmagoria
forewarning forthcoming famine
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Feted, famed forthwith.
Fathered “Forgetful” first, “Fruitful” fast following ***
Food front-man for famished folk
Familiar faces from far-flung frontiers
feigns frostiness, farcical fawning.
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Forgiveness flows from flagitation
for flabbergasted fraternal.
Fabulous festivities forerun
flourishing family fortunes –
fully fitting finale
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(*** Joseph’s two sons:
Manasseh means Forgetful
Ephraim means Fruitful)
Very clever!! How about a series – using the letter of their name? Noah in N, Ruth in R, Abraham in A…?
Such a wonderful Biblical story and a delightful and creative retelling – thank you Alec.
What a delightful romp through a scriptural story!
Not often I see words that I don’t recognise but flagitation and fatidical are both new to me – and you’ve cheated by using the US spelling for phantasmagoria! But great un and very clever. Well done. It’s going to take a Gil to work out he to reAd it aloud.
Fantastic faith flavoured fluency!!
Always loved the story of Joseph and his brothers. Enjoyed reading how you build up the story, and the ‘fabric’.
What a blessing!!! How lovely it is!!!