Zaddiq-ness
Righteousness: An Abecedarian Poem
A
blessed
confluence,
dovelike,
enlighted,
fortuitously
gracious,
hallowed,
inclusive,
jovial &
kind.
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Love
made manifest.
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Nascent
oceans of
perfect
qaṣīda
rising
sacrificially
toward
unabashedly
venerable & veracious,
warm-hearted,
xenacious &
yare
zaddiq-ness.
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Glossary:
Qaṣīda: (Arabic) Intention; form of Arabic poetry or ode; petition to a patron.
Xenacious: (used here in the sense of) with a yearning for change.
Yare: set for action; ready.
Zaddiq-ness: righteousness (zaddiq is Hebrew for “righteous”); “The verse in Pro 10:25 gave this term a cosmic meaning: the zaddiq is the foundation of the universe (axis mundi)” [from Zaddiq — Brill (brillonline.com)]
About the Creator
Randy Wayne Jellison-Knock
Retired Ordained Elder in The United Methodist Church having served for a total of 30 years in Missouri, South Dakota & Kansas.
Born in Watertown, SD on 9/26/1959. Married to Sandra Jellison-Knock on 1/24/1986. One son, Keenan, deceased.
Comments (28)
You had so many beautiful transitions and language here. 
First and foremost this was shear beauty, secondly thank you for the super introduction to new and enticing language.
Very well done Randy. And thanks for the Glossary at the end, I now have a few new words to add to my vocabulary.
This is so beautiful and spiritual, Randy! Breathtaking, really. I love the word choices! 😍
Well done. Bravo Randy. I always enjoy learning new words
Thanks, Randy! Lovely, deep, and I learned some new words!
This is interesting. I am listening to a memoir (bear with me) that talks about the implications of the movie The Philadelphia Story on the role of women and relationships. A line in the move has Hepburn Speaking of the ship True Love, and later regarding herself, as being ‘Yar’ Now, I wonder, is that the same word you used? Perhaps a derivative? Audio books/ who knows how the word is spelled. But to both hear and see the word within a few hours- how delicious!
I love when I learn new words!
Nice. 😊❤️
Beautiful Randy! Also, I should eat before reading, because I read qaṣīda as quesadilla
Oh, I so love the "Nascent oceans of perfect qaṣīda rising". This is so lovely Randy. Blessed peace arising. Beautiful. I was off for a few days, trying to catch up. Be blessed and highly favored. But you already are...peace.
I learnt two more words than the ones in the glossary! Fortuitously and Nascent! Loved your poem so much!
Randy, I love this. I think that this could be about so many things: love, harmony, spirituality.
Wonderful Randy!!! I love the word Xenacious. That describes me. I am one of those forward moving people that is always looking for something new and always changing things up. I love the challenge of change.
Randy, this is beautiful!
Beautifully written piece. And thanks for glossary.
Clever, original, lovely and thought provoking. Thanks for including the glossary. I love the idea of the foundation of the universe - axis mundi. I encountered a similar concept in Martin Prechtel's memoir 'The Secret of the Talking Jaguar.' In it he explains the Tzutujil belief in the center of the universe - the umbilicus. The Tzutujil people are a small Highland Mayan group that mostly live in Santiago on the south shore of Lake Atilan, in Guatemala.
I just went off and google two of those words before I noticed the glossary - which was far more help than Google! Nicely done, very uplifting.
Love it, great job, Brother
Excellent flow and structure Randy - and very enlightening in subject and word choice! 😊👏 Good luck!
...... this is outstanding! I am in awe!
This was educational and revealing, sir!
Pretty nice.
Beautiful 💗When you look up Zaddiqness your poetry come up on google
This is brilliant Randy and I’m so pleased you included the glossary at the end or I would have had to start googling lol.