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Throughout the world there \u2018re few we\u2019ve found
\nWhose thoughts are published all around
\nIn blogs and books and journals bland
\nInsomnia curing comments ran\u2026<\/p>\n

With moniker not nom de guerre
\nHe chats the public cast of fair
\nCollecting bits from far afield
\nNuanced, a glimmer, light revealed<\/p>\n

Best known for boxes sans the bones
\nPauline junkets, catacombs\u2026
\nThe language holds us back, a bit
\nInterpret, context, words that fit<\/p>\n

Digital projects in the can
\nLeader for John Calvin\u2019s ban
\nPublish books for serious fun
\nTeaching, preaching, never done<\/p>\n

Large train of friends and foes along
\nTo hear the poet\u2019s pithy song
\nAttention caught in queried minds
\nThe scholar\u2019s bait, the timely finds<\/p>\n

For 60 years this roundabout
\nHas pushed the many findings out
\nForebearing patience, from loving spouse\u2026
\nThere is a doctor in the house.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"