Abdiel Leroy Author And Poet

THE GOURMET GOSPEL. When "All the world's a stage," our feelings are a medium of theatrical invention, sometimes rooted in distorted beliefs and traumas. But divine light may shine on that stage in the form of "sacred sorrow," "divine depression," and "angelic anger."

THE GOURMET GOSPEL. God is steadfast to his plan for our lives and "shapes our ends,/ Rough-hew them how we will." He will never give up on us; our names are written in the Book of Life, inscribed on the walls of the City of God, even engraved on his hands! We have his permanent, indelible birthmark. For more, go to the releveant Book page at PoetProphet.com. Abdiel also shares the latest poem in his VERSES VERSUS EMPIRE series — Get it? It's a homonym! — which follows the UN report on biodiversity and ecosystems, juxtaposed with Mike Pompeo's jubilance over the disappearance of Arctic sea ice! Finally, Abdiel laments a lost love with the poem, "WeChatted".

after this week's UN report on biodiversity and ecosystems. The most recent entry in Abdiel's three-volume VERSES VERSUS EMPIRE series of political poetry dating back to 2001. See the books at geni.us/VVESeriesAmazon.

on coming across a photo on social media, May 9, 2019.

THE GOURMET GOSPEL. Inferences from Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage", that we are immortal actors playing mortal roles. The walls of the theatre fall away through imagination, our portal to the Otherworld and our sword to cut through the tangle of our thoughts! Abdiel concludes with the latest poem in his VERSES VERSUS EMPIRE series — Get it? It's a homonym! — on the UN Security Council Resolution to end rape as a weapon of war.

on the UN Security Council Resolution to end rape as an act of war. The most recent entry in Abdiel's three-volume VERSES VERSUS EMPIRE series of political poetry dating back to 2001. See the books at geni.us/VVESeriesAmazon.

on Saudi Arabia’s mass execution of 37 prisoners. The most recent entry in Abdiel's three-volume VERSES VERSUS EMPIRE series of political poetry dating back to 2001. See the books at geni.us/VVESeriesAmazon.

Abdiel first encountered Buenos-Aires-based Tango orchestra, Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro, in 2016. Spellbound by their live performance, he wrote this poem in tribute to them and later set it to one of their instrumental tracks, entitled "Marejada", which means "heavy seas". Here included with the orchestra's kind permission. This poem is from his WELL VERSED collection. An orquesta típica includes a front line of bandoneón players — "bandoneonistas" — the bandoneón being at the heart of Argentine-Tango music. The back line comprises string players.

Today's the day! Shakespeare's birthday! Abdiel reads 'What Dreams May Come', the opening poem in his WELL VERSED collection.

Today's the day! Shakespeare's birthday! Abdiel reads 'Tribute of Tributes', a poem in his WELL VERSED collection.

THE GOURMET GOSPEL. How often man-made laws are conceived, written, and implemented as instruments of oppression and injustice! Martin Luther King claimed we have a "moral responsibility" to disobey such laws. Abdiel concludes with the latest poem in his VERSES VERSUS EMPIRE series — Get it? It's a homonym! — on the blaze that swept through Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris last week.

on the fire that swept through Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Apr. 15, 2019. The most recent entry in Abdiel's three-volume VERSES VERSUS EMPIRE series of political poetry dating back to 2001. See the books at https://geni.us/VVESeriesAmazon.

THE GOURMET GOSPEL. Equipped with the mind of Christ, and seeing with our own souls "The marvel of the everlasting will," we are, to quote Tennyson, "in that mystery/ Where God-in-man is one with man-in-God." We may be fools in the eyes of the world, but we have become "natural overthrowers" as Christ was. Abdiel concludes with his latest entry from his VERSES VERSUS EMPIRE series (Get it? It's a homonym!) on the seizure of Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

on the forced removal of Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, April 2019.

on the U.S.-sponsored bombing of a Yemen wedding, in which the bride was killed. From March 2019.

THE GOURMET GOSPEL. Our inner guidance mechanism, attuned to the Spirit of God, has no regard for the expectations of church, state, or society. Rather, we are now free to embrace a "healthy hedonism"! Abdiel also shares the latest from his VERSES VERSUS EMPIRE series (Get it? It's a homonym!), on US violence against the people of Yemen.

THE GOURMET GOSPEL. Preachers and pastors routinely practise "spiritual necrophilia" by labeling Christians "saint" AND "sinner", when the "sinner" was crucified with Christ and no longer lives! Abdiel also lampoons the vile 'General Confession' of the Church of England. Like the source of a sealed spring or a sunbeam of light, the Christian's spirit is not just eternal but immutable and untaintable. "None can touch, taint, or muddy the source."

THE GOURMET GOSPEL. Our transformation into a "Slave to Righteousness" is instantaneous. The "new" has come, while the "old" has been crucified with Christ—as thoroughly deceased as the dead parrot in the famed Monty Python sketch ;) Abdiel sets forth 10 transformational truths and invites you to take them to heart. He also shows how the inner guidance mechanism of the Law-in-our-Hearts sets us free!

THE GOURMET GOSPEL. God embraces our "holy intention" as fact, and writes our biographies remembering the best of our lives, for Love "keeps no record of wrongs." Even our own memories are cleansed, much as Dante's conception of the River Lethe removing all memory of sin, while the River Eunoe "strengthens/ the memory of every good deed done." Abdiel also reveals how the Bible offers innumerable ways to enter Christ's Way to Heaven. AND no "heathen" is barred!

THE GOURMET GOSPEL. Being "in Christ" means not only that "no sin is perceived" when God looks at us, but also that Christ's achievements and victory are accorded to us! Meanwhile, a father's love for his son, whatever his weakness or failures, is exquisitely described in the 1992 Olympic bid of British 400-meter runner, Derek Redmond.