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# People Of The Book
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/people-of-the-book/
- Published: 2022-05-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: What do we, People of the Book, think of today's new bibles? Does one contain a better hook? No shortages of rivals.
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

What do we, People of the Book,  
think of today's new bibles?  
Does one contain a better hook?  
No shortages of rivals.

"In the beginning", what a phrase!  
But nowadays, passé.  
We've traded preaching from the dais  
for preaching the cliché

The Bible, truly, I believe  
like all good works of fiction  
gets signed for sequels, but they leave  
one, lacking benediction