Masonic Poems

   A REAL DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER  THE EMPTY HALL
   GRAMPS RING EXETER
  HIS EYE VISION A LETTER TO JESSE
  LARRY THE DEACONS TO THEIR CHAIRS 
   IT'S MY TURN NOW THE IRON CURTAIN 
  A VISIT BY THE PAST MASTERS UNIT  THE SIGN OF THE PORTABLE COOKER
   NOW! THE HUNTERS BREAKFAST
   THE RAPS THE FLOOR CREAKS!
   HERE THEY COME! WELCOME MASTER HIRAM!
  THE PLANTING

Poems Written for My Masonic Coach
by Brother Tom Lyle

The Compass on the Square   Masonic Beauty
  Oh That Rough Ashlar   My Cornerstone
  High Inside   Quarrying
  A Brother in Freemasonry (a triple rhyme poem!)   I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU

The Hoodwink
by Brother Ted Berry

Kneeling in darkness,
the hoodwink removes itself
of its own accord.



    Brother Ted Berry's experiments in
The Tetractys word form
The Tetractys of Phthagorous
The Tetractys 'G'

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Other Works By Brother Ted Berry
  A CHARGE TO THE NEW ENTERED APPRENTICE    A RIDDLE - NEITHER DID I SO RECEIVE IT
  SOMETHING LOST  MASONIC INDUSTRY
  SEVEN BY THREE



Alan Heath's Corner
  MASONRY BY THE NUMBERS  BE A MASONIC POET
THE JUNIOR WARDEN'S DEBUT  THE BEACON 
THE CANDIDATE  ONE POET'S GRACE 


Masonic Light Through Poetry
A collection by Brother Richard A. Gould Jr

  An Introduction to Brother Gould The Master
  The E.A.   Do You Know
  A Most Important Man   WHO AM I 
ODE T0 JERRY   I KNOW YOU
TOOLS OF THE TRADE THE POINT WITHIN


Submissions of Brother Geoff Fox

   BROTHERS IN ARMS  THE HARMONY OF LEWIS LODGE #6
  A TETACTYS 


Works submitted by Brothers from around the world

  THE LETTER 'G' by David Barker
  SMALLER PLACE by C. Pylate Price
  THE MAN WHO WEARS THE STOVE PIPE HAT by Brother Robert Landry
   SILENCE by Brother William Rinehart
  TEMPLE by Brother William Rinehart
  TO BE A BROTHER by Jim Ellis
  TRIBUTE TO A MASON by Brother A. Paul Van Oene
  THE CANDIDATE by Brother Joe Ohlandt
  WHAT IS YOUR DUTY THERE by Brother Richard Jenkins
  FREEMASON by BrotherWilliam S. Rinehart
  WHO ARE YOU by JennielMarlene Braun and submitted by Brother Bill Hickey
  THEY ALL CAME JUST FOR ME by Brother Richard Jenkins
  OUR MASONIC DUTY  by Brother Andrew Bergman
  THE MEANING OF THE WORD "BROTHER" by Brother Bill Armstrong
  A FREEMASON'S VISIT WITH A SICK BROTHER by W:. Raymond A. Holmes II
  THE OLD MASTERS WAGES' by Brother Neil Neddermeyer
  FIFTY YEARS IN MASONRY by Brother Frank Hanna
  TOAST TO THE VISITORS by Brother Mike Bauer
  THE LODGE WHERE I BELONG submitted by Brother Tony Huglin
  THE MASON THAT AMOST WAS by Brother Troy Bagley
  TO THE BUILDERS OF A MASONIC LODGE  by Brother Tony de Villiers
  A LIVING MASON (a wonderful story for all of us)
  BROTHER MINE by Brother Robert Prince
  I'VE SEEN THE LIGHT by Brother Robert Prince
  FROM TYRE by William Ferguson (Fergy)
MASONIC HALL by Brother Dale Iness
  SQUARE by Brother Dale Iness
A FREEMASONS PRAYER by Brother Dan Goldstein
WHAT IS FREEMASONRY submitted by  Worshipful Brother David Wilford
ONE LODGE by Brother Tommie Closson
JOBS DAUGHTER by Jessica Braucher
IN THE PREPARATION ROOM by Brother Ron Richardson
A SEMI-Ku  (Word Play) by Brother Chris Christianson
I SEE YOU'VE TRAVELED SOME submitted by Brother Rance R. Bell Sr
AROUND THE THREE GREAT LIGHTS by Brother G. Berthold
KEIR'S DAD by Art Grant
A FREEMASON'S CHRISTMAS WISH  by Brother Andrew Bradley
WHAT GOD WON'T ASK
THE MODEL MASON by Rob Morris
A MASON AND A MAN submitted by Brother Jim Morrison
A CITY MASONS VISIT TO A COUNTRY LODGE
THE NEW MASTER submitted by Brother Kingsley Thompson
THE OLD SEA CAPTAIN submitted by RW Wayne Adams
A NIGHT WHEN BROTHERHOOD 'CAME REAL By Brother David Terrell
MASTER MASON by Brother William Ferguson
THE TROWEL by Robert Pinkerton
WONDERFUL UNTITLED POEM
FREE VERSE Submitted by MW Walter MacDougal past Grand Master of Maine
THE JUNIOR PAST MASTER by Wo Bro Warren LeMay
MM WORKING TOOL LECTURE submitted by Brother Mervin LeBlanc
LIGHT By MW Brother Willaim Wilson submitted by Brother Greg Prouse
Another wonderful HAIKU by Brother Stephen Brockelman
ELEGIES FOR TWO MASTER MASONS  by Robert Southwick Richmond
LAST NIGHT I KNELT WHERE HIRAM KNELT
THE LEVEL AND THE SQUARE submitted by Brother Robert Kruseman
A MASON'S  MORNING PRAYERS by the Grand Chaplains for the Grand Lodge of Maine
A MASON'S GREETING by Brother John Edumnd Bass
WHEN A MAN GETS OLD by Holman F. Day
CHARLIE IS MY BROTHER by Brother David Terrell
RAINBOW GIRLS by Tiffany Ann Wagner, age 11
THE MYSTIC BAND by Holman F. Day


Some Not So Serious Stuff!!
THE MASONIC LODGE STRUCTURE Submitted by Brother Ellis Mills
TEN LITTLE MASONS submitted by Brother Jim Morrison
THE ETIQUETTE as stolen by Jerry Leighton
KING SOLOMON HAD HIS TROUBLES, TOO
THE 6:30 ODE By Jerry Leighton
THE PAST MASTER
THE FIRST LINE By Earl W. Owens

More to Follow as they arrive! 

Other Great Sites That Hold Masonic Poetry

Masonic Reflections athttp://www.primenet.com/~tolzak/
Masonic Service Association of North America at  http://www.msana.com/
Smithfield Lodge #455, Poems of the Brotherhood at
http://www.star-telegram.com/np/smithfield455/Poems.htm
Freemasonry in Israel - Poems and Sayings at  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9991/poems.html


International Masonic Poetry Society at http://www.masonic-poetry.cwc.net/
The International Masonic Poetry Society is wonderful site that includes 'mirrors'. Also included on the site besides poems are graces, jokes and a connection that explains how to become a member. They also publish a magazine called Compass four times a year. Good stuff!!
MASONIC POETRY on Master Mason.com with Brother Ray Dotson as Webmaster with some of the Masonic "classics" http://www.mastermason.com/masonic-poetry
 

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