PAD 6: Young David and Saint Marcellinus

Samuel Anointing David; Francois-Leon Benouville; French, 1842; Columbus (OH), Museum of Art

PAD Challenge, Day 6 prompt: write a minimum poem. Some people only do the minimum; others like to pay the minimum. When I first started working, I earned minimum wage. My kids had to reach a minimum height requirement to ride roller coasters at amusement parks. When writing your minimum poem, you could write a super short form like a senryu or craft a one-sentence poem. And well, that's just the minimum of minimum-related topics out there.

I chose to write two acrostic poems.

Young David

Young shepherd anointed,
Of Jesse descended,
Upon whom the spirit rushed,
Now ruddy and flushed,
God was all his trust.

David's five stones
Are the wonder of thrones,
Victor against giants
In spite of defiance,
Delivered by God's holy Name.

St. Marcellinus

Martyrdom is one of the primary reasons,
Add that you are relatively unknown,
Right in the middle of the Roman Canon,
Confirmation name chosen for your love for Christ known.
Exorcist Peter shares a feastday with you,
Little-known feast on the Second of June.
Loving the Lord even to your physical detriment,
It was your great glory to never relent,
Not even when others offered you the world,
Under no circumstances would deny Christ the Lord.
So I chose you my patron many years ago.

N.B. Holy David, Prophet and King of Israel, has a feastday on December 29th in the traditional Roman Martyrology. In the modern Roman Martyrology, all the Ancestors of Jesus Christ are celebrated on December 24th, Christmas Eve.