Trinity Trouble?

orchidee

Trinity Trouble?

Fido asks me - Did you avoid a poem

On the 'famous' Trinity Sunday

Cos you didn't know what to write on it?

 

Yet, in simple terms a Trinity can be like

Say, a three-leaved clover

Or milk, sugar, and tea, in a cup of tea

Three things in one

God in three Persons, as a line of a hymn says

 

But another trouble - could be any Sunday

The singing of a Psalm - not to a hymn tune

But a tune that sometimes only the choir knows

And they're not gonna tell us what it is!

(Though some churches play the tune beforehand

So as least we have some inkling of it)

 

So when we sing it - no one knows the tune

Then, a ghastly phrase: 'murdering of the Psalm'

Bumbling and stumbling through it to the end

For seemingly an interminable time

Even if a shorter Psalm

 

Would be much better if said

Rather than singing and no one knowing the tune

 

Does God say? 'Oh no, they're gonna 'try'

To sing me a Psalm again

I'm getting me earplugs out'

But He doesn't blame the congregation

Who don't know the tune in the first place! Doh!

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: June 1st, 2026 02:32
  • Comment from author about the poem: This is reflection. Could be humour maybe, but painful to experience - un-funny and frustrating.
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 12
  • Users favorite of this poem: Tristan Robert Lange, Friendship
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  • sorenbarrett

    A good write Orchi forgiveness is always easier to get than permission so don't tell em what you're going to do just sing it.

    • orchidee

      Thank you SB. lol.

      • sorenbarrett

        You are most welcome my friend

      • Tristan Robert Lange

        Haha, Orchi, this is great. The unknown Psalm tune is a universal church experience. Everyone starts bravely, nobody knows where the melody is headed, and somehow we all emerge on the other side together. Meanwhile Popeyeus Glug Maximus Solus, now performing under his stage name Popeyeus Glug Maximus Solo, is standing in the choir loft confidently singing an entirely different tune while Scooby assures everyone it is going "Roh-Kay". Sadly, Tom can't knit because Obi Wan thought his needle was safer to conduct with. "You can't knit with just one, Oi be, You just can't!" He keeps screaming over the glugs, but not one soul hears him. Thank you Popeye. Loved this one, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦‍⬛

        • orchidee

          Thank you T. lol.

        • Friendship

          Well done. Your poem touches on the simple yet profound nature of the Trinity and contrasts it with the more mundane difficulties of church life, particularly the awkwardness of singing unknown tunes.

          • orchidee

            Thank you F.

          • arqios

            Ah, the woes of church music and worshipful adoration 🙏🏻🕊️

            • orchidee

              Thank you A.

              • arqios

                Welcome O.

              • Goldfinch60

                Completely understand waht you are saying Orchi but if the chucg have a choir they would have learned the music,

                Andy

                • orchidee

                  Thank you Gold. Yes, but in some places the choir don't tell the congregation, nor sing a sample of the tune beforehand! That's where everyone joins in, not a Choral Service.



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