A more surprising saint there’s not
Than Abune Teklehaimanot,
He is my all-time favourite saint;
There is none other quite so quaint.
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Peter, I love this one. I think this is the first and best poem anyone has ever written for St. Abune Teklehaimanot. I bet he will be jumping with his one foof of happiness :) .
Oh Peter, what a great poem, your Saint sounds very plausable. But how he stood on one foot for 7 years I'll never know. what a name to pronounce too. Gee it's a real mouthful. Love Ernestine XXX
I guess it would be better if I knew the story of St. Abune Teklehaimanot. However, without knowing it, you have painted such a marvelous picture and given such a fantastic account of his story. Perhaps I need not know more tan this. Very interesting and clever. Love Gyp's