A few years ago I did some teaching on Esther. I was thinking about Purim (the Jewish festival where the story of Esther is read to the community) and Providence and for some reason I decided to try and write an alliterative poem telling the story of Esther, mainly using words that begin with P. (Incidentally, I now crush the "P Words" category whenever it appears on Jeopardy).
Esther: a profound pericope of prodigious precedence.
The Palestinian people were placed in a precariously prickly position in Persia under a promiscuous Patriarch. After the protestation of the primary paramour, a new partner was picked from a prenuptial pageant of pretties.
And thus, our pitiable protagonist was placed in a position of prominence. From poorhouse to penthouse, Esther was the Patriarch’s prize, neither plain nor pretentious.
Prior to provocation, her protective parental prescribed her to partake of the patronage of the palace and to pretend to be Persian.
But then Mordecai prevailed upon a perverse plot of perdition against the plebians. Haman, that putrid perpetrator of pestilence postured himself for position and power by poisoning the Patriarch against the People of the Provider, promoting plunder and persecution.
But just as the plan was in place – peripety. To the pleasure of the patriarch, Esther prepared a potluck. She made a plea for protection, and sure enough pandemonium prevailed in the province. The preposterous petition of the pariah was postponed, and the predestined people prospered, receiving peace and protection from their pesterers.
As for the pugnacious profligate – poetic punishment.
To be pithy – Esther procured protection for the populace and Mordecai became a Prince of Persia, proclaiming Purim – a party for the praise of the proper Potentate, proving perpetual protection of the Provider for His people.
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