Apart from being St Paul's Hebrew name, Saul was, of course, the name of the first Hebrew king - a "great one." Paul, by contrast, means small or humble. I wrote another small poem on a name, in this case my own - John, which in Hebrew means "God is gracious" - in 1981 and posted it on this site on 31 December 2011. It is linked here.
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Ha, ha! I sought to be a great one – like Saul.
Whereas I ended up a small one – like Paul.
The difference being he was great in small.
And I? I wallowed small in small.
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© August 2019
