How good! I totally ignored: How good! I totally ignored my phone ringing to read this and well I love the ending as much as the faux par. Nicely written held the intimacy and realism well, I felt myself think I've been there before, not the same issue but the same rhythmic dance of words snaking through to get to the truth only to find its actually an eel. Just Good work. Great even! Hugss
Just gorgeous! Expertly: Just gorgeous! Expertly done
I have so many day_night lovers poems i can day hand on my heart this is simply gorgeous and affecting from start to finish.
Wonderfully wrought an ageless theme in a flawless frame. Hugss
There has never been an: There has never been an obligation 9f fasting and attending church Orthodoxy knows that Israel.is us together with the most high in our hearts. Not the church though it exists because of , it waits patently for the prodigal sons to return. Even i struggle the 40days of lent with no oil animal products all week, but each year I try to do something better. The relationship matters the scripture fosters this, the theology explains this and the condition of man and the journey to the supernatural. There are strict rules but also grace, and the ill and infirm have always been exempt from fasting so any fasting is such a joy. We are not monks, we are the sinners living in a world of sin trying to set ourselves apart useless with out salvation, repentance and compassion. I've sworn these days and only stopped eating meat. Each is in their own homeostatis through spiritual attacks, remorse is of course a very good sign. Hugss
Yes what if all is well?
It: Yes what if all is well?
It is always well,
What a boring way
If heaven is nothing but peace all day
No touch
Taste,
Smell,
Only foresight
No free will,
How boring if all was well
How great that such a journey begins
Where the dark is the backdrop of light
Constrasting and playing
With blind luck
Seeing strengths we never knew we had
Things we never dreamed
Because we always knew
What a gift a is the veil
What a thrill is exposition
Something different to what you knew
The joy of surprise
A truly valuable thing
In the eye of the beholder
Who could not with out life
Have beholden.
Such an amazing concept and look at trials and renewal tge art of tempering...
How well you write,
Alwaye a pleasure in every case.
Hugss
Its been too long
So much: Its been too long
So much going on
Sorry dear,
Now let's enjoy your take
Life and fear
So many great lines and ideas
Duality and insight
I loved this:
"searches the
nonnegotiable
emptiness—"
Just wow.
The wolf has nothing on you but it leads the way to the hunting grounds...
For clues to you
Who you are
Begins and ends
Where the old you ends,
and new you begins...
A challenging and inspiring journey...
Hugss
I love the ending drawing in: I love the ending drawing in the reader by addressing them directly leaving them wonder and emphasise the unfinished work. Alot of gobledy goop with some real gems planted inside - insights. Powerful ones. Enjoyed the experience of this poem. I hate AI.
I am overwhelmed and humbled: I am overwhelmed and humbled by your comments' words. Your explication of the connection between me and Romanos reminds me also to cherish and cultivate the connection I have to my contemporary Poets, especially yourself.
Western Christianity has never attempted to explain why the Starwatchers traveled to Bethlehem. But that reason has been known in Orthodoxy since Romanos published his Nativity Poem, and now I have appropriated it.
Believe forgive me for the brevity of this comment. The therapy and long walk I had today has left me rather exhausted. I mean no disrespect.
There are always going to: There are always going to readers who either scorn, misunderstand, or condemn your poems. And keep in mind that even Jesus was accused of being in league with the devil during His ministry. I guess that slaphappy stupidity comes with the territory.
And that territory, please remember, is to help explain the Cosmos to itself. No single Poet can do the complete job; all of us who are called to that vocation have to do the part assigned to us. Remember how Adam, in Eden, was called to name the animals. That task being finished, we are called, as his sons and daughters, to name and explicate the Cosmos and its many parts: and it is everything from two lovers holding hands to two stars arising from the sa,e nebula and orbiting each other. That can be explicated scientifically, but it also quietly requires---even demands---Poetry to also describe this mechanism. This is the vocation to which you have been called, and until your final poem is written, you will have work to do.
There is a fascinating: There is a fascinating connection, centuries apart, but still viable, between you and Saint Romanos The Melodist, Great Poet and your brother in the Orthodox Faith. Both of you, gifted with the same melodious eloquence, were intrigued and stricken by the same prediction by an unlikely prophet and its awe-inspiring fulfillment.
In case you are questioning my assertion that you share the same stately, reverent style of Saint Romanos, I felt compelled to read the work you referenced in the notes. Usually when you write a tribute or a poem after another poet, I will do my homework so I can better appreciate your perspective and emotions.
As I read the gorgeous Orthodox homily, I noticed a similarity in intonation, devoutness and emotive power to the plethora of poems I've had the pleasure of reading here, on your page, these past years. I've been reading poetry for at least as long as you have, so I believe I have some credibility on this subject.
Now the last line: that conclusion is like the morning sun that followed the Star. It is a gale of angelic trumpets, a flourish of song, an opening to God. No, I'm not overstating because here is the path through the brambles that would snare us all around on our way to forever. Not by sight, however dazzling, but by faith, we must be led.
So much to unpack in this highly significant tribute and I treasured every moment of it.