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(Religious content) more from "Pihtima Confessions"


dcmarti1

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Three short, complete poems (cameos) from the series.

 

Canto the second

 

I stood

Beside myself when

I lifted the paten and cup.

Unworthy,

It must have been my better self

That I watched, offering bread

And wine.

 

Canto the third

 

I knelt

When I was pulled down

To my knees upon the cold stones.

Unworthy,

It was the numinous and not

By rote that I was moved from

The pew.

 

Canto the fourth

 

I sobbed

At the bare altar,

Knowing I was alone and most

Unworthy.

When is a chapel more holy

Than when it is empty, save

For one?

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Hi Marti, These are beautiful. "Lord I am unworthy to receive you, but simply say the word and I shall be healed." I love the repetition linking what could be stand alone poems or a complete poem made up of 3 septets. I love the way you make form work for you instead of the other way around. You keep the frame recognizable yet fresh and new.

 

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