Fittingly, I had my poem for today written and scheduled when I read yours – and saw that you'd also taken a syllabic approach in 7-line stanzas. Must be something in the water here in Chattanooga. :)
Mercy, Justin. This rumbled around inside me like a bowling ball and I don’t think it’s through yet. Have mercy, come Anointed One. And thank you, brother, for pouring this one out where we could smell it.
Audrey, thanks for this encouragement. That’s what a good poem does, indeed. It has to rumble through the poet first, and then once it’s out, keeps on rumbling.
Wow. Love. I feel super disconnected from Holy Week for some reason this year, but this poem is very grounding. TY for sharing.
Honored that it resonated.
Really good, Justin.
Thanks, Mark!
Fittingly, I had my poem for today written and scheduled when I read yours – and saw that you'd also taken a syllabic approach in 7-line stanzas. Must be something in the water here in Chattanooga. :)
The uneven line number keeps you moving...it drags the reader to the next stanza looking for a coda to resolve.
Very "to be continued."
Mercy, Justin. This rumbled around inside me like a bowling ball and I don’t think it’s through yet. Have mercy, come Anointed One. And thank you, brother, for pouring this one out where we could smell it.
Audrey, thanks for this encouragement. That’s what a good poem does, indeed. It has to rumble through the poet first, and then once it’s out, keeps on rumbling.
Wow this one hits. Thank you for putting words of Holy Week to our current moment.
So glad it blessed you, Maggie!