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Showing posts with label Sonnet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sonnet. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

A Sonnet on the Jerusalem Cross

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For me, the Jerusalem Cross is endlessly inspiring:   Christ before Paul; the Kingdom that’s within; the wisdom of the Buddha; Will...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Rethinking The Elect

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                            The Elect Take that long-suffering slave:   if she instead Were master, could descent dissent and shed ...
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Sunday, February 5, 2017

Ekphrasis & Prose: Sonnet Translations of Poe & Hawthorne

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I sometimes wonder whether a prose piece should have been verse from the outset.  Could the deep meaning have been more effectively capture...
Friday, July 15, 2016

Pope Urban II's Double Sonnet: Red Fields and Lucious Palaces (Addition to "The Apology Box")

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        Pope Urban II’s Double Sonnet                                I. Although we were God's advocate below, We were a c...
Monday, July 11, 2016

Wittgenstein's Sonnet: No Pictures See Themselves (Addition to "The Apology Box")

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     Wittgenstein’s Sonnet When I was young, words worked a different way. We hung them round like pictures on a wall To replica...
Saturday, July 9, 2016

Double Sonnet of William James: Grace That Brings Good Order in the Head (Addition to "The Apology Box")

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            Double Sonnet of William James                                    I .    Descartes, pure mind and body can't ...
Thursday, June 30, 2016

Ishmael's Sonnet: Built As "Normal" Boys (Addition to "The Apology Box")

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            Ishmael’s Sonnet                          They called me Ishmael.   I was a first Who wrestled with the "bastard...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Witch of Endor's Double Sonnets: I Accept No Words for Me Except My Own (Addition to "The Apology Box")

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    Witch Of Endor’s Double Sonnets                             I. I can't deny that I've known sorcery. Men's words ...

Sonnet of John The Baptist (Addition to "The Apology Box")

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              John The Baptist’s Sonnet                     (A nomadic herald) My one principal was God and as His agent my one pr...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Ezekiel: The Universe Leaps Over Heart & Head (Addition to "The Apology Box")

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Ezekiel’s Double Sonnet                                                                             (A prophet of the exile)              ...
Friday, June 17, 2016

The Nicodemus Paradox (Addition to "The Apology Box")

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            Nicodemus's Double Sonnet I saw the merit of that holy man.   I showed Him bold respect in public and I sat Beside ...
Monday, June 13, 2016

Five Warriors: Hannibal, Charlemagne, Roland, William the Conqueror, & Henry V (Additions to "The Apology Box)

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                    Short Ballade of Henry V                                           (esse quam videri) Although my youth wa...

Three Religious Warriors: Richard I, Saladin, & Charles Martel (Additions to "The Apology Box")

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              Richard I’s Sonnet Christ is my only standard. As he drove The money changers from the temple who Profaned it, I...