
Ahh, yes, the below was a fun sonnet to write:
Sonnet XXXVIII
I felt laid down to rest in Economics class
When a hot sharp single vaned choir chimed
A flurried Fantasian clarinet part timed
To her ankle's melodic motioned impasse
Against the entropic calm of fluorescent lights.
And as their corrugated wavelength stuttered
My patient, vacant heart to her rant fluttered-
But crashed in devotion, pondering Wisdom's blight.
My heart warms on our somewhat shared convictions
Whence, by imploring God we may sojourn
In the sunshine of His love. And this we yearn
As two apart, hers the iron predictions
Of charred-lipped Isaias prophecy-foamed flood,
Mine the love-laced luster of Christ jesus' Blood.
Yeah, you guessed it- she's Jewish! Just a somewhat cooky friend of mine, she constantly shakes her right foot as she sits (it's genetic), is known to make digressive comments that spin class discussions off track, and has had an unusually nasally voice (also unusually charming, cute). This poem was long overdue, as she's been in the Republican Club since junior year. I hope she one day finds Jesus Christ and His religion [I must admit, I can see from her perspective- I'd miss the Tam Tams]
The below image, unrelated to my poem, is merely an exceptional image of our Lord and Savior with His Mother that I found and want to share.
Also, I've begun The Divine Comedy, and by Canto III, it is marvellous!
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Make sure you get all the way through it. For years I had only read the Inferno (a common error, as it is also the most "exciting" part, seeing everybody being punished for their sins in Hell). But Hell is also the most political part (Dante puts all his enemies in Hell). Thus, I assumed that the whole text was nothing but Italian political drama disguised as religious text.
But once I began Purgatory (just a few weeks ago) I realized, little by little, that Dante was genuinely moved, in a spiritual way, to write the Divine Comedy. I may disagree with him (I believe he was on the side of the state as opposed to the Church) I have found his motivations to be authentic.
It is truly a great work. I am in Paradise now; the "boring" part, but also the most beautiful.
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