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Love and Grief
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The love of mother and son depicted in a marble statue,
the Pieta, said to be the most beautiful in Rome to this day;
no corpse could be more life-like-  no mother more sad,
     it resides in St. Peter's Chapel-  behind glass.
     So elegantly beautiful,
     the face of Mary unfathomable and tender;
     the veins and bones of Christ,
                             wonderfully worked.
        Divine the feelings-  I feel . . . 
          The virgin draped in a huge cloak;
with the dead Christ on her lap-  his body limp,
her right hand supports his upper body, gaze lowered,
his right arm, hand and foot dangling . . . 
     Nearly naked, Christ lies in the folds of her cloak;
     lovingly she holds him in death,
     her face etched with compassion.
     Grief so beautifully carved,
                              amazing the artist;
        his name carved in the fastener of her cloak,
          Michelangelo Buonarroti . . . 

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May 6, 2017

Verse/Art- Michelangelo 
Copyright Protected, ID 898394

Written for the contest, Celebration of Art
sponsor, Kim Rodriques

First Place

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