Notes About The Poem

I'm SO tired of this virus-world.
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I Search In Dreams

I pray to that dead
criminal Jesus - to set 
us right - restore us.

We’re a mess - like
spilled salt - remember the  
fresh air of freedom?

In dreams I search - there
must be a cure lying
around somewhere..

Eyelid shades
open on chiaroscuro
lit, moody mornings.

I keep my head down
I’m doing my fey best, to
let nothing touch me.

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** Note: I was raised a Catholic. Jesus wasn't crucified by some accident - he was executed as a criminal - that's just a fact - not an attack on Christianity - I would never attack a religion.. except maybe Scientology... that was a JOKE!!  aarrgghhh!

If poetry is art (I rather think it is) then one purpose is to engage and provoke emotion - I confess that the first stanza is meant to engage the reader.. hhhmmm.. maybe too much? I AM a beginner - after all.
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Gondolf Avatar
September 14, 2020 at 5:58 AM
"dead criminal Jesus" ???
Gondolf Avatar
September 14, 2020 at 8:21 AM
Thank you for referring me to your note, Anais, I didn't scroll down far enough when I originally read your poem...my bad!
Vionet Avatar
September 14, 2020 at 7:42 AM
Did you read my note? Please don't take offence, this is a Senryu poem, not a dissertation on Christian doctrine - for heaven's sake. Reresected has 4 syllables - I couldn't afford it =P
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