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The Sprigs and Spirit of Sistine -8

Transfixed by the thunderstorm of raining thorns I taste the violet vapor that rises as smooth spirit while my sensitive gaze garners generations of grief, for those that follow the Savior must suffer like the Savior and so they shall, feel the iron of violent institutions their sacrifice will be spectacular amid emperors and paupers alike, on my seat of Delphic dreams divine light washes my fertile face blond tresses wave from under the hood of my cobalt cloak, my lap draped in glowing gold, I hold unborn history in my hand, my cherubs exhaust themselves on the years foreshadowed... J.A.B.

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Date: 6/25/2019 1:39:00 AM
...divine light washes my fertile face blond tresses wave from under the hood of my cobalt cloak, my lap draped in glowing gold,....// superb expression
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Justin Bordner
Date: 6/27/2019 7:00:00 PM
The Sibyl of Delphi is a magnificent portrait of mesmerized beauty. Michaelangelo reveals the sensuality of her entranced mind. I am very proud to have provided her a true voice of poetic sensuality, and I am also proud that the voice I created for her resonates with you Mahtab...J.A.B.
Date: 9/19/2017 10:43:00 PM
These are really so intriguing. "my sensitive gaze garners generations of grief " These are immensely emotional lines depicting the figures of the art. I'll never forget and always be enamored by your unique expressions - "unborn history" being one of them. Always, Laura
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Justin Bordner
Date: 9/24/2017 6:02:00 PM
Yes Poetess, is that not the craft of Seers, to witness History in it's very conception. The comely Delphic Oracle is doing just that in Michelangelo's romantic rendition of her. I felt her foretelling the persecution of martyrs centuries before the coming of their Christ, making unequivocal allusion to the Roman Empire and it's penchant for criminal sport in the great Colosseum...J.A.B.

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