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Best Jesuit Poems


The Jesuit Boy
They took me at seven, not with chains —
but with silence, incense, and Latin refrains.
Fr. Toni, black-robed, sharp-eyed and still,
Read my soul like scripture, broke my will.

Not to destroy — no, they had higher plans:
To sculpt a mind that could command all man.
Philosophy before puberty,
Logic...

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Categories: jesuit, baptism,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry