cleaved unto this day
has each braided wick
awaited the present hour
the flame it soon carries-
whose hand might cast that light
that they should see clearly
the evening of a resting shadow
quickened only by need
that the eyes might see-
what shall overtake such blindness
that darkness would consumate its union
to the risen light none before the other
that a man might reason without question-
knowing not
that to know of one
is to know the other
Mandeville
clothed in drama
a pentecost poetic
chiastic
three stanzas long
the Spirit outpoured
in the Day of the Lord
portents predicted&
prescribed
called out
not cast out
the
ultimate reality
sealed&consumated
an atoning sacrifice
saving mercies
grace given
an expectation
engrained
in penitence& prayer
a focus fixated
cause with effect
in awareness of worship
interlocked
in perspective
the faithful restored
fresh
with abundance
of spiritual joy
affirmed
in a unique reality
of
deliverance&due reward
where acacias abound
before the Lord's overflowing
waters of life
a reasoned restoration
seasoned
in the coming of His day
in the midst of His people
inescapable
irresistible
an inheritance
to claim&
enjoy
EXPRESSIONS
imagery
with
compassion
a
newness
concealed
interpreted
reserved
&
consumated
with
inevitable
exquisite
exertion
&
intense
inspiration
marked
excitement
in
unusual
circumstances
adhere
in
extreme
struggles
of
solemn
reflection
on
mesmerising
prowess
IMPLIED TENSIONS
interlaced
celebrations
in beguiling settings
anticipation
consumated& fulfilled
in a textured
tapestry
a variegated nuance
in convulsed
gestures
of conscious
sensibility
THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE without grammatical symbols the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and respond thus making the form a two way interplay and often a unique interpretation by the enigma so derived
clothed in drama
a pentecost poetic
chiastic
three stanzas long
the Spirit outpoured
in the Day of the Lord
portents predicted&
prescribed
called out
not cast out
the
ultimate reality
sealed&consumated
an atoning sacrifice
saving mercies
grace given
an expectation
engrained
in penitence& prayer
a focus fixated
cause with effect
in awareness of worship
interlocked
in perspective
the faithful restored
fresh
with abundance
of spiritual joy
affirmed
in a unique reality
of
deliverance&due reward
where acacias abound
before the Lord's overflowing
waters of life
a reasoned restoration
seasoned
in the coming of His day
in the midst of His people
inescapable
irresistible
an inheritance
to claim&
enjoy
clothed in drama
a pentecost poetic
chiastic
three stanzas long
the Spirit outpoured
in the Day of the Lord
portents predicted&
prescribed
called out
not cast out
the
ultimate reality
sealed&consumated
an atoning sacrifice
saving mercies
grace given
an expectation
engrained
in penitence& prayer
a focus fixated
cause with effect
in awareness of worship
interlocked
in perspective
the faithful restored
fresh
with abundance
of spiritual joy
affirmed
in a unique reality
of
deliverance&due reward
where acacias abound
before the Lord's overflowing
waters of life
a reasoned restoration
seasoned
in the coming of His day
in the midst of His people
inescapable
irresistible
an inheritance
to claim&
enjoy
I saw two trees entwined in Bushy Park.
Their seeds had found the same small patch of ground.
Their barks caress, a whitethorn and an elder.
The first was at his springtime best, the elder waits til later.
Their roots entwine unseen.
As whitethorn shades elder’s green from sun,
both soil and sap are shared,
and they are consumated one.
A conservative guy was he,
keeping to himself and
not oft, initiating verse with others.
Working hard at everything he pursued,
Bill attained a sort of wealth,
to be felt and not seen.
After all, he did have a family.
It was not supposed to matter
how many things a man had.
but, more what he practiced,
what he consumated,
before he died.
Leaving behind two beautiful girls,
many vehicles and a wife, Bill passed
at an early age.
Adjustment to the loss
came easily for the girls,
However 'twas mortifying to wife/ mother,
My honey says I'm complicated.
Huh? We are both well-educated.
Sometimes he gets a little frustrated,
When I get too animated.
He says you make things so complicated.
When I'm like that he gets aggavated.
Then we have to be reconciliated.
Then our love will be consumated!
So while I might be complicated,
I am ever so sophisicated.
I hope I am not totally eliminated.
Please don' t let me be castigated.
My heart would be so desolated,
If our love was no longer celebrated.
Knowing we hadn't communicated
I would just be devastated!
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