A paraphrase is shadow's child,
slinking in hallway white tiled.
It wears the shape, fills not the skin,
Echoes of fullness are lost within.
It carries a bag of phrases worn,
Tired entrails of the still-born.
A life, once full, is now gone.
With no meaning counted on.
EKPHRASIS subjective scenario soliloquised
SCANSION easy-on-the ear&eye
METRONOMY stressed sounds soliloquised
CONTEST ALLITERATION a competive repetitive
RECITATION offpat wordchat
NOTE:This is my dynamic paraphrased translation into English of one of the 6227020800 possible variation on this sonnet 41 to illustrate what Kuhlmann intended .The complete 50 sonnets (in old German script )are available ISBN 3484160195 .
HEAVENLY KISSES a sonnet
(a changing life)
At NIGHT, fog, frost, Torment&Worry
Next DAY, snow, lightning, Fire &Distress
From GRIEF, angst, sorrow, Disgrace,Ridicule
With JOY, ease, wins, Constant Day
The MOON, smoke, flame, Ox and Wagon
Love's LIGHT, floods,field, Knowledge is Sustenancd
Our OBJECTIVE human,travail, Faith and God
PURPOSED, prize,promise, &Thankfulness
What is GOOD,right,positive,do Mention
CULTIVATE,earth, floods, to AVOID
Sans COURAGE, praise, soul, be APART
With FEAR, lies, strife, soon Reigns
Everything changes:Everyone loves:We, all ,incline to hate;
We ,who meditate these Words,understand the human state
PSALM 23* a paraphrase
Abba Father is my guide
He provides all my daily needs
In Him I rest with peace of mind
for He alone guides me along my daily walk
He renews my inner being
He shows me my tresspasses& forgives me
For Jesus’s sacrifice has saved me
Yes though each day I may bear life's tribulations
I will resist Satan's temptations
For You the Holy Spirit are with me;
His voice & power counsels &comforts me.
You Abba Father protect me at all times
You pour Your blessings upon me
beyond my expectations
Certainly Your scriptures will guide me
All the rest of my earthly days
And then I will dwell with my God
Eternally
I
God's spirit is substance, more than bones & bodies
II
Spiritual and spirit do not mean "minus any bodies"
III
The spiritual body is very light. And more light
IV
Speaking in tongues doesn't mean "babbling in church"
V
Speaking in 'tongues' is speaking languages.
I'll paraphrase the Victorian news,
Germies are back, that's the news,
Lockdown living is the blip,
The economy is in deep blip,
Unemployment is up the blip,
Real estate is in the blip,
Weddings are off the grid,
Small business is in deep blip,
Remote learning is full of blip,
If your kids play up and moan,
Send them to their rooms with a phone,
Germs are here for me and you,
No elections here on the menu,
I paraphrase the Victorian news.....
a dynamic paraphrase translation of Apollinaire I'll Pleut in this youtube clip above
It rains voices
of women
fallen from memory:
in you also o raindrops,
rains
the crucial events
of my life.
And these clouds
thunder aloud
a world
with a host of voices.
Hear,it rains
of regret and contempt
weeping
their well-worn tunes,
hear,those falling shackles
that imprison
you head to toe.
another rhetoric line(requiring no answer) after Shelly's ' Wind'
O snowdrop
When you flower,can Spring be far behind?
a dynamic parphrase translation of Apollinaire I'll Pleut
It rains voices
of women
fallen from memory:
in you also o raindrops,
rains
the crucial events
of my life.
And these clouds
thunder aloud
a world
with a host of voices.
Hear,it rains
of regret and contempt
weeping
their well-worn tunes,
hear,those falling shackles
that imprison
you head to toe.
You may listen to my YouTube clip of this translation under my pen name ichthyschiro featuring me voice in English and my youngest granddaughter in French @ https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=8s&v=73aTfJS20hk
Jesus can take a melted mess of human corrosion and squeegy it up... form us into a functioning human being with structure and strength; a pillar of hope for others and ourself.
Encourage one another as Christ encourages us....
Service in Christ, Faith and Works is a winning combination!!
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