Thanks to
First Things for picking up
for
First Links. Both
poems appear in print and online editions of
Books and Culture, edited by John Wilson. The piece of music by Eric Whitacre in "The Mineral Night" can be found
here. "A Child in the Likeness of God" was written after reading a report on the condition of unjustly imprisoned and tortured girls and women in a place far away.
That love-offering hand at right is an image by
Clive Hicks-Jenkins for long poem
Thaliad. (See tabs above for information about my books.) Click on his name and try his artlog if you haven't!
Soon I'll be in beautiful Jonesborough, Tennessee--oldest town in the state. Enjoy your day and your precious freedom in the sun or rain!
Beautiful work, particularly "A Child in the Likeness of God."
ReplyDeleteThank you, Robbi--just back from lovely Jonesborough, Tennessee...
DeleteOh wonderful Marly! Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you liked them, Midori!
DeleteA Child in the Likeness of God - Wow! Powerhouse.
ReplyDeleteAh, that's a big compliment! Thank you.
Delete"A Child" is as powerful as it needs to be, which is saying a lot, considering the subject.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Miss Mary B!
DeleteNice job, Marly. Blunt, and troublingly memorable.
ReplyDeleteI'm very glad you find it so--"troublingly memorable" is a good thing for such a piece.
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