No worries--this doesn't have any real spoilers. Just a cursory"response" poem I jotted out quickly to our book, mostly in the spirit of fleshing out some of the recurring ideas. So here goes:
black waves,
undulating
in irregular
regularity,
chaos unleashed
as titans of
storms, death,
sorrow
encircle
absence
circumscribes
presence,
as familiar fades,
consciousness,
increasingly aware
of lapses
verdant lands
awaiting,
lush, lustrous
once discovered,
immediately lost,
evaporating as a
mirage
sweet nectar
distills,
ever-present
yet beyond grasp,
a daily gift,
rosy sun
greets each morn,
giver of life,
devourer with fire,
manifestation
both of nuclear
fury
and divine chariot
white light
shines,
blinding,
as darkness fades
indescribable journey
flowing in unspoken
words,
told in awe,
reverence
regal stripes
paint unseen
majesty,
visible to
eyes who seek
to see
inexplicable,
unprovable,
improbable,
reality bounded
by rational
and irrational
neither one
without the other,
one flesh,
the joint sentinals
guarding truth,
life,
patterns and proof,
types and shadows,
the unknown
and unknowable
intersect,
in covalency
with perception,
consciousness,
mind
intelligence,
known and unknown,
transcending while defining,
the glory of
God.
I haven't read the book yet, but the poem makes me interested to see how everything fits together. The last part is especially interesting:
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known and unknown,
transcending while defining,
the glory of
God.
I just started the book yesterday, and so far I like it. Writing your review in verse is pretty hardcore awesome, though. I liked the poem, and I'm excited to read it again after I finish the book.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I've read so far (very little), I think starting the novel out by juxtaposing the theology of Isaac Luria with the habits of three-toed sloths is delightsome.
I just started the book tonight and I'm too sleepy to understand what I just read but the Author's Note and your poem make me want to keep reading. Like Steve, I want to read the poem again when I'm done with the book.
ReplyDeleteI'm about fifty pages into the book and liking it. Lots of cool and interesting stuff, and there's already some stuff I want to post about sometime. Three-toed sloth bit was one of my favorite parts as well--a creature well worth championing. I like the poem!
ReplyDeleteWonderful poem, Love. You help me to understand better how the themes of the novel work together.
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