Congratulations, poets. These are beautiful and thought provoking. I am going to print them off and read each one more slowly outside during my morning reading. Thank you for stirring our hearts and minds to behold the Lamb of God.
Well done! It is a very challenging task to have Gerard Manley Hopkins as a goal. The subtle use rhyming in "Luminous Mystery" is admirable. May they be read by many.
I am scandalized and shocked beyond all comprehension that Elijah Blumov's blasphemous poem about the Annunciation was given honorable mention in this Wayfair contest. How could that poem be allowed space in this magazine? How could the Catholic poet judge James Matthew Wilson could be so open minded as to approve a poem in which the conception of Christ is described as the rape of Mary by a moth like creature, followed by Mary describing to Joseph how painful it was and how great it felt. It is disgusting. I amazed at Blumov's skills in the other poems and writings of his that I have seen. But, no matter how brilliant the non-believer Elijah Blomov is, does that give him license to retell the holy conception of the Son of God into a sex fantasy? Does his brilliance really give him absolution that permits the publication of this poem in a faith-based magazine?
I love the form of Sally's second. Canny.
Thank you, Kilby! It's a trenta-sei, a form devised by John Ciardi. If you like cascade/repeating forms, these are a lot of fun to write.
Congratulations, poets. These are beautiful and thought provoking. I am going to print them off and read each one more slowly outside during my morning reading. Thank you for stirring our hearts and minds to behold the Lamb of God.
Well done! These are all excellent choices. Thank you for pointing us to the Lamb.
Splendid poems!
Well done! It is a very challenging task to have Gerard Manley Hopkins as a goal. The subtle use rhyming in "Luminous Mystery" is admirable. May they be read by many.
Congratulations, poets!
I am scandalized and shocked beyond all comprehension that Elijah Blumov's blasphemous poem about the Annunciation was given honorable mention in this Wayfair contest. How could that poem be allowed space in this magazine? How could the Catholic poet judge James Matthew Wilson could be so open minded as to approve a poem in which the conception of Christ is described as the rape of Mary by a moth like creature, followed by Mary describing to Joseph how painful it was and how great it felt. It is disgusting. I amazed at Blumov's skills in the other poems and writings of his that I have seen. But, no matter how brilliant the non-believer Elijah Blomov is, does that give him license to retell the holy conception of the Son of God into a sex fantasy? Does his brilliance really give him absolution that permits the publication of this poem in a faith-based magazine?
With all due respect, I think you may have misinterpreted Elijah's poem
The poem is named Annunciation.