I was called to become a Christian on January 9th, 1994, and was baptized a week later on the 16th. On April 19th, 2014, I was chrismated into the Faith of the Orthodox Church.
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The name I have signed to my poems is J-Called. The "J" represents the first initials of my mundane first name, and of my Orthodox chrismation name; and of the month in which I became a Christian, and of the month---July, 1974---in which, as I believe, I heard the Lord call me from sleep on a Friday night/Saturday morning, and He told me to step outside and look at His stars. The "Called" represents those two Callings as well as two Scriptures: Romans 10:13 and Isaiah 43:1.
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Constantine Cavafy's poem, "Very Seldom," describes my situation, and my hope for my Ad Astra poems.
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My Haigo (or Haiku name), Kyakuchuu, means "footnote" in Japanese.*
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