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That is very gracious.: That is very gracious.

Thanks to all who have read: Thanks to all who have read and left comments. I always welcome any side, any view. for what can we not learn if we can not disuss.   Thank you again

I think this experience is: I think this experience is universal to many Poets.  Over two thousand years ago, and several decades before the advent of Christ, the Roman poet Vergil predicted the coming of a child that would be both divine and human; yet Vergil apparently had no knowledge of Hebrew prophecy.  This gift of discernment is part and parcel of being a Poet.

Thank you very much for your: Thank you very much for your comment and response to the poem.  As alwaus, your words inspire me to continue forward with this sequence.

Very nice, easy to feel the: Very nice, easy to feel the tension, I've been there a time or two myself.   booga booga!   lol

You can roll out prose that: You can roll out prose that is so sleek, rich and evocative that I'm entranced no matter what the subject is, but here you really drew me into a pivotal moment, a highly significant and emotional haircut that was the end of one lifestyle and the reluctant beginning of another.    The ordinary becomes extraordinary in your phenomenal imagination.  

So much more than an ordinary: So much more than an ordinary love poem. You reached far beyond the surface of things and observed the interconnectedness of humanity and the cosmos, and within this vision of the unified field, you stitched together a wonder: the creation of a living miracle, both primal matter "like to that of which the iridescent stars coalesce" and the breath of God.   Then with awe and a sense of great privilege, you eloquently marveled at an unrivaled invitation, a "love that he will constellate".   A deeply moving and luxurious monument.