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Teytonon commented on: Where have you gone Allets? by Teytonon 4 years 3 weeks* ago* Stella is gone: Stella is gone She has moved on We all must die Stella, goodbye [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: *Yet [/+/^] : 27.225 MHz, Some Final Measures; A Quatrain Inspired By 1st Thessalonians 5:17** by Starward-Led 4 years 3 weeks* ago* Prayer when it commences: Prayer when it commences reminds me of "break, break, break / on thy cold grey stones, O Sea!" Wherein we bring ourselves to the magnificent presence of Majesty. And yes, what a privilege and opportunity it the becomes to come alongside in compassion And eventually communion. [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: murder at the kaisarion by redbrick 4 years 3 weeks* ago* In such situations I remind: In such situations I remind myself of Iscariot and Peter, both imperfect in their own individual ways and yet both given patience, mercy and grace. But one gave up where the other came back and turned from his ways. And I do understand and relate deeply with that sense of shame. It is a standing reminder that it is not the Christians but the Christ that saves, else there would be no need for atoning, repentance, redemption, reconciliation, resurrection, imputation, justification and all those big and marvellous things that can only be truly understood by living faith and grace. [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: WELL WORN COPY by georgeschaefer 4 years 3 weeks* ago* All of humanity entire is an: All of humanity entire is an exploring kind, some tamer than others but still an excursion outside the known fence lines. Good stuff. [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: DREAMING by joy 4 years 3 weeks* ago* Haven't gotten that request: Haven't gotten that request in all these years, but kind of looking forward to it, just wonder if they are a bit older when they ask. Oh my. What to do, then? [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: murder at the kaisarion by redbrick 4 years 3 weeks* ago* As a Christian, I am ashamed: As a Christian, I am ashamed of those Christian fanatics who completely subverted and violated the teachings of Christ by doing that to her. Definitely, as Christ said, the tares do grow among the wheat. [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: murder at the kaisarion by redbrick 4 years 3 weeks* ago* Yes kind sir, that was the: Yes kind sir, that was the challenge of the subject matter, to allow for a manageable collection of information where there are so many and sometimes conflicting bits of data and to elect the ones that bring enough leeway to flex and still be in keeping with the general understanding of events which hopefully brings a thought process that could host even the opposing or incongruent views in the one poem. Having thus said, these fanatics could be or could be likened to the parabalani who were loyal helpers that were employed by the ruling power to help with the terminally ill and dying. That fanaticism went beyond euthanasia at some point and even became a "secret" force to carry out assassinations in the interest of the security of state. A second supporting idea to fanaticism is that having divested her of her clothing within the temple grounds whe was dismembered and her body parts were dragged/paraded around the districts of Alexandria before being brought together at a funeral pyre to purify the city of all the evils she was purported to have brought in her life's work. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: murder at the kaisarion by redbrick 4 years 3 weeks* ago* I know only the slightest: I know only the slightest information about Hypatia, although I am aware that she was murdered by fanatics, but I enjoyed your poem---which compresses a lot of information in a brief space. [ go to comment ]
Unseen.warfare commented on: Poem to end all poems by Unseen.warfare 4 years 3 weeks* ago* One Church. The Orthodox: One Church. The Orthodox Church ☦️ [ go to comment ]
Unseen.warfare commented on: Poem to end all poems by Unseen.warfare 4 years 3 weeks* ago* The real issue is you are a: The real issue is you are a humanist that thinks you are a Christian. Heretics are without Grace. That's not saying they can't repent. but, what do you think happens to a heretic at death? Do we all go to heaven miss? Even the ones that don't confess Christ? [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: TRAIN RIDE by chris 4 years 4 weeks* ago* There is that sense of the: There is that sense of the land and a distinct feeling of the golden age of travel about a train journey. That has been captured here quite elegantly. Nothing quite like seeing how we get there! [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: licence to keel by redbrick 4 years 4 weeks* ago* That is quite a connection to: That is quite a connection to have been made, for me it is like the effect of those famous lines: When You Are Old By William Butler Yeats When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: licence to keel by redbrick 4 years 4 weeks* ago* Beautiful poem, and that: Beautiful poem, and that second quatrain will, I am sure, come back to me more than once when I enter that final twilight before homegoing. [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: licence to keel by redbrick 4 years 4 weeks* ago* Thanks Patricia. It's quite: Thanks Patricia. It's quite satisfying to get feedback about this being about time's passage which is one of several ideas that this poem carries with it. Also loving the thought or rebirth and timelessness of the written word. That is fantastic! /Rik. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Dreams of Elysium by patriciajj 4 years 4 weeks* ago* Your kindness, advice and: Your kindness, advice and appreciation has provided so much motivation and encouragement that without your support, several of my posts would never have seen the light of day. I'll never tire of expressing my gratitude, towering Poet of wisdom and light. [ go to comment ]