Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Mary's Comment on It Is Forbidden

This Martha Rhodes' poem reminds me of a lover of spirituality, although respecting of both.,
places meaning of the religious associations of God in satirical perspective: "It being commanded to worship that occupier of the armed-chair, carver of pheasants..." It is as though the gestures and attributions of religious tradition are explored playfully. In the end, Ms. Rhodes cleverly connects an appreciation of the human relativity the Creator has to us, and how similar both are. I think this is a reflection of her appreciation of expression of her own spiritual awareness that "even you shall leave me [the Creator/God]"--it cannot be, purely because the need will always be there.

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