Lamentation

By Ewan

Sat, 21 Jun 2008
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'Under my hand',
sayeth Jehovah to
the Chosen.
'Under my eye
and under my word.
Whereof this land is
promised, then let it
cherish ye.'

'Behold I come',
sayeth Beelzebub
to mankind;
'behold my wealth
and behold my flesh.
Howso your greed is
nourished, then let it
famish ye.'

And yet we live
'twixt a God and Devil
in suspense;
two fictions
yet countenanced.
Whereby belief is
doubted, then let it
banished be.

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Submitted by onemorething on
It is definitely an oddity, but one I liked very much. Especially liked the last stanza.

 

Submitted by chuck on
Bit deep for me that one. Gives me a headache.

Submitted by BeamsAndVoids on
Any poem that gets "twixt" in has to be good. Seriously though, I liked it, much different than most of the stuff on here. So yeah, an oddity it is, but what a fine one.

 

Submitted by chuck on
I took an aspirin and tried again. I'm fine with being suspended between two fictions. But I'm not sure what the last line means.

Submitted by Ewan on
In time honoured fashion, I will begin an explanation by explaining that I am reluctant to offer an explication of my own poem. ;-) Where-by was deliberately chosen, as opposed to, say, where-in, for example. The line is deliberately ambiguous and if you are pondering what it means, good! My hope is that you are asking yourself by what means belief is doubted, (because the poem surely doesn't tell you) and, perhaps, whether it matters by what means, since - once doubted - it will often 'banished be'. regards Ewan

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Submitted by chuck on
Thanks for that Ewan. I never doubted the words were well chosen and it did cause me to ponder. Nice work. Reminds me of John Donne a bit.