Perennial Measure: Losing Her Religion

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Losing Her Religion

Cram, cram, let the breeders be infidels,

as they always are, anyway. Forever, amen—

In seventeen days Noah shall pass, and boats

big as sunglasses for the Sun won’t moat up

kings’ palaces like cantons insecure from

Wrath. Dust curlicues, unseen, fornicate

with the desert winds devoid of chance, no

one contesting Patriarch Kirill’s samovars.

I was absent for a while, cantankerous as

Mary of Magdala upon lyuelye faythe, the

time passed presenting crocks with myrrh

in Jesus’ tomb. Only to be sacked, shocked

by ambulant quarrels ‘bout an impure womb.

Devotions, lies! Seventeenth day of Passover

month. Cram, cram! The breeders still infidels.

As they always are, now and forever, all men.

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About "Perennial Measure," the first blogged poetry volume on this site:

On the seventh day in the writing of this collection, or perhaps already subconsciously during the making of that first poem, it became clear that this series, Perennial Measure (the volume), shall be about the practice of poetry and art. Having laid that assumption down, trying to follow that course, however, I saw that I was able to move later to the creation of pieces on various other themes, as if I was trying to present to my reader those various themes and issues that confront a poet in his life and everyday world, qua poet. But, so as not to veer too far away from my central theme, the series would interrupt that straying again to make me go back to pieces strictly on poetry or art. And that push and pull from the central theme went on to the end of the volume project (which targeted 56 pieces or 56 printed book pages worth). So, approach this collection thus, then, should it please you, and consider reading the last poem, "Perennial Failure," against the first one, "Perennial Measure." Otherwise, you can just approach the section or volume or book how you would rather, as maybe you should. Here is Perennial Measure, the blogged poetry book within this eponymously titled Perennial Measure blogged literary creations site.