“The Poet’s Corner” with Gary Edward Geraci Within God is the original, pure, innocent and complementary idea or "form" of mankind; the masculinity and femininity of the human person. In the gospel of John, Chapter 6, Jesus instructs us to eat his body (John 6:53). In my own Catholic faith tradition, rather than interpreting this as a merely symbolic entreaty, we believe this to be a literal instruction from Christ himself. Wow! How should I ponder, contemplate, and meditate the implications of this truth while receiving the Eucharist, Our Lord? Maybe I can ponder it this way (because I’m a masculine guy): “I’m eating the One that created every single “Miss Universe” whom ever walked the earth! All that beauty and those wonderfully attractive feminine qualities; my Lord you first created! And now I’m eating You!” Simply mind blowing! Or maybe: “I’m eating the One that created the Virgin most pure; our Lady, Mother Mary; a Lady whom always looks at me with the love in her heart as for a beloved son!” The loving possibilities are endless... My poem is written in a 5 7 5 Haiku form, best for "...sudden insight or spiritual insight" (A Poets Glossary by Edward Hirsch), and for it's "cutting essence ... the juxtaposition of two images or ideas" (Wikipedia/Haiku). Yes, 17 syllables total, but within a strict, 5 7 5 line form. Compare this form to the form of my poem "Mercenary Lover", also written in 17 syllables but in an unrestricted line form. Contained within this poem is the title of the seminal work of Pope Saint John Paul II on his theology of the human body, "Man and Woman He Created Them." Of personal interest to me, Saint John Paul II is the one and only canonized Saint of the Catholic Church that I have seen in person with my very own two eyes (San Antonio, Texas 1987).
“The Poet’s Corner” with Gary Edward Geraci
ReplyDeleteWithin God is the original, pure, innocent and complementary idea or "form" of mankind; the masculinity and femininity of the human person. In the gospel of John, Chapter 6, Jesus instructs us to eat his body (John 6:53). In my own Catholic faith tradition, rather than interpreting this as a merely symbolic entreaty, we believe this to be a literal instruction from Christ himself. Wow! How should I ponder, contemplate, and meditate the implications of this truth while receiving the Eucharist, Our Lord? Maybe I can ponder it this way (because I’m a masculine guy): “I’m eating the One that created every single “Miss Universe” whom ever walked the earth! All that beauty and those wonderfully attractive feminine qualities; my Lord you first created! And now I’m eating You!” Simply mind blowing! Or maybe: “I’m eating the One that created the Virgin most pure; our Lady, Mother Mary; a Lady whom always looks at me with the love in her heart as for a beloved son!” The loving possibilities are endless... My poem is written in a 5 7 5 Haiku form, best for "...sudden insight or spiritual insight" (A Poets Glossary by Edward Hirsch), and for it's "cutting essence ... the juxtaposition of two images or ideas" (Wikipedia/Haiku). Yes, 17 syllables total, but within a strict, 5 7 5 line form. Compare this form to the form of my poem "Mercenary Lover", also written in 17 syllables but in an unrestricted line form. Contained within this poem is the title of the seminal work of Pope Saint John Paul II on his theology of the human body, "Man and Woman He Created Them." Of personal interest to me, Saint John Paul II is the one and only canonized Saint of the Catholic Church that I have seen in person with my very own two eyes (San Antonio, Texas 1987).