Divine Simplicity is a theme well travelled in the Catholic intellectual tradition. I wrote the poem “Patently Trite” for a fellow poet. We were having a discussion on the word “trite” and whether “trite” words have a place or not in poetry. My reply, yes, especially in explicitly religious poetry where the object is God. Notice the one syllable “trite” words in this poem. How about the stripped down poetic format of the Haiku? Does it work? What about the choice our Lord makes in appearing in a bland piece of bread? - Perhaps all “trite” to contemporary secular sensibilities.
Divine Simplicity is a theme well travelled in the Catholic intellectual tradition. I wrote the poem “Patently Trite” for a fellow poet. We were having a discussion on the word “trite” and whether “trite” words have a place or not in poetry. My reply, yes, especially in explicitly religious poetry where the object is God. Notice the one syllable “trite” words in this poem. How about the stripped down poetic format of the Haiku? Does it work? What about the choice our Lord makes in appearing in a bland piece of bread? - Perhaps all “trite” to contemporary secular sensibilities.
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