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This is a real gem of a piece. You have inspired me once again. I have an idea for a piece of my own, loosely based on this. I'm going to call it,
"Stealing The Saint". Be on th he lookout for it.
Kudos on this one, and you''re writing style was flawless as usual. Your way of expressing your views of reality, never cease to amaze me. Long May You Write!
You have written a superb poem! There is only one minor spelling mistake (fulfill instead of "fulfil"), but nothing that seriously drags the quality down. The quatrains are precise and effective, as is the choice of words. After reading the poem and the comments others left and thinking about my history classes, what you say is absolutely true. You have done well with this, so it deserves an equally good rating!
live by the sword, die by the sword, but remember always our tongue is a double edge sword and our words can bless or curse so be careful how you use it but yes sometimes we have no choice but to speak what is in our hearts and get it our of our being. Very good, I agree with you
The use of the word Priest. Is for any religious leader. I'm certainly not picking on the Catholic faith, or singling out any one of them.
I was alluding to those who promote war, not any politician who tries to claim a God on their side.
Priests like those of the Inquisition. The warrior priest, sword in one hand and holy book in the other.
Those priests/holy men, who are at this moment urging their followers to kill in the name of their religion.
History is full of similar examples.
Brian.
I do agree that many wars are fought in God's name, but you are eliminating the fact that God's name is used to give credence to many a politician's goals or fanatic's self grandizement. I also notice that you use the word "priest" Is this a reference to the Roman Catholic church? It seems that this religion is the brunt of most people's tirades. This disturbs me. The poem is a nice series of quatrains, well rhymed etc. I just do not like your subject matter, nor your connotations.
This is a sad statement of our history. Although this has been happening since time began, we must be careful not to paint all religions and ministers with the same brush. I'm sure not all religions have been guilty of this, and I personally know many ministers of the Gospel, and know that they are abhorred when things like this happen.
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