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I love this...I don't think I fully understand it, but I think that adds to my love of it. There is so much here to think about, and its a wonderful way to get a message across without being overly blunt.
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Well Roger, you have certainly packed a lot to digest in a few words. You know, although, I do see a religious theme to this, I am more inclined to interpret it as involving the modern day icons of Political parties and government regimes and business cartels so huge they may as well be small powerful countries. The struggles for power involving these modern icons can certainly make me envision the future when these egocentric powers run amok...In fact it is so easy to envision sometimes, it scares me to death....A powerful poem, again with many layers.
God's power and majesty is evident in the forces of nature. We feel powerless in return, but need to know that God is in control and it is Him to whom we should be praying, worshipping and giving thanks.
Virgins (religion) is not the answer, neither are icons (governments).
This is quite mysterious and thought provoking. Does anyone read Rilke, or is he too obscure and mystical for most people? In his first two of The Duino Elegies, he mentions angels as awesome and terrifying. Well, without elaborating too much, your poem evokes in me a similar sense of the awesome and unspeakable power of things we need to acknowledge in our lives, though what they are, I'm not sure. You've left me pondering just who these virgins and icons are, what they evoke, and how we must deal with them.
That's a start for me for now, though I will want and need to re-read this.
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