Monday, April 13, 2015

Timothy Spearman writes





THE LIGHTED TORCH



           A
            SUN
               CULT
                  BASED
                                                              ON PAGAN    A
                                                           SYMBOLISM    MAN
              REPRESENTS     MUST BE
     A      ITS AGENDA       INITIATED
                                          FLAME   WITH THE ‘G’      BEFORE HE
AND LIGHTED    OF THE GRAND   CAN RECEIVE
TORCH SYMOLIZE    GEOMETRICIAN    ILLUMINATION
AND REPRESENT     WHOSE ETERNAL    FROM THE ELECT
THE KNOWLEDGE    INFLUENCE IS        WHO DESCEND FROM
THE WATCHERS   THEIR SACRED   THE WATCHERS
SHEMYAZA      PRESERVE   WHO GAVE A
& AZAZEL    AS THEY   CHOSEN
GAVE T0   CONTROL  FEW
      MAN    IT ALL    fire
                   NOW    

1 comment:

  1. Part of a series called, I believe, "Sacred Geometry," Tim's poem is a good example of shaped poetry. One of the most famous examples, and one of the earliest in English, is rather simple in its "shapiness" but, like Tim's, is religious in its outlook. Here's George Herbert's "Easter Wings" from the 17th century:


    Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store,
    Though foolishly he lost the same,
    Decaying more and more,
    Till he became
    Most poor:
    With thee
    O let me rise
    As larks, harmoniously,
    And sing this day thy victories:
    Then shall the fall further the flight in me.

    My tender age in sorrow did begin:
    And still with sicknesses and shame
    Thou didst so punish sin,
    That I became
    Most thin.
    With thee
    Let me combine,
    And feel this day thy victory:
    For, if I imp my wing on thine,
    Affliction shall advance the flight in me.

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