tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post1515602668947242036..comments2024-03-25T02:43:49.115-05:00Comments on Karen Edmisten: Good Friday, Poetry Friday, Merton FridayKaren Edmisten http://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-15278342056243545052018-04-01T15:09:33.508-05:002018-04-01T15:09:33.508-05:00Beautiful poem! Thanks for sharing. Beautiful poem! Thanks for sharing. Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210045352610490115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-12545370895953812822018-03-31T17:53:18.060-05:002018-03-31T17:53:18.060-05:00Hi, Heidi --
That's so interesting. When I f...Hi, Heidi -- <br /><br />That's so interesting. When I first encountered this poem, I had a similar reaction to the final couplet. Those lines were really a bit of a letdown, compared, as you so accurately put it, to the muscular, surprising lead-up. But over the years, as I have reread it, I have seen the letdown as a deliberate device. I could be totally off-base, or this could be wishful thinking (springing from my hope that Merton was always deliberate and not lazy with his poetry), but I think of the last two lines as so disarmingly simple, almost sentimental, because that's the way death is disarmed -- by simple but devout acts that are outwardly bland or even seen as silly, but that pack a punch so powerful that death is conquered. <br /><br />Happy Easter to you, too! Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-15876207061484657492018-03-31T17:46:25.753-05:002018-03-31T17:46:25.753-05:00Thanks, Ruth! Glad you enjoyed it. Have a wonderfu...Thanks, Ruth! Glad you enjoyed it. Have a wonderful Easter! Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-65359780449654518152018-03-31T16:54:11.159-05:002018-03-31T16:54:11.159-05:00Hi, Karen--
I really loved this, full of muscular...Hi, Karen--<br /><br />I really loved this, full of muscular, surprising strokes of Death's glance, right up until the last couplet. The Hail Mary, the waxen candle do have power, but the lines don't. I wonder what Fr. Louis was thinking when he wrote those.<br /><br />Happy Easter to you!Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496427007514895950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-51043742862952525262018-03-31T09:08:26.140-05:002018-03-31T09:08:26.140-05:00Great choice for Good Friday! Thank you! Great choice for Good Friday! Thank you! Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.com