I am living in a monastery presently... just me and six priests who are also resident monks




Afternoon Contemplation

The western rose window burns in afternoon 
spilling a firery palette on the worn mottled tiles of the choir floor

frenzieing them in calder bright and Dali style moving with the sun

this savage marching incandescence unwitnessed save me and God

my  thoughts as riotous as the clamouring floor

 

Yet in time with infinite ease peace and dusk requite in patient pause

to fade these tumultuous abstracts to black and I return to the whole of meditative nothing

save the gentle guardian sanctuary flame

and love





Poetry by josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2022-03-13 at 19:35

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MetaPoetics The PoetBay support member heart!
A perfect place for peace and meditative contemplation. Methinks it nourishes the mind and the soul! :)
2022-03-14


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
Well done, Joe. You've portrayed the scene very nicely.
2022-03-14


Alan J Ripley The PoetBay support member heart!
Josephus
Sounds a nice idyllic place to live,
With time to reflect on a poets dream.
With a poetic thought dripping through
every seam. With poetry written as good as yours,
I've only one thing to ask, When can I move in?
2022-03-14


Uncle Meridian The PoetBay support member heart!
The monastery clearly is good for the poet. This was a joy to read.
2022-03-13