There is a rite of sacred passion in this soul
Held in innocent, iconic dreams of love
A union like unto the Theotokos and Holy Dove
Invisible promises to fill the vacant hole
With deepest sacraments as martyrs pay a toll
The inward rites in whispered, solemn cov’
Two souls made one through sacraments above
And Sacred Mysteries unify the whole
The earthly symbols forming on the tongue
The bread, the wine, the Common Cup of oaths
Joined together with two crowns of gold
Eternal beauty of two bodies that are one
Now consummated through symbol spoken troths
And never to be rent apart in body or in soul
Author notes
This is done in the rhyming Italian Sonnet (Petrarchan) style. The first 8 lines is a,b,b,a,a,b,b,a and the next 6 lines is some combination of c,d,e,c,d,e.
A Sacrament is a rite, or oath of allegiance. And generally involves visible and invisible components. the two sections relate to each.
The first section represents the invisible sacrements of the union of two souls. And the second represents the visible symbols of the sacrements.
Theotokos: is Greek for "God-bearer" or Mary, a symbol of the woman in an orthodox ceremony.
Holy Dove: a symbol of the male.
Common Cup: is the shared wine in many different marriage ceremonies.
The gold crowns: represent the rings, or crowns used in orthodox.
Martyrs: Sacrements involve martyrdom.
Sacred Mysteries: another term for sacrement.
cov' : covenant
Hope all this was helpful. But I rather hope the poem speaks for itself.
A contest entry
- Silvosian Rhymes Group Contest #2 by Silvos..
1050 points, ended October 29, 2007, 7 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Although until reading the notes, I did not realize much of what it was about, I did know it was about Union. So, that is to say, you are skilled in a sense that I was able to infer what you were talking of, even though many words contained within the poem itself were Foreign to me. Good write, very good, powerful write.
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Thank you. Yeah, I had wanted to really put some depth in the topic, and i did some research and I just thought all the symbolism of the sacrements was beautuful, and all the different traditions of different cultures. So I knew I would need to explain it a bit. But I tryed hard to still keep it clear. I'm glad you were able to appreciate it on it's own. And also with the explanations too.
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Yay! This is so exciting, I can't believe I won another contest! Thank you so much, I am honored!
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This is such a beautiful piece! Maybe I should try sonnets as well...hmmm
Anywho, I just couldn't hold back from saying what a wonderful poem this is!
Good luck in the contest!
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Thank you. It was actually one of the hardest ones I've written. So I'm glad to get good feedback.
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Very well written. I love what came about through your imagination by simpily showing to u a list of titles. This is a great poem, and well formatted.
Great luck in our group contest,
Silvos.
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Thanks. I'm afraid I might have over worked it a bit. But I put a lot of myself into it.
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